Gastromyzon with fungus, Help.

[afroturf]

I recently added some Gastromyzon sp. (hillstream loach) to one of my tanks, It now appears that one has got a fungus infection here are a few pics -





Whats the best why to try and get rid of this?

P.S. all tank parameters seen to be fine

Cheers.

[Quixotic]

Anti fungus medication should be available off the shelf, not sure what's normally available in the UK. Actually, I haven't had much success with medication, but the one that I am using, dessamor (by Aquarium Munster) seems to be okay for some other fish.

However, I am not sure if they would take kindly to medication as I find them really, really sensitive. If you are going down this path, I would suggest the following (regardless of the medication):

1. isolation in a hospital tank,
2. additional strong aeration,
3. dose lesser than recommended dosage as a start and see if there are further improvements (for a few days). If there are no improvements, consider dosing the recommended dosage.

[Quixotic]

Oh, and I think that your loach species should be Gastromyzon scitulus.