Day 2 Add 3.3 ml Atabrine stock. Day 3 Add another 3.3 ml Atabrine stock for a total of 9.9 ml. At the end of the 3-day period, clean the bottom of the tank thoroughly and slowly dilute out the salt and the Atabrine with fresh water. Continue cleaning the bottom of the tank daily for several days. Fish are infected by ingesting the bacteria in unpasteurized food or through abrasions in the skin.
Snails often harbor the bacteria.
There is no known effective antibiotic to treat mycobacteriosis. Some level of disease control can be obtained by eliminating sick fish, by sterilizing tanks routinely and all equipment that comes in contact with the fish or the tank water, and by reducing stress caused by moving fish between tanks or by changes in temperature, water flow, or feeding regimen. Other diseases that occur less frequently include raised scales, tumorous eyes, and hemorrhages. In these instances, remove the diseased fish as soon as they are seen and clean the tank. Capillarids are thin and transparent worms that can reach one centimeter length.