Sorry. I was on a plane when your e-mail came in and it wasn't until now that I'm able to respond.
The photo doesn't help me much, sorry to say.
Your description doesn't follow the normal course for a bacterial infection. It sounds more like an internal parasite. The one-two punch for that is treatment with the two meds in this post: Strange Excrement from Fish -or- How to be a Super Pooper Snooper
They are: Metronizazole and Praziquantel. Directions for Praziquantel are given in the above reference. Use the other medicine as instructed on the label.
Without more information and a better photo, that is about the best I can do.
I don't see any value in performing the hyposalinity treatment unless you've diagnosed the fish as having Marine Ich (Cryptocaryon irritans). If you apply antibiotics as well as some other drugs to a fish in a hyposalinity treatment, the effects of the drug is usually magnified.



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