hello everyone

as you can see i'm new here and have been reading through what i think is easily the best fish health board of any forum i've been on, and just by following links i stumbled across information on septicemia which was unrelated to what i was actually reading about.

unfortunately its something i've noticed on some of my fish (redness at the base of fins)

has anyone here delt with this issue before? most info i can find points me in the direction of general antibiotics which would be expencive or near impossible for me to get

what are my options?
also i have a 9W 1440LPH uv unit at my disposal if it will help, the tank is 440L

thanks, joel.