Jmty
Members
someoone could tell me what this is and how to cure ???
hollyfish2000
Members
Oh my. Hope my peacock boy isn't going in that tank! I don't know and am not an expert on diseases. But if your water parameters are fine and thus it's not a water quality issue, I might assume it's violence that hasw now gotten infected. I would remove that fish and put him in a small tank by himself with very clean water. I don't know what I'd treat him with, though . . .
dogofwar
CCA Members
That looks like a wound that's resulted in secondary bacterial and fungal infections.
I'd isolate and treat with Melafix and Pimafix to start...
Matt
I'd isolate and treat with Melafix and Pimafix to start...
Matt
Jmty
Members
Holly is not in that tank,already been isolated
Tomorrow will get the medicine and be treated
Thanks for the pointer.
Tomorrow will get the medicine and be treated
Thanks for the pointer.
Prince
The ONE who is The ONE
PetSmart has Ethromycin. Walmart is the cheapest for Pimafix and Melafix. Only by a few cents though. Petco stopped selling meds a year ago.
Jmty
Members
thank you all for the advice,walmart it is,will keep you posted.
hollyfish2000
Members
At any rate, I would not hit my fish. I am fairly anti-hitting-the fish, just on general principle!
verbal
CCA Members
The cheapest "Melafix" is diluted tea tree oil. Pimafix is also a similar oil. I think Melafix is a 1% solution.
dogofwar
CCA Members
Tony
Alligator Snapping Turtle/Past Pres
I'm not going to say what I'd do with it if it was my fish. :blush:
chriscoli
Administrator
+1 on the pond version. I love that stuff.
Just keep in mind that if you do use antibiotics, it will affect your filter so be prepared to keep an eye on the water parameters (ammonia and nitrites) and if you start to see either, do some emergency waterchanges (or if I can't do a waterchange because I don't want to dump all that expensive medication that I just put in down the drain, I'll resort to a band-aid approach by dosing with some AmQuel Plus to bind it up until I can do a waterchange).
IF I have to go the antibiotic route, I follow up afterward with a waterchange and I re-seed my filter. Usually I do this by squeezing a sponge filter from one of my other tanks into some water in a container and then dumping the mucky squeezings into the previously medicated tank.
Jmty
Members
Thanks for the imputs , good to know all this info.
dogofwar
CCA Members
Jmty
Members
after 3 wks. of treatment
not improvement ,what other thing can i do to this fish,he acts normal eats like a fish...no sign of problem ??? help me out please,thanks .
not improvement ,what other thing can i do to this fish,he acts normal eats like a fish...no sign of problem ??? help me out please,thanks .
Jmty
Members
treated with melafix and pimafix,common sense is sacrifice the fish ,is not a beauty ,but like to know.