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05/06/2009, 01:38 PM
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Help!!!!! Sick Fish.....pic Included
JUST PICKED THIS GUY UP THE OTHER DAY. WAS DOING FINE IN QT TANK UNTIL THIS AM. NOW HE HAS RED SPOTS AND IS GASPING. NO SWIMMING AS YOU CAN SEE. I CURRENTLY HAVE THE GUY IN A FORMALIN BATH.
DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOIN ON WITH HIM....... HELP PLEASE. 
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05/06/2009, 01:40 PM
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He has some sort of bacterial infection... To hard to tell... Was he eating...??
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05/06/2009, 02:00 PM
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he was eating fine..... i noticed the sores by his tail this morning and thought the 2 saddleback clowns may have been picking on him. i saw no bullying though at all. i moved him to my show tank and found him like this a little while ago. all of my local stores are closed today. would they have melafix at petco?
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05/06/2009, 02:26 PM
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i bought some pimafix at a local store. thank god they were open today. the owner says it is better than melafix.
hope he is right. any further suggestions from anyone? |
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05/06/2009, 02:39 PM
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Keep the water super clean, no bright lights, offer some pvc for it to hide and treat with an antibacterial. That's the most you can do really.
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05/06/2009, 02:44 PM
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Rat Bastard!
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Check the water parameters of you QT to make sure that you're not spiking ammonia or something.
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05/06/2009, 02:53 PM
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+1 on ammonia..pimafix is also an iffy choice would use something stronger IMO
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05/06/2009, 03:10 PM
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the little guy croaked!
thanks for your help all. how could he have contracted a bacterial infection from the lfs to my house? |
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05/06/2009, 03:52 PM
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Weakened immune system.
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05/06/2009, 03:58 PM
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Aw... Thats sad. I get so attached to fish, it's crazy.
He was a cutie, for sure!
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05/06/2009, 05:25 PM
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