ParadiseGuerrero
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Thankyou in advance for any help at all you can posibly give
I have moved him (I say him but I don't know if its male or female) to a quarantine tank this morning
Tank size: was in 90L now in 10L
pH:7.6
ammonia:0
nitrite:0
nitrate:20-40 in main tank, 40-80 in QT
kH:
gH:
tank temp:room temperature (usually about 18C)
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):
Since i got him (a few weeks ago) he's been quiet- i was worried that he hadn't been accepted into the shoal as he hung about on his own however he ate fine and swam fine.
This morning i got up and checked on him- he didn't eat when i fed them all, still hid in the plants and he was swollen. It appears to be dropsy (which i know is a syptom of somthing else) he quite swollen (but not the worst i have seen) and slightly pineconed. He's also very washed out, he was never very colourful but now he has practicly no colour. However as far as I'm aware dropsy causes them to either sink or float- he's sitting near the bottom most of the time, but not sunk- he swims okay but doesn't seem to want to. He's also constantly gasping.
He's also more bloated than this morning
Volume and Frequency of water changes: once per week about 20% in the main tank
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: the usualy media and I started treating the QT tank with Myxanzin as i thought it may be a bacteria thing causing the dropsy. I also gave him a salt bath this morning as that seems to help with a lot but it didn't seem to do anythign either way.
Tank inhabitants: Main tank- 6 other Rosy Barbs, 5 White Cloud Minnows, 1 Paradise fish. Apart from one or two Cloud they're all juvi's
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): 1 white cloud. This was after he was quiet but before he swellde up. So far no problems with the Cloud- he's active and eating as well as playing with the other clouds
Exposure to chemicals: just the fish tank stuff- dechloranator and the myxazin
Digital photo: the first is of him this morning, the second of this afternoon (there's only one fish but some of the reflections are easier to see than the actual fish)
So does this sound like something Myxazin could clear up? or is it somethign else? Is there anythign else i can be doing for him? Or any other pieces of advice?
I'd be extreamily grateful for any bits of advice, experience or opinions you could give- Thankyou, Derek (Rosy Barb) is one of my favourite fish
I have moved him (I say him but I don't know if its male or female) to a quarantine tank this morning
Tank size: was in 90L now in 10L
pH:7.6
ammonia:0
nitrite:0
nitrate:20-40 in main tank, 40-80 in QT
kH:
gH:
tank temp:room temperature (usually about 18C)
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):
Since i got him (a few weeks ago) he's been quiet- i was worried that he hadn't been accepted into the shoal as he hung about on his own however he ate fine and swam fine.
This morning i got up and checked on him- he didn't eat when i fed them all, still hid in the plants and he was swollen. It appears to be dropsy (which i know is a syptom of somthing else) he quite swollen (but not the worst i have seen) and slightly pineconed. He's also very washed out, he was never very colourful but now he has practicly no colour. However as far as I'm aware dropsy causes them to either sink or float- he's sitting near the bottom most of the time, but not sunk- he swims okay but doesn't seem to want to. He's also constantly gasping.
He's also more bloated than this morning
Volume and Frequency of water changes: once per week about 20% in the main tank
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: the usualy media and I started treating the QT tank with Myxanzin as i thought it may be a bacteria thing causing the dropsy. I also gave him a salt bath this morning as that seems to help with a lot but it didn't seem to do anythign either way.
Tank inhabitants: Main tank- 6 other Rosy Barbs, 5 White Cloud Minnows, 1 Paradise fish. Apart from one or two Cloud they're all juvi's
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): 1 white cloud. This was after he was quiet but before he swellde up. So far no problems with the Cloud- he's active and eating as well as playing with the other clouds
Exposure to chemicals: just the fish tank stuff- dechloranator and the myxazin
Digital photo: the first is of him this morning, the second of this afternoon (there's only one fish but some of the reflections are easier to see than the actual fish)
So does this sound like something Myxazin could clear up? or is it somethign else? Is there anythign else i can be doing for him? Or any other pieces of advice?
I'd be extreamily grateful for any bits of advice, experience or opinions you could give- Thankyou, Derek (Rosy Barb) is one of my favourite fish