PsB74
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Hi, i searched the threads and couldn't find anything similar so please forgive me if i've missed an existing post. I had 5 Pimelodus pictus in a mostly dwarf gourami aquarium. (Obviously without small fish). Anyway, one died from a Flukes infection i was too slow to discover/correctly diagnose, leaving me with 4, who seemed to get on pretty well in my140-50L planted aquarium with lots of hidey holes, excellent filtration, and a U/V sterilizer.
Recently though, 3 turned on 1, and have literally torn it to shreds. They have torn the skin off both flanks, about 1/2 on one side and 1/3 the other, totally exposing the pink flesh underneath. (Like skinned salmon). They also chewed his tail right down and the filament off his fins (leaving the spikes). So i have moved him into an unlit 12L quarantine tank, (he's about 5" ) with a heater, air stone, a light covering of sand, and some hidey holes. I have added a few ml of myxazin, and half a tea spoon of tonic salts. I had been treating the main aquarium with tetracycline antibiotics, and melafix due to a couple of Rosey barbs getting dropsey. (The U/V has only been in action for a fortnight). Can anyone suggest anything further i can do? Like add some tetracycline?(1 tab treats 20L, so should i attempt to cut one in half?) Should i add a small internal-power filter with poly-filter? Or would that remove the myxazin? Can Melafix be added with Myxazin?(As i know it is essentially just tea-tree oil). I am not adding food, but i know ammonia will still build up, and that a foam filter will take too long to become biologically useful. I do have seachem prime(for water changes on my marine aquarium) which says it binds ammonia and nitrite making them harmless, so would adding that help? The Pictus is swimming around, sometimes hovering near the surface, but is obviously in a quite a lot of distress. I realise re-introducing him into the main aquarium(if he survives) won't really be an option so will either have to set up a slightly larger aquarium for him or see if a local aquatic store will take him (when healthy).
Any help gratefully accepted.
Thanks, Paul.
Recently though, 3 turned on 1, and have literally torn it to shreds. They have torn the skin off both flanks, about 1/2 on one side and 1/3 the other, totally exposing the pink flesh underneath. (Like skinned salmon). They also chewed his tail right down and the filament off his fins (leaving the spikes). So i have moved him into an unlit 12L quarantine tank, (he's about 5" ) with a heater, air stone, a light covering of sand, and some hidey holes. I have added a few ml of myxazin, and half a tea spoon of tonic salts. I had been treating the main aquarium with tetracycline antibiotics, and melafix due to a couple of Rosey barbs getting dropsey. (The U/V has only been in action for a fortnight). Can anyone suggest anything further i can do? Like add some tetracycline?(1 tab treats 20L, so should i attempt to cut one in half?) Should i add a small internal-power filter with poly-filter? Or would that remove the myxazin? Can Melafix be added with Myxazin?(As i know it is essentially just tea-tree oil). I am not adding food, but i know ammonia will still build up, and that a foam filter will take too long to become biologically useful. I do have seachem prime(for water changes on my marine aquarium) which says it binds ammonia and nitrite making them harmless, so would adding that help? The Pictus is swimming around, sometimes hovering near the surface, but is obviously in a quite a lot of distress. I realise re-introducing him into the main aquarium(if he survives) won't really be an option so will either have to set up a slightly larger aquarium for him or see if a local aquatic store will take him (when healthy).
Any help gratefully accepted.
Thanks, Paul.
