can some one tell me what to do

Angel Lady

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what kind of medicine can i give him if i dont do something quick hes not going to make it I have him in melafix but he is staying in one place he has been in ammonia water and high nitrite so long I dont know if i can save him or not should i put him in maracyn or what kind of medicine can i give him someone please help me with him.
 
Have you change him into extremely clean water or is he still in the same water.

It could be Nitrite and Ammonnia shock!!
 
bigfish said:
Have you change him into extremely clean water or is he still in the same water.

It could be Nitrite and Ammonnia shock!!
yes i changed him i have him in melafix he had a few ick places on him so i treated him for ich and took him out of that water and put him in melafix i dont know what else to do i know that if i dont do something soon he wont live he is staying in one place.
 
I know this might be stupid, but do you have him in pure melafix? Just in case you do, I don't think that pure melafix would be good for a fish (have you smelled the stuff?) You might try just putting it in a nice bit of pure water with extremely good water quality. I don't know much about goldfish, but clean water does wonders for a fish after being in ammonia and nitrites. They can't breath in that stuff, it reduces their ability to extract oxygen from the water, but will start to be a lot more active in just plain old water. I would recommend RO (reverse osmosis), you can pick this up at almost any LFS. I don't like to medicate when I don't have to, and when there's not really any paracite or bacteria etc., just bad water quality, I just put my fish in a healthy environment. I would recommend getting the fish to breathe before medicating it, even in small amounts. Ick is not going to kill your fish immediatly, if it only has 2 or 3 small white spots, but suffocation will. JMHO/MHE
 

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