Emrgancy Fishy Needs Help!

[Weman]

I left for the weekend and i came back to my fish tank practically green i quickly cleaned the filter and i noticed this guys bleeding his fins are all messed up and his eyes look really bad hes floating around barely swimming but still alive. I iscolated him into another smaller beta tank and put some food in there but i need more help what can i do!!




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[N0body Of The Goat]

Were there readings of ammonia or nitrite in the "green tank"?

Hopefully someone can suggest some medication, but for now, I recommend trying to keep his QT water immacualate by doing major (75% or more) water changes every morning and evening.

 

[Noahs ark6]

keep it in the smaller tank and keep the water very very clean. good luck

 

[rhiannonk]

Did you notice him acting injured/sick right away, or only after you cleaned the filter? If you rinsed the filter in tap water or changed the media completely, you may have killed the beneficial bacteria in your tank that get rid of toxic fish waste. Without these bacteria, your fish may have been subject to ammonia or nitrite toxicity. I would get test results for ammonia and nitrite ASAP using a liquid test kit (like the API Master Test Kit) to find out if this could be the problem.