OP
OP
SouthernCross
Fish Addict
Ok guys, thought if there was anyone still reading ths they might like to know how things turned out - X-posting from my thread in the gourami forum talking to sylvia linked a few posts above:
Well, you were right about the rapid deterioration after they stop eating.
He was dead when I got up this morning. 
I feel devastated! It's so disappointing when you start out, do your best to do everything right, and this still happens....had him only for a bit longer than a month...until he got sick he'd been such a character, and so pretty! I'll leave him as my avatar. Guess I was dreaming when I thought I'd be the beginner who wouldn't kill a fish in my first 6 months....
I'd been watching him last night - he was hovering just below the surface, using his pectoral(?) fins to keep him afloat, then making little bursts to reach for the surface. It seemed he had to make a lot of effort to do that. I tried floating a small flake right in front of him but no use. He probably hadn't eaten since the day before yesterday. I went to bed hoping the Myxazin would have worked a miracle overnight.
Well I guess I'll stop that now, give it a break for two days (do you always have to run some carbon or can you just leave it, does it dissolve away on its own?), watch the platies, if they're still flicking/clamping (they look pretty good today though actually) I'll start on the Sterazin. It says to not use Protozin within 48 hours of Myxazin, but I'll leave it two days anyway, give me a chance to watch the platies.
The tank looks very empty without him now. If I don't see the need to start the Sterazin, I'll probably get them some new friends later next week. Or after the Sterazin if I run it. I had been hoping to increase my stocking soonish, but I wasn't about to do it with sick fish in the tank. I'm convinced now I definitely need to get a quarantine tank up and running. What would be the minimum size for one? 10 gallon?
Once again, thank you SO MUCH for all your help with this. I'd have been completely lost without your advice.
-Also a big thank you to everyone who tried to help me in this thread too.
Well, you were right about the rapid deterioration after they stop eating.
He was dead when I got up this morning. I feel devastated! It's so disappointing when you start out, do your best to do everything right, and this still happens....had him only for a bit longer than a month...until he got sick he'd been such a character, and so pretty! I'll leave him as my avatar. Guess I was dreaming when I thought I'd be the beginner who wouldn't kill a fish in my first 6 months....
I'd been watching him last night - he was hovering just below the surface, using his pectoral(?) fins to keep him afloat, then making little bursts to reach for the surface. It seemed he had to make a lot of effort to do that. I tried floating a small flake right in front of him but no use. He probably hadn't eaten since the day before yesterday. I went to bed hoping the Myxazin would have worked a miracle overnight.
Well I guess I'll stop that now, give it a break for two days (do you always have to run some carbon or can you just leave it, does it dissolve away on its own?), watch the platies, if they're still flicking/clamping (they look pretty good today though actually) I'll start on the Sterazin. It says to not use Protozin within 48 hours of Myxazin, but I'll leave it two days anyway, give me a chance to watch the platies. The tank looks very empty without him now. If I don't see the need to start the Sterazin, I'll probably get them some new friends later next week. Or after the Sterazin if I run it. I had been hoping to increase my stocking soonish, but I wasn't about to do it with sick fish in the tank. I'm convinced now I definitely need to get a quarantine tank up and running. What would be the minimum size for one? 10 gallon?
Once again, thank you SO MUCH for all your help with this. I'd have been completely lost without your advice.
-Also a big thank you to everyone who tried to help me in this thread too.
