Ok so one of mums neons has had a chunk taken out of it

its clearly in pain and stressed

i need to euthanise it, can i do this with overdosing a cup with a treatment i have? i cant just wait for him to die

Fill a jug with cold water and add some ice cubes till its freezing cold then add the fish.

poor little fella i feel so bad, will get a pic up once its done, maybe insight into the hole?

freezer bag + large rock.

not a nice way to do it but quick.

unless you have some clove oil around.

Who's taken a chunk out of him.
Is there any more neons in the tank if so I would issolate them.

omg nooo i did it, he was dead, no gill movement

took a pic and put him back in the cup he was 1st in, and hes breathing again??!!! what do i do?

heres the hole



he was in the cup for about 4mins with no gill movement, and now hes still alive?? what on earth? do i add him back to the ice cubes n freezing water?

It's a a black neon add him back to the cup of freezing water.
If its really freezing cold it should of killed him in 30 seconds.
The wound did it start of as a sore and ulcerate the skin away to form a hole.

This post has been edited by Wilder: May 21 2008, 05:31 PM

if im honest i couldnt say, i look at them everyday to make sure theyre ok, but theyre so shy, u rarely get a good glimpse

i just lost a sparkling gourami too, was super bloated, no pineconing?

should i treat the tank again?

remember these are the fish my mum neglected, they have already been thru one treatment after a near whole tank wipeout before

I would put that wound down to bad water quality.
Water changes to dilute the bacteria down in the tank.
I would add anti internal bacteria med by interpet.
Has the black neon died yet bless him.

wilder, theres nothing wrong with the water at all, well not the water they are now in, ive been keeping an eye on it since i got them in the new tank

these are the little fellas that as i said my mum neglected, and hadnt changed the water in months

a load of them that have survived so far have been tatty and that

it looks like something has tried to eat him

what other fish are in there?
poor thing RIP

a few corys and pygmy cories
4sparkling gouramis
a couple of neons(black and albino)
3 skirt neon thingys
1male bette

few shrimp

ps, plz dont lecture me about the betta in with neons , that was her not me, and suprisingly hes never been nipped, not ever otherwise i wud have removed him when she went on holiday

This post has been edited by Phoenixbaby: May 21 2008, 05:54 PM

Ok sounds fine to me.
It could of been an ulcer the can eat away at the flesh.
Good luck with the rest.
R.I.P.

wud u recommend treating the tank again?

i feel so bad these lil fellas have been thru so much, theres like no fish left compared to what she had before i

im so angry that she neglected them, ive spent 2weeks running around like a nutter tryna get these guys all well

some of them have returned to normal colour, as before they were all white, no colour

but i dunno what to do now

i have kept bettas with tetras in the past so know it can be done.
just keep a close eye on the others for any signs of anything (which i am sure you are anway)

Bad water quality can do alot of damage.
I would check if you can see any sores on the fish that are left.
With that fish being in a bad way I would add a bacterial med to be honest.

they all seem ok, i mean im no expert but from what i can see, no marks, lumps, or anything

Ok see how they go.
Good luck.