Recent content by fishy_sean94

Thank you that’s made me feel a lot better :) You’re right it is definitely better to put any animal at rest if there’s no chance of recovery and if it’s suffering. I’ve done a water change at the same time in my tank so am hoping now that none of my other fish get sick. So far they all look...

I followed some online instructions and it seems the danio is now at rest. :( I must be a complete softie as I hated even doing that with clove oil. RIP

I don’t like the idea of using brute force as feel being clumsy I’d probably not hit it in the right spot and end up causing it more pain and discomfort. I also feel like freezing it would be extremely slow. I’ve just gone to our nearby pharmacy and found this clove oil though to save waiting...

Also, I’m assuming as you didn’t mention any, no treatment of any sort would save this fish? Just wanting to make sure before I do end his life.

Ah, sad to hear :( I’ve done some research on putting him out of his misery and it seems clove oil is a top choice. I’ve ordered a bottle of pure clove oil from Amazon but by the looks of it delivery won’t be for a few days. As this issue has been in the tank for quite some time now with no...

Thought I’d update. In the recent weeks it has gotten a lot worse and now looks like this: It looks kind of “balloon/transparent” like so I assume is mostly likely to be a cyst rather than a tumour? He’s still eating and swimming around, though seems to like to stay in the same area more now...

Thanks for your help. I’ll just keep an eye on him for now then and see how he does.

Poor guy :( If it’s caused by an infection as you suggest it could be, do you have any idea how that could happen? As I said nothing has been altered or added into the tank for months and all of the other fish are (so far) showing no signs of anything like it.

For some time now I’ve noticed what looks like a red/black mark on one of my zebra danio fish. When doing a water change today though and looking down at my tank I’ve noticed it seems to have grown a bit and become more of a lump. None of my other Danios or other fish have any thing like it on...

I realise some times these things just happen. I suppose as it was my first fish loss I just wanted to make sure it wasn't anything I could have prevented myself. Thank you for the replies, I feel a bit better now as it seems there isn't really anything I could have done differently :)

Other thank mates are 5 Danio's (all 6 bought together 2 years ago), 4 Cherry barbs (added over a month ago) and 5 Amano shrimp (added last year). The tank has been set up for a little over two years. Filter is just the stock filter that comes included with the Fluval Flex. It's a sponge...