solitarytree
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Hello!! Iām new here but I joined because Iāve got a sick fish and I have no idea whatās wrong with him. Heās in the family tank (I donāt have any personal fish), and Iāve got mollies(2), zebrafish(3), black skirt tetras(2), Cory(1), pleco(1), and two baby mollies. Iām scared he will infect the other fish and i really want the baby to survive, but also him. If I can do anything for him I want to- we have a 10gal empty tank I could use as a quarantine/healing tank if I need to. All the other fish are doing fine.
Details on fish: he is swimming funny(bobbing up and down), he has been sort of lethargic(hasnāt been hanging around the other black skirt much, mostly hanging out under the tower we have), and he is very thin now(like. Upwards not actually fat sideways). I noticed he was swimming and acting oddly probably 5-6 days ago.
Someone on Reddit suggested ich(not likely, I think, as no other fish have the issue and itās not neat little dots it looks sort of like an infection), and someone else on Reddit said it looks like a possible wound got infected. I would like all the input I could possibly get, Iāve scrolled through every fish disease article I can find and I canāt find anything that looks remotely the same.
The latter person on Reddit suggested using Kanaplex and turning up the temp. I donāt have kanaplex right now and itās 11pm so I canāt get any until tomorrow, but would that be a good idea? And if so, should I treat him in the tank with the others, or should I treat him in the empty tank we have? I just want to give this fish a good life, I donāt think itās his time yet, I think he has a few years left on him and I want him to make it there.
VIDEO OF FISH HERE:
Details on fish: he is swimming funny(bobbing up and down), he has been sort of lethargic(hasnāt been hanging around the other black skirt much, mostly hanging out under the tower we have), and he is very thin now(like. Upwards not actually fat sideways). I noticed he was swimming and acting oddly probably 5-6 days ago.
Someone on Reddit suggested ich(not likely, I think, as no other fish have the issue and itās not neat little dots it looks sort of like an infection), and someone else on Reddit said it looks like a possible wound got infected. I would like all the input I could possibly get, Iāve scrolled through every fish disease article I can find and I canāt find anything that looks remotely the same.
The latter person on Reddit suggested using Kanaplex and turning up the temp. I donāt have kanaplex right now and itās 11pm so I canāt get any until tomorrow, but would that be a good idea? And if so, should I treat him in the tank with the others, or should I treat him in the empty tank we have? I just want to give this fish a good life, I donāt think itās his time yet, I think he has a few years left on him and I want him to make it there.
VIDEO OF FISH HERE: