Do I Euthanize?

[hanny93]

right,

dont know if any of you have read my new journal, but this morning i woke up to 3 out of four rainbowfish missing.

checked everywhere, then realised, filter.

i opened the filter but obviously it had started draining and i looked in to see one rainbowfish in the intake hole thing, i pulled him out but all his front half is now grey instead of bright blue.

One of his front fins is a bit messed up, but his head/eyes etc seems to be okay, and he is swimming round okay. Not as good as before but better than i expected.

Do i euthanise or do i wait and see?
I cant afford melafix till friday or any other remedy other than stress coat.

I have a 60 litre spare until it sells but no filter, what do i do?

 

[loraxchick]

Wait and see. Keep the water clean. You said he's swimming ok. Fish can make some great and seemingly miraculous recoveries sometimes. Might he best to isolate if you can. I say give him a chance.
could yoy post a pic of his injuries?
cheers

 

[hanny93]

Floating belly up.

Cant get a clear enough picture on my blackberry and ive no idea where my camera lead is. it looks like someones just rubbed him out on the front half.

 

[loraxchick]

Didn't realize from the first post he was so bad off. You mentioned swimming normally. Use your best judgement. Sorry to hear it.
cheers

 

[hanny93]

He was fine when i first posted, and now gone belly up

Dont kow what my best judgement is atm, i know its my fault aswell.

 

[hanny93]

Died thankyou for the replies though

 

[KittyKat]

Edit: never mind.

Also, Melafix is not a medication. If you really want to prevent fungus, do use a real medication, not tea tree oil.

 

[hanny93]

Its just what ive always used, i know it probably doesnt work, just what im used to/