Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!&

[619 Fish GOD]

I've gotta go to bed so i'll check on him in the moring
Night all

 

[SarahBravo]

I don't know about pairing for life, sorry. My betta was already 'pineconed' when I started treating him. See if you can get hold of any antibiotics and the colloidal silver. My CS was quite weak (3ppm) so I waited till Bob was at the top of the tank then poured the bottle over him so he was kinda bathed in it, then added the rest of the bottle to the tank (10g).

I think the main thing is to keep the water squeaky clean and the remove any stressors. If you have it, Melafix will also help with the wounds - you can make this yourself from pure tea tree oil - just do a search on here for the recipe. Keep the lights in the tank off and maybe add an airstone so it's highly oxygenated. Do you have a hospital tank you could put him in?

 

[619 Fish GOD]

Not at the moment.
My sisters useing it as a grow out tank for her baby molys
he's in one of these breeding nets in my main tank which is the
community tank in my sigunture.
when i went down to see him this morning he looked ok and the scales aren't
stickin out as much so i'am prayin for the best

 

[619 Fish GOD]

Also my mum thinks he could be stressed out in the small breeding net
so could i let him swim for a little bit when i go got the medicene?

 

[Wyld-Fyre]

Hi 619 Fish GOD,

I understand what you're going through because recently one of my Kribs (female) had Dropsy too.

Unfortunately, its true what has been said, there is very little chance a fish could survive from this. Mine died after about a week of hard-fought battle.

One thing I've always read about on this forum is that there is always a reaction to diseases, or outbreaks, but very little regarding preventative measures.

I discovered later how my Krib had Dropsy. This was caused by uneaten, and rotting food, that had somehow been unearthed and devoured.

Since being lazy (I blame myself) and not having cleaned my substrate for a while, there is a greater chance that there is a build-up of this diseased 'muck'.

Since my incident, I have now cleaned out the substrate in all my tanks. Perhaps, if we all realise that prevention is the best cure for a lot of problems in our tanks, the better our fishes would be.

Of course, your situation may be different. Best of luck anyhow.

 

[619 Fish GOD]

thank you
Yestaday i brought same Bacmed stuff that should cure his dropsy/bactaria
infection.

PS-He ate some flake last night

 

[pica_nuttalli]

until you've got a hospital tank, you aren't going to be able to do much. a big, crowded community tank like what he's in isn't a great place for a sick fish. its too hard to keep the water extra-clean and he won't get the maximum benefit from the meds. being in a breeder net isn't going to help at all; too much stress! also, excess exposure to antibacterials and so forth is detrimental to your other fish in that it helps build resistant strains. it will also affect the beneficial bacteria of your main tank and significantly decrease the oxygen levels.

in short: kick your sister's fry out of the hospital tank and save your fish! mollies drop fry every 6 weeks; a good krib is expensive. you have severely reduced chances of saving him unless he can be isolated.

 

[619 Fish GOD]

shes not gonna agree with that