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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / April 2004Sick silver fantail (listless, fluttering fins)
Hi I'd be grateful for any help you could give me with an ailing fish. He is a silver fantail about 3 inches long and has been with me for about 2 months, fit and well untill the last few days. He has been very listless, preferring to lay on or near the bottom and has started to clamp (not as tightly as I have in very sick fish in the past) his pectoral fins. Yesterday he took some food but today has totally ignored it, he has started hiding behind a plastic plant in a way I have never seen before and is also 'convulsing' in what looks to me like a piscine version of an epileptic event. Basic water parameters are all fine (ammonia and oxygen not tested but oxygen is seemingly fine), his tank mate an oranda is well. I try and mix up their diet with a combination of chopped earthworms, daphnia, skinned peas and regular flakes. I'm fond of him and on the off chance there is anything I can do to increase his chances I'd be very happy to know it! Many thanks, Ed Even if water parameters say they are fine, I'd do a 30% water change anyway. Add a 0.3% solution of aquarium salt. >Even if water parameters say they are fine, I'd do a 30% water change anyway. >Add a 0.3% solution of aquarium salt. I'm not sure what passes for an aquarium shop near me will have any and I can't wait for mail order. Is it okay to use non-iodised table salt? My only concern is the anti-caking agent which is magnesium carbonate or something similar. Cheers! > >Even if water parameters say they are fine, I'd do a 30% water change anyway. > >Add a 0.3% solution of aquarium salt. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Cheers! Edwards, It needs to be pure salt. If it has anti-caking agents or iodine then don't use it. Hope that helps! EMERGENCY 1. check the water parameters: pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrates 2. do the fish physical 3. change some or all of the water, add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons water 4. from the water parameters and physical decide on a course of action 5. if there is nothing specific, do the tub to tub method start changing the water immediately. regular salt works in a pinch. only 1 teaspoon per 5 gallons tho. forget all the live food. they can contain pathogens. feed high quality fish food, high protein, high fat, low carb and feed very little. Ingrid >Hi I'd be grateful for any help you could give me with an ailing fish. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >Many thanks, >Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. I'm going to try your physical but i'm really dreading have to do it as I suspect it's going to stress the fish out even more. Thanks for your help, I won't feed live foods again either, as much as they seemed to like them. Cooked peas are presumably still okay? >EMERGENCY >1. check the water parameters: pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrates [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the >endorsements or recommendations I make. cooked peas gives them diarrhea. it has no little to no nutritive value. give em human quality chopped cooked shrimp or even fake crab meat instead. small amounts. of course. Ingrid >I'm going to try your physical but i'm really dreading have to do it >as I suspect it's going to stress the fish out even more. >Thanks for your help, I won't feed live foods again either, as much as >they seemed to like them. Cooked peas are presumably still okay? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. Niirtes and amonia are nil, ph is about 7.5 (it alwsy is), nitrates are about 25 mg/l (again they alwyas hover around there). Not much to report from the physical, gills look normal, abdomen feels normal no redness around mouth or anus. His condition has detoriated overnight to the point where I have almost no hope left. I'm going to try a salt dip and then your tub to tub method (using whatever I can get to hand, my only other tank is home to tadpoles at the moment) if he lives long enough. Would you advise any empircal treatment for either him or the main tank (I'll do a 30% water change in that later today). Many thanks again, Ed >EMERGENCY >1. check the water parameters: pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrates [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the >endorsements or recommendations I make. Sad to report he died this evening :(. >Hi I'd be grateful for any help you could give me with an ailing fish. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >Many thanks, >Ed |
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