I'm not sure what's going on here but my trio of paroon sharks have come down with some sort of ailment..It started with just one of them a few days ago,it started to get a little pale in color and then white blotches appeared on its body and fins and now the other two are getting the same appearance.There are three small IT dats in the tank and I do about a fifty percent weekly water change.I have no idea what is wrong and I've never had to treat catfish before so I am not sure which medications are safe to try...
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Krich... I know you had Charney number... if you still do text him. or pm me and I will give it to you again he is a vet.
No salt! With paroons be very sensitive on meds. Melafix and some mardel coppersafe are the only two meds i have used that work and dont burn the paroons
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Hard to help when asked like that, IMHO. I'd follow this protocol to ask a good question: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...ish-Health-Diagnostics-(Read-before-posting-)
IMHE, I've not found that catfish in general are more sensitive to salt or meds than scaled fishes. And I am not alone. I do not, though, disregard the fact that there are followers of the opposing school of thought. We can agree to disagree I guess.
Agreed but it depends on the catfish. For ich... Some
Catfish can tolerate the medication called ridich. Paroons CANNOT and i emphasizeCANNOT because i learned that from experience. I lost 2 many years ago for that mistake. Also a buddy of mine who has kept paroons for years also advices me not use awuarium salt. If u do too much u burn them. Thats all i know in regards to paroons. Other cats i know can tolerate salts and stronger meds but paroons are like sea horses. Sometimes even the safe meds are too strong so u have to cut back a little bit. Not do a full dose.
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thebiggerthebetter... thank you for opening my eyes to the finer points of asking a question in your beloved sub forum.I clearly described what looks to be symptoms of some kind and I'm guessing they are not familiar to you.
Rich just to be on the safe side start with a water change as u know. Turn up temp. And prob start with melafix
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You are right. Sorry, my post didn't read right. Too curt. I'd like to help but more info and pics are needed IMHO. I do fully submit that others may have a good guess at a diagnosis or two whilst I am clueless at the moment. Then, at least, I'd like to understand and learn from this.
