- Have you tested your water?
- Yes
- If yes, what is your ammonia?
- Safe levels
- If yes, what is your nitrite?
- Safe levels
- If yes, what is your nitrate?
- Safe Levels
- If I did not test my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.
- Do you do water changes?
- Yes
- What percentage of water do you change?
- 21-30%
- How frequently do you change your water?
- Every week
- If I do not change my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.
Hello everyone!
I have recently bought two new ornate Bichir as tiny little babies. Yone is doing great and has tripled in size. He was bought from a trusted store. Kassadin is doing very badly and he was bought from an aquarium store that I now know not to trust. This store had me on a notification list for Orante Bichir and once their quarantine period ended were supposed to call me. I have a feeling they did NOT quarantine this poor guy as just a few days after I received him, his fins started giving way.
No other fish in the original nursery tank is sick or shows any sign of illness. I did treat them just to be safe and I have moved Kassadin into a recovery tank all by himself while he heals. Water tested and all strips come back with everything in safe levels.
Issue:
His back tail fin is all but gone, most his top ridges are wispy or missing, and his right-side fin is half a fine.
I am treating him currently for Bacterial disease using API Fin and Body cure which covers fin and tail rot and a few other diseases. I have also added a dose of aquarium salt to the tank. Currently I am doing quarter water changes every 2 days as the instructions for the antibiotics indicate.
Any additional suggestions to make him comfortable or an alternative medicine that would help? I have read over and over the blue liquid medicine (forgot its name) will kill Bichir.
I have also had Bichir for over 6 years now but none have ever become ill so this is a first for treatment with this breed of fish.
I have recently bought two new ornate Bichir as tiny little babies. Yone is doing great and has tripled in size. He was bought from a trusted store. Kassadin is doing very badly and he was bought from an aquarium store that I now know not to trust. This store had me on a notification list for Orante Bichir and once their quarantine period ended were supposed to call me. I have a feeling they did NOT quarantine this poor guy as just a few days after I received him, his fins started giving way.
No other fish in the original nursery tank is sick or shows any sign of illness. I did treat them just to be safe and I have moved Kassadin into a recovery tank all by himself while he heals. Water tested and all strips come back with everything in safe levels.
Issue:
His back tail fin is all but gone, most his top ridges are wispy or missing, and his right-side fin is half a fine.
I am treating him currently for Bacterial disease using API Fin and Body cure which covers fin and tail rot and a few other diseases. I have also added a dose of aquarium salt to the tank. Currently I am doing quarter water changes every 2 days as the instructions for the antibiotics indicate.
Any additional suggestions to make him comfortable or an alternative medicine that would help? I have read over and over the blue liquid medicine (forgot its name) will kill Bichir.
I have also had Bichir for over 6 years now but none have ever become ill so this is a first for treatment with this breed of fish.
I will stick to my usually aquatic stores in the future.