15 Days Without Food

[hybridtheoryd16]

Methylene blue is a awesome treatment for fish that are having problems with low oxygen levels and suffering from nitrite poisoning.

But if you put it in anything besides a hospital tank expect your bio filter to completely die of in less tnan 24hrs.

You really need to buy a good drop test kit and see what your params are.

 

[Dominator]

you crazy, 90 degrees is too hot, and oxygen will be depleted.

 

[Vinnielp]

Temp is back down to 80. I did the first WC (30%) today to bring the params back down to normal...no new meds. It will probably take a few more water changes to flush everything out.

 

[TwistedPenguin]

I hope he'll start feeling better right away. Be patient. I know that's hard as you've worried yourself sick for 2 wks. He's probably glad he got out of that sauna lol

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

Temp is back down to 80. I did the first WC (30%) today to bring the params back down to normal...no new meds. It will probably take a few more water changes to flush everything out.

What are the params?

And if they are screwed up you should be doing a 50% water change at any time your test results are above .5ppm for ammonia or nitrite. It doesn't matter if its 5 times a day or once.

And to get him eating again you might want to offer live foods for a while so that it can heal up.

 

[Vinnielp]

Well my flowerhorn still hasn't eaten. Feces is still white and cottony. I'm still freakin out. His energy levels seem to be up though which is promising.
I did another 30% WC today. All the meds should be completely flushed in a few more days.

What are the params?

And if they are screwed up you should be doing a 50% water change at any time your test results are above .5ppm for ammonia or nitrite. It doesn't matter if its 5 times a day or once.

And to get him eating again you might want to offer live foods for a while so that it can heal up.

Good advice on the feeders. I threw 10 little ones in there. Hopefully My flowerhorn will munch them soon.

Params are straight with daily water changes:
Ammonia = 0
Nitrite = 0
Nitrate = 0

 

[Vinnielp]

To anyone else who has been through this...Please share some of your experiences. I have seen several posts on here where similar symptoms are displayed, but no one ever posts how the situation turns out.

If you have had a fish go through this (most likely a really bad case of Hexamita) let everyone know how things turned out, good or bad.

...and no, my Flowerhorn is still not eating.

 

[Lupin]

Get an activated carbon to quickly get rid all the meds. I would not treat the fish anymore. Poor guy has been through the chemical reactions of these treatments and a lot of treatments kill fish faster than their health issues can. Make a gel food recipe with mostly protein based ingredients and add garlic (if you can stand the pungent smell) and praziquantel in the mix.

 

[Vinnielp]

Get an activated carbon to quickly get rid all the meds. I would not treat the fish anymore. Poor guy has been through the chemical reactions of these treatments and a lot of treatments kill fish faster than their health issues can. Make a gel food recipe with mostly protein based ingredients and add garlic (if you can stand the pungent smell) and praziquantel in the mix.

Yeah I should have packed the carbon in my canister filter already. Don't know why I didn't think about that.

I have to hold off though...maybe. The thing is that the feeders have given my flowerhorn a mild case of ich. Should I treat the ich first, or use the carbon?

Does the gel food typically influence sick fish to eat? My flowerhorn has a little interest in the feeders, but hasn't even tasted one. We're talking 18 days without a bite.

How long will praziquantel be needed? Isn't that just another "treatment"? I know that parasite clear has praziquantel as an active ingredient so he's already had quite a bit.

 

[Vinnielp]

No water change yesterday, as the parameters were still perfect Zero's across the board.

As previously posted now ich has been thrown into the equation.