At what point should I euthanize my fish?

[cambrew]

I was just wondering your opinions of my Firemouth who got attacked by my carpintis. It is the first time I have ever had a fish injured to this extent and am unsure as to whether he will recover from something like this and is he in a lot of pain? If he has a chance what can I do to help his chances of survival?

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[JRT8783]

I was just wondering your opinions of my Firemouth who got attacked by my carpintis. It is the first time I have ever had a fish injured to this extent and am unsure as to whether he will recover from something like this and is he in a lot of pain? If he has a chance what can I do to help his chances of survival?

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Keep him separate from your more aggressive fish if that's possible and do lots of water changes for a good 3-4 weeks, he should be ok if you do that

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[Melbell]

Agreed. Dont euthanize!! He will be okay.

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[Evz jardini]

He'll be fine ive seen much much worse , treatment tank with a bit of aquarium salt or melafix , he'll be back to normal in no time

 

[chrisb01]

Good advises all, do keep us posted as to the progress. The best of luck.

 

[cambrew]

He currently is having trouble swimming upright and laying on his side on the bottom of the tank....

 

[cambrew]

I don't have any melafix at the moment and when you say aquarium salt what do you mean? I used to have a marine set up so I have some of that salt left over, is this what I should use and how much? and can all fish deal with salt being added to the tank?

 

[cambrew]

I read that adding salt to tanks with scaleless fish like my featherfin catfish could be bad?

 

[Blazin]

Just like everyone said he will be fine. I remember seeing a post here about a fm that lost most of it's tail and making a full recovery


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[Curtis Rouse]

I don't have any melafix at the moment and when you say aquarium salt what do you mean? I used to have a marine set up so I have some of that salt left over, is this what I should use and how much? and can all fish deal with salt being added to the tank?

Aquarium salt is labeled Aquarium Salt. It will usually say "For Freshwater Aquariums" on it somewhere. Marine salt is different.

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