- Have you tested your water?
- Yes
- 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
- 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.
My 4.5 yo Fahaka is in trouble.
It started with a little flashing, then a clamped gill. He kept burying himself in sand, I couldn’t tell if it was ich or not but I thought I saw a few grains on his fin and on a few tetras in the tank. So I started ich-x. Quickly his sime coat became an issue. It started sloughing off. Sand stuck all over him all the time, hanging in strands. After 6 days of just getting worse I notice after brushing him down (he lets me wipe his sand off daily instead of scratching off things) it is a greyish film that never leaves. Definitely Slime coat disease- and right under both sides of his mouth are big patches of red/white areas that are definitely not right. I am positive he has either a bacterial (which makes sense with the slime coat disease, often caused by gram neg bacteria I have read) or maybe fungal.
I started Kanaplex last night. Today it is much worse. Bright red spots. Maybe from constant sand abrasion from burying idk. Im freaked.
Do I just go straight to the Trifecta
Furan-2, metro, kplex?
He just went thru a long illness with his mouth that we never figured out. A lump that made him stop eating for 4 months. Turned into a major ordeal. We did the trifecta with that. I had to sedate and tube feed him to keep him alive. He just started eating and getting back to normal a couple weeks before this started so he is weak. Now a week without eating and a real bad infection, going bad fast. I need to act now. What would you do?
Water quality is good. I have been ontop of the numbers with the meds just incase.
No amm or nitrite. Nitrates at 10. Ph 6.8
80f
Waterchange 30% yesterday before the Kplex.
It started with a little flashing, then a clamped gill. He kept burying himself in sand, I couldn’t tell if it was ich or not but I thought I saw a few grains on his fin and on a few tetras in the tank. So I started ich-x. Quickly his sime coat became an issue. It started sloughing off. Sand stuck all over him all the time, hanging in strands. After 6 days of just getting worse I notice after brushing him down (he lets me wipe his sand off daily instead of scratching off things) it is a greyish film that never leaves. Definitely Slime coat disease- and right under both sides of his mouth are big patches of red/white areas that are definitely not right. I am positive he has either a bacterial (which makes sense with the slime coat disease, often caused by gram neg bacteria I have read) or maybe fungal.
I started Kanaplex last night. Today it is much worse. Bright red spots. Maybe from constant sand abrasion from burying idk. Im freaked.
Do I just go straight to the Trifecta
Furan-2, metro, kplex?
He just went thru a long illness with his mouth that we never figured out. A lump that made him stop eating for 4 months. Turned into a major ordeal. We did the trifecta with that. I had to sedate and tube feed him to keep him alive. He just started eating and getting back to normal a couple weeks before this started so he is weak. Now a week without eating and a real bad infection, going bad fast. I need to act now. What would you do?
Water quality is good. I have been ontop of the numbers with the meds just incase.
No amm or nitrite. Nitrates at 10. Ph 6.8
80f
Waterchange 30% yesterday before the Kplex.