Healing open wounds

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Sponges are great get one rated for a 125 gal. Its larger and will hold more beneficial bacteria.

Never had a penguin but the bio wheels are used to house the beneficial bacteria. So its up to you. If you have some $$$ to burn look at aquaclear 110's they are.my absolute favirote hob. Holds allot of media and foam pads.

Add some tetra safestart to the list infact get two of the larger bottles. I think its like 10 or 12 bucks i dont remember.

Remember your gonna be starting the system like brand new so their wont be any bb to convert the ammonia. When all set up go pick up some Dianes.

Get an api master test kit too. Probably the most important tool in your arsenal. You'll need it during the cycling process and test once a week while your fish are growing to see if your changing enough water. Also its the first thing i do when a fish gets sick, dies or whatever...when in doubt twst the water lol

Thanks for the recommendations! unfortunately I don't have money to burn right now lol. Spongefilter instead of the HOB filter? or in addition? Can I reuse the biowheels from before?

yes it's been a long time coming for a complete water test kit lol.

Is safestart similar to Prime?
 
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This will be post #210 & 2,685 views on this thread. Man! That's a lot of support fellas/gals.... Poly Community is great!
Vancouver_98683 Vancouver_98683 , you are totally right! Horray!TThank you to all you wonderful people for responding and helping out...or even just reading. My ornate definitely wouldn't be as healthy or on the right track as he is.... I really appreciate all the support and reassurance! Thank you all for being so kind.
 
I'm sure we all have stories about our early stages of fish keeping... Fish gets sick and can be contagious. It happpens. Lots of not knowing what's going on is, going on, lol.... I remember my first 55 gallon. Lots of fish dying (Semi fancy goldfish). Should of asked for forum help :-) keep us posted.
 
Wait a guy let you borrow some fish stuff for you to date him?
no, I don't use people. lol. oh lord, I'll PM you if needed. It's a dumb situation that has been making me mad.

Vancouver trying to keep this thread on track, so I don't go off the deep end. lol.
 
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thinking TB is a possibility. I hope I don't get/have it.

Benny is still not eating. It's been almost 1.5 weeks. He's also been breathing somewhat heavy despite the water changes.

Today he's appeared to have some bouyancy problems. Where he is fine one minute on the bottom. then 5 mins later, his tail is floating in the air either a little or a lot.
Not sure if his deep wound on his belly has affected his abdominal region. His stomach has looked slightly distended even though he hasn't been eating. It's the area right before the wound that is bulgy. It also looks kind of like his body is starting to bend there, but I'm not sure.

-wound on his stomach looks to be very deep and into some gray tissues and now has a red ring around it.

-wound on his back looks a little better.

On day 3 of 3 for kanaplex. Finished the 2nd duration of triple sulfa.

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This sucks. I really feel bad for that fish. Have you been updating the thread in the health section ?
 
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