how the eff do you cure bloat???

[DeLgAdO]

one of my orange fin loaches is a ****ING BALLON!!!!!!!

and his anus is red

i was going to put him out of his misery but he put up a fight, so i put him back in the tank.

he has a small cut on his side probly from a spine of another fish, im thinking an internal bacterial infect came from this wound.

i think one of the columbian cats did this, those ****er are going to the lfs TOMMOROW!

i have hospital tank ready but i dont know how im going to treat him.

i was thinking mela and pima fix and salt.

 

[Oddball]

Well, first you do a search on bloat since there's a ton of info already available here. However, here's the treatment regimen I posted earler:

Here's my regimen for combatting bloat:

To treat Bloat, the plan of attack is:
Metronidazole and water changes, water changes, water changes!!

1. Remove carbon/resins from filter.
2. Perform a 30-50% water change (reduces free-floating bacteria population)
3. Add salt (teaspoon to a tablespoon per gallon) to aid the fish's osmotic regulation processes.
4. Treat with 250mg/20gallons of Metronidazole (Flagyl)
5. Leave for 3 days and do not feed.
6. After 3 days, perform another large water change.
7. Replace the salt.
8. Add full dosage of Metronidazole.
9. Wait another 3 days. During this phase, the bloat should be decreasing in appearance. In large fish, the water may take on an ammonia odor from the high volume of urea the fish should now be producing due to reducing the bloat and recovering renal activity.
10. 3rd day, another water change. Also, replace the salt and redose the metronidazole (full dose). If the fish looks to be well on the road to recovery you can offer a small feeding each day.
11. Another water change. No meds but, I'd recommend the salt. You should be clear now.

This is the treatment I use on my africans, puffers, and my lungfishes/polypteridae. Knock on wood that it's worked every single time

Hope this helps.

 

[DeLgAdO]

fish died.........nevermind

thanks for the info though oddy