Hydrolycus armatus wounds after transport !

[angelos7577]

Hello , 2 days ago i have sent and 8" hydrolycus armatus to a friend , travelled in polystyrene box 12"x12"χ12" with some water , added tetra aquasafe , jbl oxytab and a heatpack.
The transport took about 9 hours by ship.
I didn't use fish bags for the transport , cause it pierced both of the fish bags i initially used for the transport.
The fish didn't arrive at good condition , couldn't swim properly or stand at right position , but a few hours later seemed much better and started swimming.
Today hydrolycus got these strange marks , like burns , on top of it's body and is still moving normally.Yesterday had only i small mark not so visible.
Look at the attached picture.
The fish is treated carefully with aquarium salt.
I would very much appreciate if you helped me identify the cause of this.
You can see 1 photo from yesterday , with the mark just visible aboce the eyes.


Thx

 

[cigars]

Ammonia burn?

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[amazontank]

Wait for somebody else to post to be 100% sure. But this happened to me a couple years back and I used Melafix Tea Tree Oil.

I would also triple dose the tank with prime and get the tank water perfect!

Melafix is very safe stuff and worked perfect for me. Good luck bro!


Nice Armatus!

 

[angelos7577]

The fish was perfect before the transport. After the long travel , it got some small marks and after 1 day , these started becoming worse and worse .At the video below , you can see how it is now!!!
Really can't understand how this happened .

[video=youtube;pZpErXFzIVI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZpErXFzIVI#t=76[/video]

 

[BuffaloPolypteridae]

id go with prime and melafix like already stated, maybe even some sort of topical treatment too

 

[sashimimaster]

get some tea tree oil and make your own Melafix. It's a lot cheaper.

 

[angelos7577]

Have someone made and tried it ? Distilled water 99% and 1% tea tree oil (melaleuca alternifolia or cajeputi) ?

 

[strollo22]

Alternifolia is the correct one. I would go 98%-2% if I were to do it but I would just buy the melafix personally. Not worth the effort to save $7


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[sashimimaster]

I put 1/2 teaspoon of TT oil to an empty 16oz Melafix bottle. Use distilled water.

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/*************/archive/index.php/t-45675.html

Dude the savings is a lot more than $7! Do the math.

 

[angelos7577]

i know that melafix has melaleuca leucadendra (cajeput tree) , alternifolia is something else similar , some have tried both with same result.
It's not only 7$ and not only for this treatment , but to completely replace melafix with diy one , for much more uses.
And especially for big aquariums , it's a great difference .
Would appreciate if someone that has made and used diy one , adviced me on this.