JARDINI IN TROUBLE???

[Opiate]

hey,

Was just at my mates place and he showed me this growth type thing that's happenin to his jardini... his scales are starting to lift and showing a pinkish colour...it did rip some scales off it's self the other week cause it got stuck in some piping (prolly chasing/checking out the umbee) so were wondering if this was caused by that...however any feedback would be great...atm he's treating with pimafix and doin water changes, in the pics i'm providing ive circled the troubled areas...the pics were taken with my phone so they aint the best quality!

 

[irgaa]

maybe it sucked by your power head?? or got scratched by your tank decor?? the worst case is dropsy..

 

[Opiate]

dropsy...exactly what is that?

 

[skiptomyzoo]

its also known as malawi bloat, from fluid building up in tissues, don't think thats the case here though.

 

[Opiate]

what can we do 2 treat it?

 

[skiptomyzoo]

id add melafix also to the list, some salt, and up the temp, if it was just a wound w/missing scales

 

[Opiate]

nah the scales are there!! there lifting! like it got an under scale pimple lol

 

[*KrAmEr*]

It might of just hurt itself, mine smashed itself up once and a couple of it's scales where sticking out.

 

[Boydo]

When the sclaes lift the aro is very vulnerable to infection. I would add melafix and primafix at full strengh, increase salt ( 50/50 - aquarium/epsom ) to 0.3-0.5% slowly over the course of a day, at the same time increase water temp to 88-90 F. Should improve in a few days.

 

[jlnguyen74]

When the sclaes lift the aro is very vulnerable to infection. I would add melafix and primafix at full strengh, increase salt ( 50/50 - aquarium/epsom ) to 0.3-0.5% slowly over the course of a day, at the same time increase water temp to 88-90 F. Should improve in a few days.

Could be sign of early stage of fungus. Boydo already covered the treatment/preventative care