So yesterday I picked up a 24-25” jardini from less then ideal conditions. I tested the water from the tank he came from at 4ppm because the owner said he wasn’t really eating and it was tinted deep green. His fins are a bit beat up from transport they should heal now with clean water hopefully. My main concern is one side of his lateral line appears to be pitting compared to the other side and one scale is slightly reddened. Anyone have experience in helping this heal up? He was also raised on mice and recently beef strips any tips on where I should start to retrain on a healthy diet? I’ll post pics soon
Jardini rehab help!
- Thread starter Rhyno8
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Well first good on 'ya for taking in a rescue, and yes clean water and a non-stressful environment will be your first best steps. I think others can better advise you on treating his particular health issues, esp. as the treatments I would suggest probably aren't easily available in your area unless you're in SEA.
However, something more general I can recommend that perhaps you can find in another form (e.g. various 'blackwater' treatments) locally is something with almond leaves in it -- similar to this: Medifish's 'Wish Arowana Spa':
Although not scientifically proven quite a few fish keepers, esp. in SEA, believe that almond leaves significantly aid in healing scale/skin issues. Do note though that Almond leaves can lower both PH and GH in your tank; how much depends on several variables in your water parameters.
After feeding on mice and beef strips it's probably not going to be easy to get him on pellets, but you could try or work towards it; probably easier to first make the switch to some frozen foods like prawns or whitefish. That said, for now while it's recuperating it'd be best to feed it whatever it'll eat as it needs the nutrition to aid in the healing process.
Best of luck getting him/her back into good shape! Keep us updated.
I’ll definitely give them a go surely couldn’t hurt. I’m currently doing two 50% wc a week. Hopefully he’ll start eating within a week or two here’s some photos of his scales and lateral line