JD rehab help

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Bobtastic6

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I have a JD that has been going thru alot with the power outages here in New England over the past few days and to make things worse he jumped out of the temporary tank i had set up for him. Now that he is back in his original tank he has a white film on his side (the side he laid on after he jumped out) along with tattered fins and a white film on those fins as well. Is this film like a scab and he is recovering? Any advice would be great.


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Please remember that SALT is only useful temporarily and can actually make some infections worse. Long term SALT use will kill your fish, poisoning them by shutting down their kidneys. FRESHWATER fish do not NEED salt.
 
salt is a good idea and can help heal wounds and helps with digestive problems, idk what this cat^ is talkin about but salt is usually just taken out of the system gradually with water changes. keep us posted on his behavior.
 
I think he was just saying this as a precaution... Anyway anytime you use salt you have to keep a close eye on your fish. Especially if you don't do regular maintenance on your tank.

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At this point i'm pretty sure he'e not going to make it. I found him upside down but that white film has gotten thicker and his pectoral fin on that side had deteriorated significantly. Am i dealing with some kind of infection?


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If you read my phrasing, I said that LONGTERM salt use will destroy your fish's liver and kidneys. I also believe that too many people use it too often instead of keeping good water conditions. (I am not talking about Epsom Salt, which is Magnesium Chloride, but Sodium Chloride.) Do you salt your own wounds? Why not? OUCH!!! That hurts. Imagine how it feels to your fish? Obviously some brackish water fish have evolved to tolerate it. Salt can lower the number of bacteria on an external wound and even decrease external fungal infections BUT IT DOES NOT EFFECT PARASITES OR BACTERIA IN THE BLOODSTREAM. And it only makes the liver and kidneys work overtime and can permanently damage the lymphatic system very quickly. In the gastrointestinal tract it will decrease the amount of fresh water that the fish's large intestines can reabsorb leaving the fish dehydrated while swimming in water. Why would you do that?
 
I like saltwater treatments in a plastic shoebox better than salting the tank. Vitachem is great for healing wounds and fins. The white film may be a fungus growth over a wound. Fill a small plastic container( shoebox size) with tank water. Use aquarium salt, but more than the recommended dose, this is a quick dip. Also dose with melafix and pimafix. Take the Dempsey out of the tank and into the shoebox. After 15 minutes, back into his tank. Repeat twice a day till he looks better. Dose the main tank with Vitachem once weekly, this will not only help him heal, it's good for everyone in the tank. This method I have used with success on an Oscar on the brink of death swimming upside down.


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Anchovie said:
I like saltwater treatments in a plastic shoebox better than salting the tank. Vitachem is great for healing wounds and fins. The white film may be a fungus growth over a wound. Fill a small plastic container( shoebox size) with tank water. Use aquarium salt, but more than the recommended dose, this is a quick dip. Also dose with melafix and pimafix. Take the Dempsey out of the tank and into the shoebox. After 15 minutes, back into his tank. Repeat twice a day till he looks better. Dose the main tank with Vitachem once weekly, this will not only help him heal, it's good for everyone in the tank. This method I have used with success on an Oscar on the brink of death swimming upside down.


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Thank you that is a great and original idea. If i ever find myself in this situation again i will try it. Unfortunately, i decided to "pull the plug" and put him down as for the past 2 days he has been upside down, labored breathing, on the bottom of the tank, and non-responsive to anything around him. I just couldn't stand to see him suffer any longer.


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