Yep...not exactly the best days in my fishkeeping life..
I got a pair of widebars about 3 weeks ago.
One of them had a hump in his head, within 3 days the hump had gone down but an open wound with white slime on top of started to appear. At the same time, He suffered from a massive Pop Eye.
At this point, I moved him to a hospital tank.
The time he's in the hospital tank is right at 2 weeks period. During this time, here are the actions that I took to make him better.
1. I added about 2-3 tablespoon of salts per 5 gallon of water and maintain temp of 85 degrees
2. Daily water changes at 30-40%
3. On day 4 of the hospital tank, I treat the tank with Jungle fungus clear AND I applied some Potassium Permanganate on his wound to stop the infection from affecting him from the outside.
4. After 2 days the wounds started to heal, but the pop eye is still there but it has gone down considerably since the first day.
5. After a week with no meds (other than salt and high temp), his eye is ALMOST back to normal. I added Maracyn Two to treat the infection from the inside.
6. Today, I found him dead.
So, I need opinions to see if there is any association between his death and the maracyn 2 ?
I am not sure if there is any connection, but it was the very last thing I did before his death.
Any ideas ?
Stan
I got a pair of widebars about 3 weeks ago.
One of them had a hump in his head, within 3 days the hump had gone down but an open wound with white slime on top of started to appear. At the same time, He suffered from a massive Pop Eye.
At this point, I moved him to a hospital tank.
The time he's in the hospital tank is right at 2 weeks period. During this time, here are the actions that I took to make him better.
1. I added about 2-3 tablespoon of salts per 5 gallon of water and maintain temp of 85 degrees
2. Daily water changes at 30-40%
3. On day 4 of the hospital tank, I treat the tank with Jungle fungus clear AND I applied some Potassium Permanganate on his wound to stop the infection from affecting him from the outside.
4. After 2 days the wounds started to heal, but the pop eye is still there but it has gone down considerably since the first day.
5. After a week with no meds (other than salt and high temp), his eye is ALMOST back to normal. I added Maracyn Two to treat the infection from the inside.
6. Today, I found him dead.
So, I need opinions to see if there is any association between his death and the maracyn 2 ?
I am not sure if there is any connection, but it was the very last thing I did before his death.
Any ideas ?
Stan
