Ornate Bichir Floating!!! I Need Help!

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ScatMan

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my 13" ornate is floating at the surface. it's colors are washed out too making it look greyish. it's been eating so i thought it was something that might pass on it's own but it's going on the 3rd day now and i'm getting worried.

the temp was raised to 86* from 80* when i noticed it, i didn't add any salt.

i don't know what's causing it (i'm guessing internal infection?) so i was going to treat the tank with maracyn 1 and 2, does that sound like a bad idea?

will the maracyn kill my bio filters?
 
it died. i put it in a 20long with an established aquaclear 50 and medicated with maracyn 1 and 2 on 7/1/11 and i found it dead today when i came home from work 7/5/11.

any guesses as to what killed it? it had blood on it, looked like it was coming out from between the scales.

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