Problem with Senagalus

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jojo_nature

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I found my Senagalus like this yesterday with a red mark on his underside & was a little slugish . I did a 20% WC & cleaned out my ehiem external (left the internal alone) & removed some wood from the tank
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This is him today as you can see he look's much worse . Has anyone had this problem ? Any advice please i'm pretty worried now .



He is in a 5 foot community sand tank , no big boy's in there the biggest thing's are Synodontis & Suncat's . I have ran out of test strip's so can tell you the perameter's . I am feeding him catfish pellet's ,earthworm's & prawn's the only change is bloodworm pellet's that i recently bought
 
Wow that sucks... I'd say bump up the temp and add some salt for now (if you haven't already). Hopefully someone can ID the problem for you :cheers:
 
Bacterial infection, look for medications at your LFS that treat bacterial infections. Move fast or your bichir will die.
 
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Bacterial infection, look for medications at your LFS that treat bacterial infections. Move fast or your bichir will die.
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also add salt to stop it from spreading, if you can quarantine him so you don't disturb the other fish as you treat him.
 
Well i'm sad to say when i got home yesterday i found my Poly dead , i'm gutted to say the least . I'd still like to know what killed him though incase it was something i could have prevented or treated differently . Do you guy's think it was a bruise with internal injuries or a bacterial infection ? He was only ill for 2 day's & then died ,could a bacterial infection kill him that fast ?

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It's likely both. It got an injury from squeezing into a tight spot, or trying to turn around in a spot that was too small, which got infected.

Bacterial infections do kill quickly which is why I told you to get the meds as fast as possible.
 
Thank's for the advice & kind comment's guys , i feel cr*ppy maybe if i'd of acted quicker with the salt & antibacterial he might of made it . Just wish i had a PC & internet at home with my fish .
 
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