Rtc/tsn hole in his side??

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Hey guys I went to check on my indoor pond and noticed my rtc/tsn is all agitated, I pulled him out and saw this on the poor guys side, any idea what it is? Nothing is in the pond that can harm him like this. I brought him inside and put him into a medication tank. Here's some pics >.< it looks bad and I don't want to have to put the little pup I raised out of his misery, any advice would be awesome!


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strollo22 said:
What's in the pond with him? His fins are all torn up which tells me he's been getting beat up


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Literally just 2 decent sizes koi and some feeder fish currently. his fins looked ok after I brought him inside my house it looks like they are starting to wear and tear off just from him swimming, no clue I think it's part of him being sick, his fins seem worse since I put him in my med tank, it even looks like his pectoral fins are doing the damage to his side, he is getting a similar mark on the opposite side just not as bad yet


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Yes post water parameters and include Ph and hardness. It looks either ammonia or if not that then Pseudomonas/Aeromonas type infection. Hope for ammonia burn but I don't think you are going to be that lucky.
 
Craztcats78 said:
If there is nothing in the pond that you say can harm the cat then the next thing would be water quality, parasites or something along those lines.


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Yeah I would agree it looks like some sort of parasite, gonna do a massive water change on the pond for the koi and as for the hybrid he's i my 55gal by himself with some clean water with some aquarium salt, now I just have to decide what Meds to treat with.


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If you post your water perameters including Ph and hardness I'll tell you what to use but I need numbers. Go easy with salt on catfish, no more than 1 tablespoon per 10 gallons. If this is not ammonia related which I don't think it looks like at this point, this would be a bacterial infection not a parasitic infestation. While similar Pseudomonas is gram-negative aerobic and Aeromonas is gram-negative anaerobic. Both can be treated in a similar fashion, however there are slight differances.
 
Aquanero said:
If you post your water perameters including Ph and hardness I'll tell you what to use but I need numbers. Go easy with salt on catfish, no more than 1 tablespoon per 10 gallons.
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Aye i kept the salt to a minimum i just thought what it would feel like to have salt in an open wound and that's all i needed to make myself go easy, but anyway the Water parameters for the pond are as follows.
Temp: 78
PH: 7.3
Ammonia: 0.0
Nitrite: 0.0
Nitrate: 60ppm
GH: 6
 
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