Sick ornate....HELP!!!

[SNRMADE]

Heres a few pics.Shes having problems with buoyancy now and the hole on the gill is larger but seems to not be getting any bigger. She goes through stages of heavy breathing for a while then stable breathing.I just did a water change and another full dose of metro and salt.Im hoping she pulls through the night.

 

[SNRMADE]

Shes still alive!!! Im going to get some melafix in there to help repair the hole in the gill plate.Anyone seen this before????

 

[SNRMADE]

Didnt get the melafix.lfs advised not to mix the two treatments.

 

[headbanger_jib]

why are u doing metro
metro is for internal parasites
where as what ur fish seems to have looks like an injury, what other fish is there in ur tank.

 

[SNRMADE]

I was treating her for bloat which is what i thought she had.It seems to be working so far.

 

[moonchild1970]

what other fish are there in your tank??

 

[SNRMADE]

Shes in a 2ft x 18'' QT tank atm with a 10'' Endli.

 

[moonchild1970]

Did they possibly get into a fight?

 

[SNRMADE]

I dont think so, but maybe? My 20''Green aro had a go at her and maybe it done some damage.I going to my lfs today to see if I should stop the metro and start to treat her with melafix.She seems to be struggling to use the back half of her body.

 

[moonchild1970]

Gl. Hoping you can heal her up.