So went downstairs after eating my holiday meal to find my del side ways and very dead....his chest part of his belly right behind his jaw was swollen and bright bright red....dunno it'd it's an internal injury our something caught in his throat. With the swelling so far forward I am not leaning towards parasite... Could not find any other injuries on him either.....guess I will wait till after the holidays and order a pair of new ones....
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I'm sorry for your loss. Its very hard to move on when one loses a pet. Do you have a picture of the swollen site? Normally when it is a parasite you would notice it right away on the first few days.
What are you feeding your poly? Might be an injury?
What are you feeding your poly? Might be an injury?
Well got up this morning to my geo swollen as heck and about 1 min after the lights went on he lunged cus he was swimming crooked and bashed his head into the top after which he stopped moving.... looks like one fast moving parasite after all must have come in with the vampire pleco I got the weekend before thanksgiving from the OCA event. Never seen one this fast though cus like the Del he was fine the night before and I did a 70 % water change sat as per normal so water quality is not the issue.
Couldnt do it before work but I am going to start soaking all food in epson salt tonight. I hope that does the trick cuz I am broke after the holiday and my sons Bday last week so I cant buy any meds to treat the tank.
If I remember right epson salt is one table spoon per 500 ml of dechlorinated water. Soak food till saturated and feed.
Do it for a week right?
Couldnt do it before work but I am going to start soaking all food in epson salt tonight. I hope that does the trick cuz I am broke after the holiday and my sons Bday last week so I cant buy any meds to treat the tank.
If I remember right epson salt is one table spoon per 500 ml of dechlorinated water. Soak food till saturated and feed.
Do it for a week right?