Very Sick Flowerhorn! Help!

[nome]

here are what I did for my FH with HITH
- Do 50% WC (before doing this, make sure to check your water parameters are all good)
- Add 1 tablespoon of salt per 5 gal
- Provide more oxygen for the tank
- Raise temp to 89
- DO NOT feed him during treatment.

It was for my fish at very early stage of HITH, yours seems like worse. But anyhow, hope you can save him ! GL

 

[mshill90]

My flowerhorn got fin rot when i moved my tank. Quick cure and temp up with a lil salt worked in two days

you should never add quick cure and salt together.

 

[yoyopeter]

you should never add quick cure and salt together.

So I have aquarium salt, epsom salt, melafix, formalin 3, and Jungle brand Hole-N-Head treatment powder, and two packs of API General Cure. Are any combinations of those bad?

 

[nomad]

take it easy on the meds...keep temp high, pristine water, plenty of aeration and it should be fine . add epson salt only if you are sure that your fish has bloat.

 

[mshill90]

This is what I would do if it was my fish:

I would look into getting a bigger tank- even if I had to borrow one..

but I would add salt enough to reach .03% (which is healing percentage for fish)- I would raise the tank to 86-87- and add aeration.

I would leave the tank dim, but not dark. (still want the fish to know day/night changes.

I would do this for 10 days, doing a water change every other day. Everyday changes may cause more stress.

Salt, can cure most fish diseases- it can be used for more than just bloat- It's what I use on all of my fish when they have issues.

Epsom salt is the salt I would use, as it has extra minerals added into it.

 

[yoyopeter]

This is what I would do if it was my fish:

I would look into getting a bigger tank- even if I had to borrow one..

but I would add salt enough to reach .03% (which is healing percentage for fish)- I would raise the tank to 86-87- and add aeration.

I would leave the tank dim, but not dark. (still want the fish to know day/night changes.

I would do this for 10 days, doing a water change every other day. Everyday changes may cause more stress.

Salt, can cure most fish diseases- it can be used for more than just bloat- It's what I use on all of my fish when they have issues.

Epsom salt is the salt I would use, as it has extra minerals added into it.

The 20 gallon is the only hospital tank I have for it. How would I measure the salinity in it?

 

[mshill90]

Do water changes until you have changed 100% of the water.... Then you know that there is no salt present.

It's 1 cup for 100 gallons, so you would use 1/5 of a cup for 20 gallons.

 

[Raetak]

Do water changes until you have changed 100% of the water.... Then you know that there is no salt present.

It's 1 cup for 100 gallons, so you would use 1/5 of a cup for 20 gallons.

Think really hard about that statement...

REALLY HARD

 

[mshill90]

Think really hard about that statement...

REALLY HARD

There will still be small traces of salt, but not enough to make a differences..

If he salts the tank- then does water changes until he reaches 20 gallons over lets say, a weeks time... the amount of salt will be very small.

I doubt he wants to buy a salinity meter, so that's what he will have to do unless he drains the tank and refills it 100% all at once.

 

[Raetak]

Not gonna argue with you about it.