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djm761

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Yesterday Marilyn and I went looking for a pair of silver dollars for the new tank. We went to the LFS and asked one of the employees if they had any silver dollars, He told us they just taken a very nice looking pair in on trade because they had out grown their tank. he showed us where the tank was and we where shocked at what we saw two large silver dollars about 4.5 to maybe 5 inches long being torn apart by a large blood parrot and some other large cichlid, I'm not sure but it looked more like an African than an American strain, he did pull the fish out of that tank and we looked at them after inspecting them I passed on them. their dorsal fins had been torn off their pectoral fins where down to stumps one had an eye clouded over one was missing a piece of the plate that covers the gills, you get the idea the list goes on and on. But Marilyn being the person she is felt sorry for them and decided we should take them home and put them in our hospital tank. We talked price they wouldn't take less than 5.00 dollars per fish, I still think that's allot for a fish that has a hard time swimming upright, but Marilyn paid them and we now have the fish here at home they do look better today than they did yesterday but I'm not sure that they will ever fully recover. I think the one is going to have a bad eye and I'm not convinced that the pectoral fins will grow back. they truly are down to just stumps. I added extra salt some Maroxy and ICH-X to the tank is there something else I should be doing??????????????. or is it now a wait and see situation
 
I know how you feel. About a year ago my girlfriend bought an electric blue jack dempsey that was being shredded by about 20 pea puffer fish! We didn't expect it to survive very long.... we put him in his own tank and a year later he grew all his fins back and is one of the most beautiful fish I own.

Good luck with the fish. Make sure you do plenty of water changes and lots of TLC. :) Is your tank cycled?
 
Thanks for the replies sounds like most are in agreement, salt and water changes would be best right now, I will do a water change tomorrow and just add more salt, is the standard one Tbsp per 5 Gallons ok.

One more question how long should these guys be quarantined, they both ate a couple of flakes today so I think they will survive, but when should I introduce them to there new home, I was thinking two weeks if there's no secondary infections, Marilyn was thinking a full month in quarantine ??????????????????
 
Yeah some of the lfs employees are real dum azzzs. I had a pair of 6 inch thinned barred red hooks M. schumbargii (sorry about spelling) Anyyway I changed my 85 around and added 50 cardinals so the silver dollars had to go. I donated them to my lfs and a week later found them all tore up. Mind you I paid $60 bucks a piece for these and told the kid about them. He said some cichlids tore them up and I sadi Why did you put them in with Jaguars in a small tank? He just didn't know what to say. d
 
So many times it is lack of experience in the pet stores employees... and either the employee is clue less or doesn't care ..so it is up to the owner or manager to keep some oversight on how the fish are being kept.. thanks to marilyn these guys are getting a chance to live..
 
Also I would like to explain the title of this thread, on our way home yesterday I told Marilyn I didn't think the fish would survive, Her response was (just remember the fish did nothing wrong all their problems where created by the people in charge and if they do die they get to die in peace) hence the title without some of my cuss words.
 
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