Will he survive?

[Dr.B]

updates?

 

[Aw3s0m3]

This afternoon he's looking better activity wise but there's definitely some fungus growing in I can't get a good picture of the body because he's hiding behind the driftwood but here's a picture if the fungus growing on the head.

It's right behind the left eye.

I need to move him into qt but the only spare tank I have is a 10g and he's about 14" long. I'm going to assume that this would be too small for him?


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[lix.ma14]

10 gals is too small. Moving it will stress it out.

 

[Aw3s0m3]

So I treat it in the tank its already in? It's in a 150g with another bichir. Won't medicating the tank stress the other one out?


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[strollo22]

Salt and prime won't stress the other fish out


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[lix.ma14]

Yup, add salt and do a WC in the 150 gallon tank.. No meds needed. They will do more harm than good.

 

[-DC-]

I agree , A move will add stress , stress is the worst thing for recovery. Lowering water levels is also a great suggestion boosting aeration and WC's with some Salt should be plenty to turn him around.

I doubt it's Fungus your seeing, as part of the healing process he will start to shed away the slime coat which will look like stringy/fuzzy white stuff sloughing off the body. Completely normal after a trip onto the floor.

 

[Aw3s0m3]

Can I use marine salt since I have a huge bucket of it for my reef or do I need to use aquarium salt? Also, how often should I do a wc and how much?


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[Chub_by]

Marine salt is aquarium salt.. Just don't overdose
Small wc's as often as possible.

 

[Aw3s0m3]

Sweet. Just to make sure I don't OD it, is it like 1 tbsp per gallon of water?


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