Will this dovii survive??

[rook45]

I got this 5 inch dovii from a friend after it got wned: by a Red Devil. I've had it for 2 day and it stiil can't swim bevause the base of it tail it pretty bad. Has anyone else nursed a fish this beat up back to health and about how long till is gets better?

 

[---XR---]

i have nursed some larger parachromis from injuryes such as this, you never know though, with a fish this small, it may not, just make sure to put in a seperate tank, meleafix, salt, and warm water, and it should be alright

 

[santoury]

That looks very bad - Must have been with the Devil way too long. I can tell you though that I've seen worse, and saved the fish, but no, yours doesn't look saveable. I'm sorry to say.

Are you medicating/treating the water?? If it is still alert and swimming around, there might be a slight chance, but that guy is in pretty lousy shape as it is.

IF he survives, how long it takes is entirely up to your care.

 

[---XR---]

to me it looks like scales were ripped off, but no real injuries to the fish's body, the tail may be a problem though

 

[santoury]

---XR--- to me it looks like scales were ripped off, but no real injuries to the fish's body, the tail may be a problem though





I gotta ask.... you don't consider ripped-off scales "a real injury" to the fish's body? Just wondering.

 

[benzjamin13]

Loks bad, but looks like it can survive.

 

[awdawg]

yeap what he said, melafix warm water and salt... need to keep that fish from getting worse or an infection! good luck!

 

[---XR---]

---XR--- to me it looks like scales were ripped off, but no real injuries to the fish's body, the tail may be a problem though





I gotta ask.... you don't consider ripped-off scales "a real injury" to the fish's body? Just wondering.

no i don't i have had fish lose scale from battles, alot, they have always been nursed back, and were plenty healthly a couple weeks later, like people healing from minor cuts, if chunks of the fish were ripped out i'd be worried.

 

[Opiate]

looks like it's gonna be a struggle....tell ya what tho if u do manage to nurse it to good health and it does become monster, u godda take it back to that RD for revenge!! fook i hate RD's!

 

[rook45]

i have the temp at 86 and treating the water with salt. My friend told me this happened with in 5 or 6 hours in the middle of the night. She seems kind of alert but doesn't swim around much and if she does she doesn't even use her tail.