Put it in the 30gal and treat with melafix, salt, higher temp. Is the fish still eating. If not focus on this and remove all uneaten food promptly.
Will this dovii survive??
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Wow !!! Turning this fish around would be a wonderful challenge.
His situation looks quite doable. All he needs right away is a decent sized barebottom tank, heavy aeration, daily massive waterchanges (atleast 80%), salt and methylene blue. Once these are in place you could go looking for a heater and the black paper
And feed him only if he shows interest (which it is mostly unlikely to), else just keep up with the WCs. He should start showing some improvement in 3-4 days.
His situation looks quite doable. All he needs right away is a decent sized barebottom tank, heavy aeration, daily massive waterchanges (atleast 80%), salt and methylene blue. Once these are in place you could go looking for a heater and the black paper
And feed him only if he shows interest (which it is mostly unlikely to), else just keep up with the WCs. He should start showing some improvement in 3-4 days.
OneFishTwoFish;739357; said:What is it about people in NJ that makes them want to fight fish? I've noticed a ton of people from that area talking about cichlid vs. cichlid. And that one site, which shall remain nameless, that's about fish fighting each other is run by and full of people from NJ. Is this some sort of HS fad going on or something?
Good on you for trying to heal the Dovii.
This is a great example of why I don't like it when people say two fish can live together just fine because they've had a "7 inch (insert CA cichlid) and 8 inch (insert CA cichlid)" live together without problems. There's a huge difference between a juvie and a mature cichlid and with the damage these guys can do, it doesn't take long to end up with a dead fish.
Ok, Im off my soapbox.
I'm in a 100% agreement with that last paragraph. Also don't like when people regurgitate info they have no experiance with just from reading what others spew out and assuming that it's right when it's not. You end up with 3 people saying the same thing and it's totally wrong.
I think you see alot of people from NY/NJ doing it but people from all over thinking fish vs. fish is cool 'cause they have tough guy syndrome or something. Just like all the tough guys that buy rbp's thinking it'll be awesome and even though there are other fish way cooler they don't want to hear otherwise.
