Ouch!
Crossing my fingers for Lil.
Badly wounded bailey
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Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Re: Badly wounded bailey
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Re: Badly wounded bailey
Hows Lil doing now?
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Re: Badly wounded bailey
She seems to be getting better. The whole is finally starting to heal up, but its slow going. I'm not sure whether to move her back into the display tank or keep her in the hospital until she's healed. She seems to be doing fine in there so I think i'll leave her in there until the hole closes some more. She lays on plants and things in her tank which I think probably irritate it and slow it more, and there's nothing in the hospital for her to irritate it on. I'm still not sure what the white patches are though. They aren't spreading but aren't going away. I've been using Pimafix on the chance its a fungus, but I'm not convinced is, and it doesn't seem to be getting better. Its not fuzzy or furry.
Tina
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Re: Badly wounded bailey
It sounds promising though Boxer, keeping my fingers crossed
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Re: Badly wounded bailey
Well, I'm pleased to say that after a month in the bare hospital tank, the wound is almost completely closed. I definitely think part of the problem was she was constantly irritating the wound by laying on plants and things. In the bare tank, there's been nothing to irritate it so that, with the antibacterial, seem to have done the trick.
The only thing now is I can't seem to get rid of the white spot. Its gotten a little better, definitely isn't spreading, but hasn't gone away with steady treatment with Pimafix. Not sure what it is but doesn't appear to be a normal type of fungus. Anyone have any ideas on what it is or how to get rid of it?
The only thing now is I can't seem to get rid of the white spot. Its gotten a little better, definitely isn't spreading, but hasn't gone away with steady treatment with Pimafix. Not sure what it is but doesn't appear to be a normal type of fungus. Anyone have any ideas on what it is or how to get rid of it?
Tina
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Re: Badly wounded bailey
You can also try swabbing some mechurochrome on it (or the new substitute out now).
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: Badly wounded bailey
Hi Boxermom
Remember Shermy's damaged skin ??
I have been treating with vite's soaked food now for the last 5 months (as u suggested) and there are definate signs of healing (also looks like there wont be any scars as a few of the cuts have alsmost disapeared
Thought i would let you know, hopefully Bailey will also heal (scarless) ....
ill post a pic soon.
Remember Shermy's damaged skin ??
I have been treating with vite's soaked food now for the last 5 months (as u suggested) and there are definate signs of healing (also looks like there wont be any scars as a few of the cuts have alsmost disapeared
Thought i would let you know, hopefully Bailey will also heal (scarless) ....
ill post a pic soon.
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Re: Badly wounded bailey
Thanks, I do remember poor Shermy's skin. Lil's doing much better, her wound is completely closed with very little scarring. I treated her with antibacterial and always use the Kent Zoe vitamins in her food, which I think helped. She's back in her regular home now, happy as a clam.
Tina
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