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sevenyearnight wrote:

Srkoe wrote:

Pufferpunk wrote:I'm not sure how adding magnesium to his water would piss him off. It should help him pass a blockage. Keep a very close eye on those water parameters. I have a feeling you'll be needing 80% WC 2x/day in a tank that small. See if you can get a 30+g for him.

+1
I've also heard of people using large Tupperware containers as QT tanks.

I think you might have meant to say rubbermaid, a tupperware are casserole sizes.

Haha...yeah...that's what I meant.

Well after trying a week long treatment of erythromyacin i figured id try one more thing... salt.
When he was younger i had him in brackish for about a month not realizing what i was doing ... just following LFS.. goofs!
So i tried some salt and he wasnt happy but i figured if what was eating him was surviving in freshwater maybe it wouldnt survive in salt ... hoping that he would pull through .. But he didnt... He passed last eve. 4 years old RIP Fatass

Thanks alot for all the help from you all.

Awww... so sorry.

Pufferpunk wrote:Awww... so sorry.

Yea it sucks but ever since i moved him from mississauga to winnipeg he wasnt himself and i couldnt get crayfish for him ... o well hes in a better place now. So hows your fahaka doing? Know anyone whos got lil 1s for sale?

Sorry to hear this

After having the time to sit down and read into the forum and sites Ive concluded that the d00d had IP and EP or ick.... it did not loook like that (externally) but i managed to actually sit down and read over the course of the day. The eyrthromyacin was a broad spectrum antibiotic not strong enough to contend with what he had. I felt like salt would perhaps either kill what was killing him or kill him. I took the gamble and lost. I apologize to all for helping me when really all I had to to do was research a bit. With work I did not have the time. So sorry for my fat@55 and all that replied to try help.