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I finally got a look at the left gill and while still flared a little the red has definitely got better. I decided to go ahead and dose the tank with Mela. again. Darned if he didn't go nuts! I KNOW this is not his feeding behavior.
He's whipping his tail back and forth and jerking it hard just like he did the first time. I turned the lights off and left the room for a few seconds. As soon as I went back in there and he saw me he started the behavior again. I put the carbon back in the tank. I think this is it for Harry and Melafix. I'm leery of ever giving it to him again. I think I'd rather use an antibiotic IF it comes to that. Maybe he's that 1 in 200. I know I haven't had him long, almost a month, but he has never acted like this before. Only with Melafix.

Hugs, Beth

Perhaps he's reacting to the Melafix the way humans react to smelling salts....

Perhaps in an inflammation, rather than a wound, it's just creating an uncomfortable burning sensation.

If you wish to try Melafix again, perhaps you should administer it in divided doses over several hours rather than adding the entire amount all at once. This may help prevent the reaction you are seeing.

That's what I'm concerned about, that it was burning. I've left the carbon in and I stopped treating him for anything. It's for sure I don't see any decline. He's still a pig and busy fluttering around. He bit my little boy again yesterday while being fed and that time it hurt. We laughed about it. Of course my little boy dropped the food and Harry got so fat that he won't be eating today. Looked like he was going to explode.

Nick wrote:Perhaps in an inflammation, rather than a wound, it's just creating an uncomfortable burning sensation.

I tried doing it every half hr. but if I have to do it again I'll try it like you said.

I love your borg statement. It gives me a chuckle.

FishFan wrote:If you wish to try Melafix again, perhaps you should administer it in divided doses over several hours rather than adding the entire amount all at once. This may help prevent the reaction you are seeing.

We are the Puffers. Resistance is futile.

Boy isn't that true. This is all my oldest son's fault. He talked me into getting a puffer.

I got some pvc. I'm going to wait until I change the substrate before I fix it like a cave. And can you believe I've been to 3 dollar stores and all they have are silk plants? That's an awesome idea, thank you for sharing.

Guess I'll meet ya'll back on the brackish forum for now. I hope for good.

Agnate wrote:We are the Puffers. Resistance is futile.

LizB wrote:I tried doing it every half hr. but if I have to do it again I'll try it like you said.

I love your borg statement. It gives me a chuckle.

It just may not be something he can tolerate; our fish that had the greatest problem was an 8" red & white show Oranda, and the cw is that a goldfish should be able to tolerate anything (although this isn't really true, and I've found that puffers aren't any harder to keep than fancy show goldfish; I believe it was PufferPunk that once said that serious goldfish keepers do a 90% wc a week).

I'm glad someone got the Borg thing. It was originally my account, but the dh wanted to log in to read and post, so it made the most sense to share an account as we only have 1 pc atm.

~ Anne