Old Dave Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 One of my 10cm G Brasiliensis has been picked on by the larger one and now has some form of small greyish growths on the scales, first noticed Tuesday am. I don't think it is white spot as it doesn't look white and you can't see them when the fish is out of water. The fish has been moved into a hospital tank (30l foam box for transporting fish/plants) with air & heater at 28C. It is not interested in eating and just sits on the bottom. My LFS suggested Tri Sulfa tablet which was dosed Tuesday pm. I have picked the fish up in the net and let him flap a little which shook some fungus-liked stuff off him into the water (bottom later siphoned). I am thinking of adding a little salt, but I don't want to make thing worse. Local tap water is about 7.4 and 10% aged water change done on Sunday. Please advise... Thanks Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricyellowz Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Salt doesnt make things worse to my knoloedge. Have you tried melafix or the like or even a broad spectrum anti biotic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dave Posted July 8, 2007 Author Share Posted July 8, 2007 Thanks for your advice and especially some of the previous posts. My fish is much improved now. I followed the advice from this link which came from a post by Ash in December. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/treatment_tips.php Individual got a 5min salt bath 5/7 and a 3min salt bath 6/7. Still moping around in the hospital tank but is at least taking some food. I haven't gone to the 3rd stage of the salt dosage in the main tank but things are pretty normal at 2 teaspoons of rock salt per gallon. No non-cichlids in the tank. I replace about 20-30% of the water in the unfiltered hospital tank daily with salted water from the main tank so the Tri Sulfa is being diluted . Fingers crossed he can go back into the main tank at the end of the week. Lucky I started with hardy fish, Thanks Old Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serkan Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 I usually dip the fish in a salt water bath. (Bucket of water with cooking salt). Then I treat with malachite green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsessed1 Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 I usually dip the fish in a salt water bath. (Bucket of water with cooking salt). Then I treat with malachite green. I usually take mine down to the beach so they can serkannavigate the tidal pools while they are getting their salt bath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dave Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 I'll have to start up a bit of a First Aid kit for the fish. Hopefully Murphy's Law will prevail. The fishes have already asked for a visit to the rock pools around Jervis Bay, but I'm afraid the Sea Dragons might lead them astray! Thanks All, Old Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firemike Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I'll have to start up a bit of a First Aid kit for the fish. Hopefully Murphy's Law will prevail. The fishes have already asked for a visit to the rock pools around Jervis Bay, but I'm afraid the Sea Dragons might lead them astray! Thanks All, Old Dave Get onto is ASAP, I had it recently and lost 3 fish. I got in early too, guess some fish aren't as resilient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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