mathobes Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Last night my kadango got caught behind a filter intake. Got him out into a hospital tank with medication, salt, raised temp and raised air. He is still alive but not looking good. He has one eye that clouded over, a spot on his body where a bn was sucking on him and a general loss of colour. He is sometimes hanging upside Down and other times swimming very weakly. Should I continue with treatment or is there no chance of survival? It sucks he was my first cichlid and I am very attatched to him. Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Mathobes seems you have done about all you can by moving to a hospital tank I would turn the aeration down to reduce the turbulence in the tank if you have it too high so he doesn't feel off balance keep him upright so he doesn't struggle and increase stress level get some Melafix in with him also for the eye and wounds if he pulls through the eye should clear up Good luck Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathobes Posted May 23, 2010 Author Share Posted May 23, 2010 Melafix has been added, so I should be putting him upright myself whenever I see him upside down? I have been doing it but been scared that it has been stressing himnout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Sorry I thought you had him suspended in a net or something to help from lying on his side if not don't try handling him as it will stress him out I guess he's not struggling when he's on his side Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathobes Posted May 23, 2010 Author Share Posted May 23, 2010 He seems to be upright more often now, but he is still going upside down every so often. When he is upside down all it takes to get him back up is take off the towel I'm covering the tank with. He is in a bad way but I don't wanna give up just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brogdenelian Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Did he survive in the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathobes Posted August 22, 2010 Author Share Posted August 22, 2010 He got progressively worse until I knew 100% that he wasn't going to live, so I euthanized him. Poor fella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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