hi guys
Today i noticed that my shubunkin has red bloody dots on her body, mostly
at
the base of her fins. I did a 40% water change, cleaned out the filter
media
and added 0.03% salt to the tank. She is 4 years old and this is her first ever problem. Last night the filter malfunctioned and she swam past it a
few
times, Could she have been burnt while touching the heater? I threw the stupid heater away and ordered a better one.
Is this a reaction to burning on the heater or is it a reaction to
parasites?
Have i done the right thing so far? Is here anything else i can do to help her. She dart around occasionally, but that is usually her....
Hope someone can help
TIA
Ves
Red spots like you described are usually caused by bacterial infection.
"Starfish" <everlong82@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:QWiqd.51301$K7.23113@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
hi guys
Today i noticed that my shubunkin has red bloody dots on her body, mostly >> at
the base of her fins. I did a 40% water change, cleaned out the filter
media
and added 0.03% salt to the tank. She is 4 years old and this is her
first
ever problem. Last night the filter malfunctioned and she swam past it a
few
times, Could she have been burnt while touching the heater? I threw the
stupid heater away and ordered a better one.
Is this a reaction to burning on the heater or is it a reaction to
parasites?
Have i done the right thing so far? Is here anything else i can do to
help
her. She dart around occasionally, but that is usually her....
Hope someone can help
TIA
Ves
"Starfish" <everlong82@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:fDjqd.51370$K7.37719@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
If i do a 20% waterchange every 2 days, Will it help Toby?
Thanks for clearing that up!!!!
"Limnophile" <limnophileNOSP@Mcharter.net> wrote in message
news:npjqd.23204$F33.22684@fe07.lga...
Red spots like you described are usually caused by bacterial infection.
Daily water changes will help, but probably won't cure the infection
alone. You should consider using antibiotics. The sites below have lots of good info. The "discus disease" site also applies to other fish.
http://world.std.com/~enjolras/symtreat.htm
http://www.thekrib.com/Diseases/
http://faq.thekrib.com/disease-fw.html
Glad to help,
Limnophile
I have no antibiotics available and no vets in my region know anything >about fish.
What else can help?
Salt?
"Starfish" <everlong82@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:P3Zqd.53652$K7.29461@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
I have no antibiotics available and no vets in my region know anything >>about fish.
What else can help?
Salt?
Salt can help, but use it carefully. Too much salt will stress your fish
and make things worse. Keep up the daily water changes too. For a goldfish
I would use 0.5 grams of salt per liter for about a week, then stop using salt and keep the water changes going.
If your vetrinarian is willing to help but doesn't know which medications
to use, 10 mg per liter of erythromycin or tetracycline should do the
trick.
Other antibiotic pills / tablets can be used, but at different doses. Fish should be treated with antibiotics as if the aquarium was a large animal, horse / cow / pig etc. For example, if you have a 400 liter tank, it
should get the same amount of antibiotic as a 400 kg horse.
Or if you can't find a vetrinarian willing to prescibe antibiotics, salt
is less effective but should help.
Limnophile
Thankyou!
The vets wont have anything to do with fish (which is a real shame)
I suppose thats what you get when you live in a town with 10000 people (including the surrounding districts) in it in Regional Queensland......\ grrrr
"Starfish" <everlong82@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:8g8rd.54067$K7.29512@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
Thankyou!
The vets wont have anything to do with fish (which is a real shame)
I suppose thats what you get when you live in a town with 10000 people
(including the surrounding districts) in it in Regional Queensland......\
grrrr
Where in Queensland? Maybe we're neighbors?
Just kidding, I'm in Wisconsin, north-central USA. If I dug a hole
straight down, I'd come out in the ocean 2,000 km south of Perth.
A couple other "fishy" thoughts, do you keep your fish at room
temperature? Goldfish do best at 20 to 24 C. They are healthier on a
mainly vegetarian diet, with just a little fish/meat/insect food.
Wishing your fish luck;
Limnophile
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