7Enigma
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hi everyone,
I recently (2-3 weeks ago) acquired some platies from a friend at work. These were pond raised (he says he has hundreds if not thousands in his pond). I should have been more careful but my tank was pretty empty since the passing of my large gold barb (he jumped). So rather than QT them I added them, some plants (after a quick soak in distilled water), and some pond snails.
Well when I added them I noticed several had IP's. I used Jungle's parasite clear to no luck, but then went with with a combination of flubenol (Jungle's parasite pellets have flubenol in them, and while the fish refuse to eat them, I crushed them up and added them to some frozen food of which I'm sure some ate), and a canine dewormer sold at petsmart which contains the active ingredient fenbendazole which I soaked in some bloodworms which they readily ate.
So the IP's seemed to be treated but now I've got a new problem. The large female platy that was pregnant (gave birth about 2 weeks ago) had what appeared to be the beginnings of Ich. I didn't want to treat during her pregnancy or right after due to the fry and also because I wasn't exactly sure this was Ich. I have had it when I first started the hobby and didn't remember it not having a uniform shape.
So I have been watching it get steadily worse hoping it was some bad reaction to the medication (but it was present slightly before treatment). Now I'm in need of help ASAP because it has gotten really bad really quickly. Here's a bullet point of what I know:
-has only visibly affected the single platy, the others (of which some are dark blue and would be easy to spot) show no signs
-the platy has vibrant colors, eats well, and does not flash
-in the last 2-3 days the condition has gotten much worse as the scales are very badly raised
I have done some searching and come across dropsy, but the belly as you can see in the pictures looks normal. I don't see anything wriggling on the skin, there are no open wounds (unless you count the scales), and if the scales weren't raised I wouldn't even have given a second thought to this fish.
I have on hand pimafix and melafix if I need to move the fish to a separate container for longterm treatment. What I would prefer however is to use a dip. I'm assuming this is some external issue and so things like a salt water bath, formalin, potassium permangenate would be preferable. I would net out the fish, perform the proper dip treatment, wash well to prevent contaminating the main tank, and then put the fish back in.
Attached are 2 pics I just took which should help to show the problem. Again please note this is NOT ICH, the scales are visibly raised and no other fish are visibly affected in the tank. I do weekly 50% PWC's, have lots of plants, and take very good care. Over the last week I've done 25% PWC's daily to replace the water even more hoping this would clear up on its own.
I thank you in advance for any advice/help you can give.
I recently (2-3 weeks ago) acquired some platies from a friend at work. These were pond raised (he says he has hundreds if not thousands in his pond). I should have been more careful but my tank was pretty empty since the passing of my large gold barb (he jumped). So rather than QT them I added them, some plants (after a quick soak in distilled water), and some pond snails.
Well when I added them I noticed several had IP's. I used Jungle's parasite clear to no luck, but then went with with a combination of flubenol (Jungle's parasite pellets have flubenol in them, and while the fish refuse to eat them, I crushed them up and added them to some frozen food of which I'm sure some ate), and a canine dewormer sold at petsmart which contains the active ingredient fenbendazole which I soaked in some bloodworms which they readily ate.
So the IP's seemed to be treated but now I've got a new problem. The large female platy that was pregnant (gave birth about 2 weeks ago) had what appeared to be the beginnings of Ich. I didn't want to treat during her pregnancy or right after due to the fry and also because I wasn't exactly sure this was Ich. I have had it when I first started the hobby and didn't remember it not having a uniform shape.
So I have been watching it get steadily worse hoping it was some bad reaction to the medication (but it was present slightly before treatment). Now I'm in need of help ASAP because it has gotten really bad really quickly. Here's a bullet point of what I know:
-has only visibly affected the single platy, the others (of which some are dark blue and would be easy to spot) show no signs
-the platy has vibrant colors, eats well, and does not flash
-in the last 2-3 days the condition has gotten much worse as the scales are very badly raised
I have done some searching and come across dropsy, but the belly as you can see in the pictures looks normal. I don't see anything wriggling on the skin, there are no open wounds (unless you count the scales), and if the scales weren't raised I wouldn't even have given a second thought to this fish.
I have on hand pimafix and melafix if I need to move the fish to a separate container for longterm treatment. What I would prefer however is to use a dip. I'm assuming this is some external issue and so things like a salt water bath, formalin, potassium permangenate would be preferable. I would net out the fish, perform the proper dip treatment, wash well to prevent contaminating the main tank, and then put the fish back in.
Attached are 2 pics I just took which should help to show the problem. Again please note this is NOT ICH, the scales are visibly raised and no other fish are visibly affected in the tank. I do weekly 50% PWC's, have lots of plants, and take very good care. Over the last week I've done 25% PWC's daily to replace the water even more hoping this would clear up on its own.
I thank you in advance for any advice/help you can give.