orandaKali
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*PLEASE HELP* ? very sick oranda
My sweet sweet oranda (Willy) is so sick. I started noticing signs of illness about 4 days ago. After testing the water and everything. and out normal I did a 50% water change in hopes that he would start to feel better.
He started to seem to get worse and by day 2 (of Willy being noticeably sick) I started noticing white spots which seem to be ich. So after a ton of research I began raising the temperature slowly to 80F. And added a second bubble/air stone I also added 3 teaspoons of Melafix.
Day 3 of Illness: Willy’s symptoms seemed to SKY ROCKET. And he now has a ton of red streaks in his tail and fins (which seemed to appear over night - and completely cause me to go in to panicked fish mom overdrive) I added 27 teaspoons of aquarium salt to my 36 gal bow front tank. Through out the day he was seeming to be a bit more like himself. Swimming around the tank more and acting lethargic less.
Today is day 4: when I got home from work Willy seemed to be okay (not even close to cured- but about as “stagnant” as he was as by the end of day 3.
But now after being home from work for about 2-3 hours Willy seems to be back at square one. He is lethargic, and floating at the surface and only swimming a little bit every once in awhile. I added 3.5 teaspoons of Melafix.
I don’t know what I am doing wrong- and I am so scared to lose my baby. Please help
*UPDATE *
Adding more tank details-
36 gallon bowfront- been running since December 26,2018
Fluval 50 pump
Ammonia level = <0.02 ppm (safe)
PH level = 7.0-7.4
Nitrate = 20ppm
Nitrite = .5 ppm ( wee bit high- working on lowering)
Alkalinity= 120ppm
Temp is raised to 79F to treat ich (salt/heat treatment)
Last water change and substrate vacuum was 2/20 (2 days ago)
Willy is the only fish in his tank at this time. Although I believe he got sick after I added a pleco about 2 weeks ago- who is now gone. I have had wily for almost 9 months.
I have not added any new Decor recently but when I started treating him I remover all decor & plants aside from his bubble rods.
I feed Willy API sinking goldfish pellets and San Francisco Bay brand freshwater multipack frozen food, as well as blanched/skinned peas occasionally. He eats once in the morning and once in the evening.
My sweet sweet oranda (Willy) is so sick. I started noticing signs of illness about 4 days ago. After testing the water and everything. and out normal I did a 50% water change in hopes that he would start to feel better.
He started to seem to get worse and by day 2 (of Willy being noticeably sick) I started noticing white spots which seem to be ich. So after a ton of research I began raising the temperature slowly to 80F. And added a second bubble/air stone I also added 3 teaspoons of Melafix.
Day 3 of Illness: Willy’s symptoms seemed to SKY ROCKET. And he now has a ton of red streaks in his tail and fins (which seemed to appear over night - and completely cause me to go in to panicked fish mom overdrive) I added 27 teaspoons of aquarium salt to my 36 gal bow front tank. Through out the day he was seeming to be a bit more like himself. Swimming around the tank more and acting lethargic less.
Today is day 4: when I got home from work Willy seemed to be okay (not even close to cured- but about as “stagnant” as he was as by the end of day 3.
But now after being home from work for about 2-3 hours Willy seems to be back at square one. He is lethargic, and floating at the surface and only swimming a little bit every once in awhile. I added 3.5 teaspoons of Melafix.
I don’t know what I am doing wrong- and I am so scared to lose my baby. Please help
*UPDATE *
Adding more tank details-
36 gallon bowfront- been running since December 26,2018
Fluval 50 pump
Ammonia level = <0.02 ppm (safe)
PH level = 7.0-7.4
Nitrate = 20ppm
Nitrite = .5 ppm ( wee bit high- working on lowering)
Alkalinity= 120ppm
Temp is raised to 79F to treat ich (salt/heat treatment)
Last water change and substrate vacuum was 2/20 (2 days ago)
Willy is the only fish in his tank at this time. Although I believe he got sick after I added a pleco about 2 weeks ago- who is now gone. I have had wily for almost 9 months.
I have not added any new Decor recently but when I started treating him I remover all decor & plants aside from his bubble rods.
I feed Willy API sinking goldfish pellets and San Francisco Bay brand freshwater multipack frozen food, as well as blanched/skinned peas occasionally. He eats once in the morning and once in the evening.
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