Swordtail fish had cottonmouth. Does she still do?

[insanegirl]

Hello everyone,

I got a swordfish who gave birth two weeks ago. A day later got cotton mouth I separated her in a smaller tank and gave her special vitamins and put salt in her smaller tank for a week and a half. She is now eating again and is hyper and swimming around. However, once I put her in the big tank again I notice she got something still white in her lips. Could it be a scar from cotton mouth?? Or does she still have it?


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[Delapool]

Looking at those I would say still has it. I've had it fade and come back and fade again. If you can see anything above the lips then it is still there. Would QT.

 

[insanegirl]

How long does it normally take for it to go away? What were u giving the fish for it to go away. I am just putting salt because I had really bad experience with meds.


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[Delapool]

The success I had was with triple sulpha. From memory a week or so to go. But kanaplax and furan 2 together are your best bet.

I'd put back in QT until sorted. Salt and vitamins are fine and will help.

What med were you using that gave trouble?

Edit - to get it to go can be a lot of pain, especially in a warmer than normal tank. It will survive for a month or so in an empty tank.