Dying or not he is for sure very sick and im afraid he is not going to make it . Since ive trolled enough fish forums to know that i will get no answers till you all see these numbers here is what you want in the 55 gal planted community he is in the specs are 0 AM 0 nit 20 nitrates .
my tank has been fully cycles for 2 months and i do a 30 % water change every week on sunday , that being said i did 2 X 50 % water changes today after i found the 2 sick fish .
My poor dojo loach has a ring around his body behind his head and front fins that is white ( assuming fungal or bacterial infection ) also his front fins are very very red and inflamed this came on very suddenly , yesterday when i went to sleep he looked fine and today e looked like this .
Also there was one silver lyretail molly female who was swimming with her head down and she has a redish inflamed spot on the bottom fin just past the one you use to sex them .
Well sadly i did not notice these guys till i was headed to work so i had to have a friend get me the meds so i could use them when i got off work ( work 2nd shift ) i wanted maracyn but the local pet store does not carry it they only had the marcyn oxy so that is what was acquired for me .
I moved the molly into a 2 gallon hex tank i use for my prego livebearers and dosed her with an appropriate dose of melafix and the maracyn oxy i also added a half a teaspoon of aquarium salt for her . She is still alive last i checked but i dont have a lot of faith she is going to make it and if she is still swimming head down most of the time tomorrow im going to euthanize her .
The dojo loach i moved into a 2 gal square tank and dosed him with a appropriate dose of marcyn oxy and melafix ( i did NOT add salt to this guy ) he is also hanging in there but im afraid he isn't going to make it 'but i have my fingers crossed i love this little guy he is by far my favorite fish .
Im tempted to drive the hour tomorrow to the larger city north of me that actually has some variety of pet stores to see if i can find some marcyn 1 and 2 do you guys think i should do that ? Or Given the poor state this guy i in am i just cruelly postponing the inevitable and should i send him off to the peaceful nothing that awaits him ?
Here is a pic of him
You can see how red and inflamed his poor little fins are .
I truly love his fish as silly as that sounds but i would not want to be alive and suffering if there was no hope what do you guys think i should do ?
Also i read about a nasty bacterial infection starts with a C im thinking this is what they have but if anyone can give me a better diagnosis or a recommendation of a better course of treatment im down to try .
Also as a side note obviously neither of my hospital tanks are properly cycled as i would imagine is generally the case i will be doing daily 50 % water changes along with the dosing of the medicine untill these guys make a recovery or die . Also i put an extra bubbler stone in both hospital tanks .
my tank has been fully cycles for 2 months and i do a 30 % water change every week on sunday , that being said i did 2 X 50 % water changes today after i found the 2 sick fish .
My poor dojo loach has a ring around his body behind his head and front fins that is white ( assuming fungal or bacterial infection ) also his front fins are very very red and inflamed this came on very suddenly , yesterday when i went to sleep he looked fine and today e looked like this .
Also there was one silver lyretail molly female who was swimming with her head down and she has a redish inflamed spot on the bottom fin just past the one you use to sex them .
Well sadly i did not notice these guys till i was headed to work so i had to have a friend get me the meds so i could use them when i got off work ( work 2nd shift ) i wanted maracyn but the local pet store does not carry it they only had the marcyn oxy so that is what was acquired for me .
I moved the molly into a 2 gallon hex tank i use for my prego livebearers and dosed her with an appropriate dose of melafix and the maracyn oxy i also added a half a teaspoon of aquarium salt for her . She is still alive last i checked but i dont have a lot of faith she is going to make it and if she is still swimming head down most of the time tomorrow im going to euthanize her .
The dojo loach i moved into a 2 gal square tank and dosed him with a appropriate dose of marcyn oxy and melafix ( i did NOT add salt to this guy ) he is also hanging in there but im afraid he isn't going to make it 'but i have my fingers crossed i love this little guy he is by far my favorite fish .
Im tempted to drive the hour tomorrow to the larger city north of me that actually has some variety of pet stores to see if i can find some marcyn 1 and 2 do you guys think i should do that ? Or Given the poor state this guy i in am i just cruelly postponing the inevitable and should i send him off to the peaceful nothing that awaits him ?
Here is a pic of him
You can see how red and inflamed his poor little fins are .
I truly love his fish as silly as that sounds but i would not want to be alive and suffering if there was no hope what do you guys think i should do ?
Also i read about a nasty bacterial infection starts with a C im thinking this is what they have but if anyone can give me a better diagnosis or a recommendation of a better course of treatment im down to try .
Also as a side note obviously neither of my hospital tanks are properly cycled as i would imagine is generally the case i will be doing daily 50 % water changes along with the dosing of the medicine untill these guys make a recovery or die . Also i put an extra bubbler stone in both hospital tanks .