I need some help for my poor little ryukin. Out of all my tanks, I find goldfish the most demanding. I don't know where that "goldfish is easy to keep" stereotype came to be.
Anyways, to my problem. He has been through a lot, but everytime he's shown to be a great fighter and fight through adversity. He came to me with a bit of a SBD (swimbladder) problem, and would flip upside down quite a bit. After a treatment of fasting and peas, he's spent more time upright.
However, this time it's worse than its ever been. Although they started off well together, my pleco has been attacking his bigger and slower tankmate (I found out recently ). My ryukin has been showing a recurrence of his SBD, has one or 2 patches of scale damage (from the sucking I'm guessing), fin rot (looks like a crowntail), and when he swims, he wiggles frantically when moving.
I don't know much about hospitalising so I'm here to ask for help. I was planning to QT him, dosing him with melafix/pima, and feeding him blanched peas for a while to see how he goes. Does any1 have any suggestions for me on what else I can do, or what to do instead?
Btw, water parameters:
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 10-20
Anyways, to my problem. He has been through a lot, but everytime he's shown to be a great fighter and fight through adversity. He came to me with a bit of a SBD (swimbladder) problem, and would flip upside down quite a bit. After a treatment of fasting and peas, he's spent more time upright.
However, this time it's worse than its ever been. Although they started off well together, my pleco has been attacking his bigger and slower tankmate (I found out recently ). My ryukin has been showing a recurrence of his SBD, has one or 2 patches of scale damage (from the sucking I'm guessing), fin rot (looks like a crowntail), and when he swims, he wiggles frantically when moving.
I don't know much about hospitalising so I'm here to ask for help. I was planning to QT him, dosing him with melafix/pima, and feeding him blanched peas for a while to see how he goes. Does any1 have any suggestions for me on what else I can do, or what to do instead?
Btw, water parameters:
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 10-20