Hi guys. About a week ago I picked up my first ever Oranda. I observed him for about 45 minutes in the store before picking him out.
However, the guy that netted him wasn't very gentle. The oranda's first dorsal spine got bent/broken. I put him in in a QT which presently reads 0/0/10, five days after a water change. (I keep this tank planted and running with some snails in it)
Two days after I brought him home, I noticed that there was a whitish bump at the spot where the spine was injured. The day following, it looked a little worse, but wasn't fuzzy like a fungus. Now, the spine appears to have healed, but there is a sort of white (non-fuzzy) film over that spot and the immediate area. More like a dull sheen than anything else I guess.
Seeing that, I looked around and read on another forum that this is a normal appearance when a fish's wound is healing. Is that true?
I started treating the tank with 1/2tsp/Gal of aquarium salt for the time being, and mela/pimafix because I had some lying around. He's currently very lively, hungry, and only rests when nothing interesting is going on near the tank. The fin isn't clamped, but it's not standing as tall as it was before it got injured. Do I have a bacterial/fungal infection on my hands? Thanks.
However, the guy that netted him wasn't very gentle. The oranda's first dorsal spine got bent/broken. I put him in in a QT which presently reads 0/0/10, five days after a water change. (I keep this tank planted and running with some snails in it)
Two days after I brought him home, I noticed that there was a whitish bump at the spot where the spine was injured. The day following, it looked a little worse, but wasn't fuzzy like a fungus. Now, the spine appears to have healed, but there is a sort of white (non-fuzzy) film over that spot and the immediate area. More like a dull sheen than anything else I guess.
Seeing that, I looked around and read on another forum that this is a normal appearance when a fish's wound is healing. Is that true?
I started treating the tank with 1/2tsp/Gal of aquarium salt for the time being, and mela/pimafix because I had some lying around. He's currently very lively, hungry, and only rests when nothing interesting is going on near the tank. The fin isn't clamped, but it's not standing as tall as it was before it got injured. Do I have a bacterial/fungal infection on my hands? Thanks.