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Posted: May 25 2013 at 10:22am |
My clown fish's stomach started to discolor yesterday and I woke up this morning and now his skin is falling off. Is there anything I can do to save it??
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Posted: May 25 2013 at 10:27am |
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Its on the side of the fish.
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Posted: May 25 2013 at 10:29am |
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A photo would be helpful. Do you have a qt tank?
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Posted: May 25 2013 at 10:38am |
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Yes I have a qt tank.
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Posted: May 25 2013 at 11:23am |
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Sorry, I can't see what's going on from such a small picture. Do you have a larger one?
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Posted: May 25 2013 at 11:51am |
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I will try to get one.
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Posted: May 25 2013 at 1:10pm |
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Its probably a bacterial infection. Put it in qt and start some medication treatments. Someone else will have to chime in for the particular type.
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Posted: May 25 2013 at 1:17pm |
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The nastiest bacterial infections are gram-negative (particularly Vibrio). I use Furan-2 and Kanamycin for those. But, without seeing what's going on...I can't take a good guess.
It could also be Uronema or Trichodina... I'd do a freshwater dip with methylene blue for 5 minutes before going into the QT.
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 6:59am |
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fresh water dip and copper will do it.
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 9:24am |
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Without a diagnosis, there is no way to claim a cure. If it is bacterial, a freshwater dip and copper will not do anything. If it is uronema, freshwater dips will help, but formalin is the drug of choice. If it's an internal parasite, PraziPro may help.
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Posted: May 30 2013 at 4:54pm |
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Nikki knows her stuff, I'd listen to her advice. It would be really helpful if you could upload a larger photo.
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recent absurdity..Unicorns have rabies
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Posted: May 30 2013 at 9:32pm |
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Thanks Faith.
I worry that we may not see a photo... The time a fish has left with a bacterial infection can be measured in hours...rarely days. I'm hoping it wasn't bacterial....
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