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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 12:43 am
Post subject: Sick silver fantail (listless, fluttering fins)
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Hi I'd be grateful for any help you could give me with an ailing fish.
He is a silver fantail about 3 inches long and has been with me for
about 2 months, fit and well untill the last few days. He has been
very listless, preferring to lay on or near the bottom and has started
to clamp (not as tightly as I have in very sick fish in the past) his
pectoral fins. Yesterday he took some food but today has totally
ignored it, he has started hiding behind a plastic plant in a way I
have never seen before and is also 'convulsing' in what looks to me
like a piscine version of an epileptic event.
Basic water parameters are all fine (ammonia and oxygen not tested but
oxygen is seemingly fine), his tank mate an oranda is well. I try and
mix up their diet with a combination of chopped earthworms, daphnia,
skinned peas and regular flakes.
I'm fond of him and on the off chance there is anything I can do to
increase his chances I'd be very happy to know it!
Many thanks,
Ed |
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 9:49 am
Post subject: Re: Sick silver fantail (listless, fluttering fins) [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 1:41 pm
Post subject: Re: Sick silver fantail (listless, fluttering fins) [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:49:23 +0100, Geezer From The Freezer
<Geezer.RemoveThis@Freezer.com> wrote:
>Even if water parameters say they are fine, I'd do a 30% water change anyway.
>Add a 0.3% solution of aquarium salt.
I'm not sure what passes for an aquarium shop near me will have any
and I can't wait for mail order. Is it okay to use non-iodised table
salt? My only concern is the anti-caking agent which is magnesium
carbonate or something similar.
Cheers! >> Stay informed about: Sick silver fantail (listless, fluttering fins) |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:13 pm
Post subject: Re: Sick silver fantail (listless, fluttering fins) [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Edward Haworth wrote:
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> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:49:23 +0100, Geezer From The Freezer
> <Geezer.DeleteThis@Freezer.com> wrote:
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> >Even if water parameters say they are fine, I'd do a 30% water change anyway.
> >Add a 0.3% solution of aquarium salt.
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> I'm not sure what passes for an aquarium shop near me will have any
> and I can't wait for mail order. Is it okay to use non-iodised table
> salt? My only concern is the anti-caking agent which is magnesium
> carbonate or something similar.
>
> Cheers!
Edwards,
It needs to be pure salt. If it has anti-caking agents or iodine then don't use
it.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:57 pm
Post subject: Re: Sick silver fantail (listless, fluttering fins) [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Sad to report he died this evening :(.
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:43:35 +0100, Edward Haworth
<apso12 DeleteThis @dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>Hi I'd be grateful for any help you could give me with an ailing fish.
>
>He is a silver fantail about 3 inches long and has been with me for
>about 2 months, fit and well untill the last few days. He has been
>very listless, preferring to lay on or near the bottom and has started
>to clamp (not as tightly as I have in very sick fish in the past) his
>pectoral fins. Yesterday he took some food but today has totally
>ignored it, he has started hiding behind a plastic plant in a way I
>have never seen before and is also 'convulsing' in what looks to me
>like a piscine version of an epileptic event.
>
>Basic water parameters are all fine (ammonia and oxygen not tested but
>oxygen is seemingly fine), his tank mate an oranda is well. I try and
>mix up their diet with a combination of chopped earthworms, daphnia,
>skinned peas and regular flakes.
>
>I'm fond of him and on the off chance there is anything I can do to
>increase his chances I'd be very happy to know it!
>Many thanks,
>Ed >> Stay informed about: Sick silver fantail (listless, fluttering fins) |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 12:03 pm
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