Post by Charis on Jan 12, 2007 23:45:23 GMT -5
Okay so I don't know how fin rot developed. The water is kept clean but it looks like I have caught it very very early. I would post a pic but it is such a small patch and greatly resmebles his natural coloring. He has dark red marbling on his fins and on the end of his anal fin it looks darker and slightly receded and torn a bit. It is almost blackish-brown color along a small portion of his fin. It is small and he acts like himself so it is not far advanced. I read to treat it with tetracycline and fungus medications. I have the tetracycline but no fungus meds. I'll have to work on getting some. What do y'all recomend for treating him? Or am I on the path of recovery - I change his water every three days; give him tetracycline and feed him one pellet at a time to avoid any dropping to the gravel below and rotting; polluting his water. Any advice would be appcieated. What is not surprising is this is my fish that is immunocompromised and has chronic SBD. He is my sickly child but I love him none the less.