PLEASE HELP: Hole in gill cover

[Budbudford]

Yikes! I haven't seen this before. My 7" butterfly panda has developed
a hole in her left side gill cover. The area surrounding it is red.
She has been placed in a 10 gal. aerated hospital tank with fresh
water and 1 tsp. of salt per gal.

What do I do now? I have Melafix. Is this the right stuff to use?
Should I do anything to the other fish that were also in the same tank
when this was spotted? They are all fine, no signs of stress. Water
parameters are perfect.

Any help would be appreciated.

Ed

[Mel]

Is there a chance that the hole could have been caused by something in her
tank (an ornament perhaps)?
Did you notice anything on the gill before the hole formed? Ulcer, spot? Are
any areas of the gill inflamed at all?
Until you determine what the problem is, I'd up the salt to 3 teaspoons (1
tablespoon) of salt per gallon. Do it gradually though (1 teaspoon per
gallon every 12 hours until you are up to the tablespoon). It's easier to
dissolve the salt in a glass of tank water prior to pouring it in.
Keep your water quality perfect and assuming it's a puncture wound of some
sort it should heal pretty quickly. As long as there are no other signs of
gill problems then I'd add the melafix, but if there's a chance it's not a
puncture wound and could be parasitic or bacterial then I'd hold off in case
you need to use other meds.
Mel.


"Budbudford" > wrote in message
m...
> Yikes! I haven't seen this before. My 7" butterfly panda has developed
> a hole in her left side gill cover. The area surrounding it is red.
> She has been placed in a 10 gal. aerated hospital tank with fresh
> water and 1 tsp. of salt per gal.
>
> What do I do now? I have Melafix. Is this the right stuff to use?
> Should I do anything to the other fish that were also in the same tank
> when this was spotted? They are all fine, no signs of stress. Water
> parameters are perfect.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Ed

[Kodiak]

I found this on Koivet.com

Hole in the gill cover
Tuberculosis. Aeromonas bacterial infection. Either one. The
tuberculosis is not treatable, and will not respond. Tuberculosis is even
potentially transmissible to people. If; however, it's an Aeromonas
infection, it may respond to injections of antibiotics, but the hole will
not close. Check for, or treat for a concurrent parasitism and for best
results, ensure optimal water quality, temperature and aeration.


Go to www.Koivet.com or http://puregold.aquaria.net for more info, both
amazing websites

....Kodiak



"Budbudford" > wrote in message
m...
> Yikes! I haven't seen this before. My 7" butterfly panda has developed
> a hole in her left side gill cover. The area surrounding it is red.
> She has been placed in a 10 gal. aerated hospital tank with fresh
> water and 1 tsp. of salt per gal.
>
> What do I do now? I have Melafix. Is this the right stuff to use?
> Should I do anything to the other fish that were also in the same tank
> when this was spotted? They are all fine, no signs of stress. Water
> parameters are perfect.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Ed

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all red areas or sores are bacterial. treat topically
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/disease.htm
do the physical found above.
what are your water quality parameters, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and pH?
start changing water and add 1 teaspoon salt per 5 gallons, no additives, dissolve
first, add slowly. Ingrid

(Budbudford) wrote:

>Yikes! I haven't seen this before. My 7" butterfly panda has developed
>a hole in her left side gill cover. The area surrounding it is red.
>She has been placed in a 10 gal. aerated hospital tank with fresh
>water and 1 tsp. of salt per gal.
>
>What do I do now? I have Melafix. Is this the right stuff to use?
>Should I do anything to the other fish that were also in the same tank
>when this was spotted? They are all fine, no signs of stress. Water
>parameters are perfect.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Ed



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[Budbudford]

Hi Ingrid,

Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, pH 8.2, Nitrates 40ppm.

I have added 1 tsp per gallon 3 times, 12 hours apart. I have also
slowly raised the temp up to 80 degrees. I think that this is the
right course because the redness is slowly going away.

Thanks,
Ed

p.s. Have you heard if JoAnn sell her business yet?

[[email protected]]

ok.. you really got the salt up there, so you need to start thinning it out, no more
than 5 days at elevated salt levels. 3 teas per 5 gallons = 0.1% salt
either get temp up to 84oF (you can go up faster, down must be slower)

Yes, Jo Ann has sold Dandy Orandas. She has been packing everything up for the last
couple weeks. He is in Ohio, but wishes to remain anonymous until he is up and
running and got his first shipment in. He has bought out her remaining stock of GF
(we are talking a LOT of fish). Will post when he is ready to start shipping.
Ingrid

(Budbudford) wrote:
>Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, pH 8.2, Nitrates 40ppm.
>
>I have added 1 tsp per gallon 3 times, 12 hours apart. I have also
>slowly raised the temp up to 80 degrees. I think that this is the
>right course because the redness is slowly going away.
>
>Thanks,
>Ed
>
>p.s. Have you heard if JoAnn sell her business yet?



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.