Re-post [Fish problems]
 

The old thread was getting to long for my newsreader :- )

The fish is (obviously still recovering) but much, much better!

Her anal port is now normal (that happened almost over night) Fins are
up & scales down, and she's sleeping an awful lot. I put this down to
tank boredom. After live food yesterday (where I saw her darting
around like a good-un) I suspect she'd fair better in the other bigger
tank now.

I'm going to clean it up in a minute. Fortunately the poop is food
coloured, thick and broken easily. Some of the poop is still stringy
clear stuff, but I presume this is reabsorbed eggs!

- How long should I keep her in the tank before I lower the temperature.
- How long should I lower the temp for (over what period?)
- How can I prevent this happening again?

I intend to remove the catfish and put them in the small tank, which
will go in my room. Since the q.tank is 6g, I suspect it'll be big
enough for them for the time (they're about 0.5" long each). Would I be
safe adding a couple of tetras with a higher temp? I'll post this chunk
in tropical as wel...

Re-post [Fish problems]
 

Soooooo good to hear.....
keep her temp up for another couple weeks after the last of the thin stringy poops.
keep feeding antibiotic food for 2 weeks.
dont lower the temp much below 80o .. you got a girl, girls like it warm.
the minute you see her wobbling or head down or got a mushy belly run the temp back
up, put in the epsom salts and feed antibiotic food. good aeration of course.
Ingrid

George Thompson wrote:
Her anal port is now normal (that happened almost over night) Fins are
up & scales down, and she's sleeping an awful lot. I put this down to
tank boredom. After live food yesterday (where I saw her darting
around like a good-un) I suspect she'd fair better in the other bigger
tank now.

I'm going to clean it up in a minute. Fortunately the poop is food
coloured, thick and broken easily. Some of the poop is still stringy
clear stuff, but I presume this is reabsorbed eggs!

- How long should I keep her in the tank before I lower the temperature.
- How long should I lower the temp for (over what period?)
- How can I prevent this happening again?


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