"cindys" wrote in message
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"Koi-lo" wrote in message
Don't give up!
Brevity snips.......
I seem to have a big emotional investment in keeping that little fish
alive.
We had to euthanize our nearly 15-year-old dog the day before
Thanksgiving,
and my mother has developed some serious health problems. I know in the
grand scheme of things, this is "only a goldfish," but if this fish dies
in
addition to these other things, I'll be really devastated.
I'm so sorry to hear about the death of your dog and your mother's ill
health. But do keep in mind that sometimes fish die no matter what we do.
And they sometimes die for no apparent reason we can see or find. I just
had a real cute orange and white telescope eye goldfish stop eating, isolate
itself, then in less than 48 hours it died. This was in a well established
55g tank. There were no parasites, fin rots or any evidence of injury or
disease.
I
can't
say of the tabs were a mistake since the fish is believed to suffer a
bacterial infection.
With the last few hours, the fish has stopped hiding so much and is now
swimming face first downwards. My husband just phoned me on the cell
phone.
The lady at the pet shop thinks he now has swim bladder problems. My
husband
will be now purchasing the appropriate medication to treat that.
There is no medication to treat that, if it is indeed swim-bladder disease.
It looks like that shop will keep selling you meds and taking your
money.......
The heater is now history.
I going to guess it was the same clueless person who sold you the meds that
also sold you a heater for GF. Please do not ask the people who work in
these stores for information. You will do better asking HERE or searching
the web for information.
I think the meds really screwed up your tank. They killed off the needed
good bacteria before your tank was even cycled. What a mess! :-( You
can
start doing partial water changes twice a day to remove this mess.......
But today was only day 4 of 5 of the medication. Is it safe to stop using
the tetracycline?
Google some of these common antibiotics and you will see that most are now
useless from overmedication for years and years. Unfortunately they can and
sometimes do work all to well to kill what we don't want them to kill. Go
ahead and use it another day, then start your water changes.
Had they not been quarantined it could have spread to all my fish.
A
real nightmare to contemplate. Just something to keep in mind as your
fish
hobby grows.
I will not make this mistake again.
The new fish may be immune to the "problem" your old fish has, after all
your old fish had no exposure to other fish and fish diseases. He was a
prime target with a weak immune system. Always quarantine new fish and as
a precaution treat them all with something like Quick-Cure or Aquara-Sol.
Parasites are very common in the store systems. Not because no one cares
but because the turnover is so great at the shops and wholesalers. New
parasites come in constantly. As far as I'm concerned *all* the fish I buy
have parasites.
Let me know what happens after you test the water tomorrow.
Yes, I will, and thank you so much for your support.
Best regards,
---Cindy S.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
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