http://freshwatercichlids.com/freshwater-fish-disease-fin-rot Freshwater Cichlid Fish Info, Articles, Calculators & More Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:24:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://freshwatercichlids.com/freshwater-fish-disease-fin-rot/comment-page-1#comment-75 angela Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:47:58 +0000 http://freshwatercichlids.info/?p=186#comment-75 I came home late tonight and I found one of my chiclids floating at the top of the tank, still breathing, but her fins are frayed and very red at the base. I seperated her immediately and administered a salt bath. The other pink chiclid (the larger fish) is doing just fine, I noticed him bullying her and trying to bite her over the weekend but I thought it was just a courtship thing. So she is seperated, in the salt bath and doesn't look too good. Her breathing is shallow as well. Should I go out in the morning and get some tetracycline to treat for gill rot? I don't think she will still be alive by then. I treated my tank with a low dose salt bath as well, the filters were changed and the tank was cleaned about a week ago and temperature has remained steady so I don't believe it is an issue of water quality though I didn't check pH. So what should I do now? I came home late tonight and I found one of my chiclids floating at the top of the tank, still breathing, but her fins are frayed and very red at the base. I seperated her immediately and administered a salt bath. The other pink chiclid (the larger fish) is doing just fine, I noticed him bullying her and trying to bite her over the weekend but I thought it was just a courtship thing. So she is seperated, in the salt bath and doesn’t look too good. Her breathing is shallow as well. Should I go out in the morning and get some tetracycline to treat for gill rot? I don’t think she will still be alive by then. I treated my tank with a low dose salt bath as well, the filters were changed and the tank was cleaned about a week ago and temperature has remained steady so I don’t believe it is an issue of water quality though I didn’t check pH. So what should I do now?

]]> http://freshwatercichlids.com/freshwater-fish-disease-fin-rot/comment-page-1#comment-29 Admin Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:36:23 +0000 http://freshwatercichlids.info/?p=186#comment-29 Depends on your tanks water condition, type of fish and the overall health. Fish with smaller fins heal pretty fast where others such as angelfish take a little longer. Depends on your tanks water condition, type of fish and the overall health. Fish with smaller fins heal pretty fast where others such as angelfish take a little longer.

]]> http://freshwatercichlids.com/freshwater-fish-disease-fin-rot/comment-page-1#comment-28 richard dipietro Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:33:51 +0000 http://freshwatercichlids.info/?p=186#comment-28 using melafix for one week. how long for fins to regenerate using melafix for one week. how long for fins to regenerate

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