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sick fish
Mayalauren@aol.com wrote: <<<<
Subject: sick fish
one of my males has a patch in the middle of his body, next to his
dorsal,
about 1/3 inch square, that has no scales. It seems to be increasing in
size.
There is no fungus there, nor is it bleeding, he is still displaying to
his
female but has given up eating. does anyone have any suggestions on what
it
might be and how to treat it?>>>>>>>
Sorry for responding so late. In the best case this is due to
some sort of trauma, and 1 tbsp of salt each 10 gallons
should help healing the lesion.
This lesion might however be due to some slowly progressing
bacterial infections (of which the worst would be TB). Mild and
superficial ones would still benefit from the salt treatment, while
more serious ones are often impossible to treat successfully.
So, go on with the salt, and if you see no improvement, consider
to euthanize the fish if it appears to be suffering too much.
Also, just in case, not to dip your hands in the tank,
since some bacterial diseases are rarely contagious to people
too.
Dionigi Maladorno
dionigi.maladorno@roche.com
This message presents personal opinions which are not necessarily those
of my employer.
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