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Thank you for the advice, it is indeed something I am considering. Hopefully she will hang in there but right now I'm not optimistic.
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Ok, Amazon says it won't arrive for 2 weeks.... I worry that by then it might be too late to be honest. I guess I'll just have to order and hope for the best.
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I see, thanks for your help. I've done some searching online for Maracyn 2 but I'm not able to find any sources for it in Canada. I found Maracyn Oxy on Amazon.ca but that's it. Metrocleanse is also available on Amazon.ca, but she's actually been struggling to eat for some time now so internal meds may actually be challenging to feed just her and not any of my loaches or shrimp.
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Weird thing is I don't see any visible edema, her body looks the same, but the scales do seem to be pineconing over her whole body. The pineconing only noticeably started after I raised the salt level, so I'm wondering if the salt is too hard for her. Although the loachs, shrimp, and snails in my tank all seem to be fine and behaving normally. I'm not sure I have access to meds, I'm currently at a 1 tbsp per 2 gallons. I can add more almond leaves.
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Just wanted to comment an update. After the 5 days of level 1 salt treatment, it seemed like she was doing better but the white patches on her sides didn't seem to change at all. She was just a little more lively which seemed good. Since the white patches were unchanged I did a ~70% water change and upped to the level 2 salt dosage, and it seems like she's taken a turn for the worse. Her scales are starting to pinecone over her whole body and this really worries me. Not sure what to do at this point, should I do another water change and take a break from the salt for a while?
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Thanks, I've raised the temp to 25C. I have a tank thermometer and also a thermo gun thing my husband uses for steaks lol. Between the two I can get a pretty good idea of the temp. I have my betta back in the tank for now because she was showing some really concerning new behaviours in the quarantine container. She's behaving normally again now that she's back in my aquarium. It's a 15 g fluval flex which is pretty well planted, I did 1 tbsp of salt per 3 gallons as instructed in the Aquarium Co-op article. Hopefully it works out. I also always have a strong airstone going. I had two Indian almond leaves so I put them in, and put a tea infuser full of peat inside also. This photo is from when I first got her, it looks different now. Tiger lotus is dormant and the cryptocoryne has spread a lot more.
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My temperature is 23c, I lowered it because online resources recommended it for fungal infection. I do see her gills peeking out from the operculum while she lays on the sand. The gills themselves seem very red and healthy. I have some Indian almond leaves, I'll try adding them. I have unused filter peat also, should I add that too?
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Thanks for your reply. I just found this aquarium co op article on using salt, so I'll try this. I did initially move her to a quarantine jar but her new behaviour of gasping at the surface concerns me, so I've moved her back into the main tank and now she is behaving normally again. I'll follow the Level 1 dosing from the article for the whole tank for now, since it specifically says it should be safe for all fish and cherry shrimp. Hopefully it's enough, but if not then I will revisit a quarantine tank.
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She's been very lethargic, just sits at the bottom of the tank. Large white spot on each side of her body. Right now I have her in a jar with some aquarium salt and a sponge filter. Her tankmates aren't showing any signs of illness. I have 5 kuhli loaches, some red cherry shrimp, many snails. I heard scaleless shrimp aren't good with salt, is this true? Can I just add salt to my whole tank? I'm worried if I return her to the tank untreated she could be reinfected. Also, what temperature is best for treatment? Ph~8, Ammonia and nitrites 0, nitrates ~10-20 ppm I'm located in Canada if that makes a difference with obtaining treatments. Edit: while in her quarantine jar, she is now occasionally swimming to the surface to gulp air, then swims back to the bottom and sits there. Never seen this behaviour before. The aquarium has an airstone and she was also laying on the substrate, but never saw her swim to the surface to gulp air. Quarantine jar has an airstone and sponge filter running.
