Steve 0808 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Water is fine so are all of the other fish. He is now in a hospital tank and I’ve been dosing with kanaplex for about a week now and nothing has changed. Eating and acting normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I’m sorry you are having problems. I have kept these successfully. You have requested help but have not explained what help you need. Why are you treating with kanaplax? Are they acting strangely? Are there visible symptoms of an illness?( forgive me if it’s visible in the photo I have poor eyesight) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 0808 Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 There is a big white mass over his one eye. Someone told me it might be Popeye so that’s what I’m treating for 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I’m so sorry. I did not realize that was her eye. Maybe @Colu or @Odd Duck can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 0808 Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 No need to apologize. I appreciate any help I can get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 1/6/2024 at 5:29 PM, Steve 0808 said: Water is fine so are all of the other fish. He is now in a hospital tank and I’ve been dosing with kanaplex for about a week now and nothing has changed. Eating and acting normal Could be a nasty injury to the eye causing inflammation possible secondary bacterial infection what I would usually suggest is aquarium salt to help reduce the swelling but dwarf anchor catfish are really sensitive to salt even at low doses so I would never use salt with them what I would do is use a different antibiotic treatment with a different active ingredient such as maracyn2 active ingredient minocycline also has anti-inflammatory properties I would add some Indian almond leaves as well as they have antibacterial and antifungal properties you might have to add one leaf per gallon to get a beneficial effect and add a dose of ick X and let it marinate while treating with maracyn2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 0808 Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 Thanks for the help. The almond leave are a great idea. I will start the new medication tomorrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Any chance we could get more of a closeup in better focus and from a couple different angles? I’m very afraid that isn’t infection but I can’t tell from your current picture. Ideally, you would separate this fish into a treatment tank. If you have a specimen container, that would let you get better pics before putting the fish into a hospital / quarantine tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 0808 Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 Sorry I couldn’t get and good pics of him he has been in a hospital tank for a week now. Is it worth trying to catch him again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 0808 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 Sorry to report he didn’t make it. Thanks for all your help. The mass was not his eye and was very hard I’m guessing it was a tumor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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