BTTRFLYGRL
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Hi again....seems I only pop in when I have issues
I have a Potters Angel. I have had him for about a month. He is in a 20 gallon qt. He was very healthy at time of purchase..I observed him for 2 weeks and made sure he was eating before I brought him home.. I know this is not the hardiest of Angels but this guy was alert ,curious , a great looking fish all around
Well, the day I picked him up is the day I believe his troubles started.
The employee used one net to catch him. I even grabbed him another net but he didn't think it neccesary. Anyway, after chasing the poor thing for 5 minutes, he finally PINNED HIM TO THE GLASS WITH THE NET BY HIS MOUTH!! Needless to say, I was not happy, but I took him anyway.
He was great when I brought him home..great appetite..very alert. After 3 weeks this changed He was not as eager to eat and not the intergetic swimmer he was..he would hover on the bottom and he no longer got excited when I came in the room. His fins started to appear a little frayed so I started doing daily 40% water changes [was doing them every other day] This did not help..I treated him with Furan-2..The morning of his second dose I was getting ready to do my daily water change and was shocked to see my poor angel's mouth It looked as if it had exploded!! There was white kind of 'hairy' stuff protruding from his mouth..the area around his mouth appears to be cracked..the day before his mouth was fine.. Anyway, I stopped the Furan-2, did a large water change and did a lot of reading. I realize that fungal infections are rare but everything I read points me to that condition. I had some Kanacyn..Kanamycin sulfate..and purchased some Maroxy..then I read some more..I was not sure which to use, but decided on the Kanacyn just in case this turned out to be bacterial...I gave him his second dose this morning, he doesn't appear any better..The poor thing cannot eat because of this white clump of stuff in his mouth
I am very concerned about him and was wanting advise please..I had thought about mixing the Kanamycin and Maroxy but I cannot find any info about mixing these two meds
So Steve, Terry, any advise?
I have a Potters Angel. I have had him for about a month. He is in a 20 gallon qt. He was very healthy at time of purchase..I observed him for 2 weeks and made sure he was eating before I brought him home.. I know this is not the hardiest of Angels but this guy was alert ,curious , a great looking fish all around
Well, the day I picked him up is the day I believe his troubles started.
The employee used one net to catch him. I even grabbed him another net but he didn't think it neccesary. Anyway, after chasing the poor thing for 5 minutes, he finally PINNED HIM TO THE GLASS WITH THE NET BY HIS MOUTH!! Needless to say, I was not happy, but I took him anyway.
He was great when I brought him home..great appetite..very alert. After 3 weeks this changed He was not as eager to eat and not the intergetic swimmer he was..he would hover on the bottom and he no longer got excited when I came in the room. His fins started to appear a little frayed so I started doing daily 40% water changes [was doing them every other day] This did not help..I treated him with Furan-2..The morning of his second dose I was getting ready to do my daily water change and was shocked to see my poor angel's mouth It looked as if it had exploded!! There was white kind of 'hairy' stuff protruding from his mouth..the area around his mouth appears to be cracked..the day before his mouth was fine.. Anyway, I stopped the Furan-2, did a large water change and did a lot of reading. I realize that fungal infections are rare but everything I read points me to that condition. I had some Kanacyn..Kanamycin sulfate..and purchased some Maroxy..then I read some more..I was not sure which to use, but decided on the Kanacyn just in case this turned out to be bacterial...I gave him his second dose this morning, he doesn't appear any better..The poor thing cannot eat because of this white clump of stuff in his mouth
I am very concerned about him and was wanting advise please..I had thought about mixing the Kanamycin and Maroxy but I cannot find any info about mixing these two meds
So Steve, Terry, any advise?
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