Dragonface pipefish lost tail

[minus9]

My Dragonface lost his tail due to a temp spike in my 20g observation tank. I can set up a quick QT, but can I give him a med bath to treat? He doesn't eat prepared foods, so I would need to supply him with pods if I used a QT. Thoughts?

 

[dhanking]

Lost its tail! You’ll have to quarantine it and give it something to prevent infections . Don’t be shy with food. It will need a lot of food to heal. Honestly I will be surprised if it lives.

 

[minus9]

Unfortunately, he doesn't eat prepared foods, so I'm left feeding live pods. I can QT him and treat with either, Kanaplex, erythromycin or furan 2?

 

[minus9]

Is there a daily dipping method that would help as another option? I think most meds would kill or inhibit pods in the qt.

 

[dhanking]

I am not sure

 

[ThePurple12]

What do you mean by lost its tail?

 

[minus9]

It slowly deteriorated over the course of a week. I've read that this happens when temps get too high. He's eating and putting on weight, I just need to stop the infection.

 

[minus9]

Tail fin, to be exact.

 

[minus9]

Since they virtually have no stomach, I can't go long without feeding appropriate live food. Most treatments will kill and/or damage inverts, so I thought of daily baths?

 

[ThePurple12]

I see what you mean. The same thing happened to my bluestripe. I left it in the tank and it healed just fine, but I don’t know too much about treatment.

 

[minus9]

I see what you mean. The same thing happened to my bluestripe. I left it in the tank and it healed just fine, but I don’t know too much about treatment.

I may try a half hour dip in something? I have Melafix, Furan 2, Kanaplex and Erythromycin, so we'll see?

 

[dhanking]

I think you can take it out of the water every day and drip hydrogen peroxide on its tail. Then you can put it in a separate container to wash the hydrogen peroxide off its tail

 

[minus9]

I may try a med bath and then the peroxide. Thanks!

 

[dhanking]

Yeah you’re welcome.

 

[minus9]

Forgot to update this thread, but just wanted to let everyone know that my pipefish is doing fine and slowly regrowing his tail fin.

 

[rayjay]