What have you treated the QT with so far?
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Thank you. The QT tank is a 55 gallon with a sump with skimmer and filter sock. I suspect he got into it with the orange shoulder. I ordered a tank divider but it wont be here until Thursday. While I was waiting for a response to my post I went ahead and started prazipro. Not sure if this was the right move or not.O.K., with the lack of rapid breathing, I would suspect that the fish has gotten startled in the new tank and run into the tank side, injuring its mouth. There really is no treatment for an injury, other than time. It could develop a secondary bacterial infection I suppose, but for now it just looks swollen.
Holding a group of new fish in a QT with no treatment is risky. There are likely disease issues brewing, and holding fish in a QT is stressful, and can cause diseases to start getting serious. I never hold a fish in QT longer than 72 hours before starting preventative treatments. Here is a link to my current quarantine protocol:
Current Quarantine Protocol
2024 Quarantine Procedures Jay Hemdal David Scarborough Protozoans (Cryptocaryon/ich, Amyloodinium/velvet) and Metazoan trematodes/flukes are by far the most common parasites found on newly acquired fish. A carefully managed, proactive quarantine process can effectively eliminate these...
Jay
It won't hurt, and the fish may have flukes, just the lip thing isn't a symptom of flukes. Be sure to continue to run your skimmer for aeration but don't collect any skimmmate during a prazi treatment.
I have to keep these fish healthy until my display is ready. I am still in the process of setting it up. I can always pick up a 40 breeder if I need to set up another QT tank to separate some of these fish to give them even more room.O.K., with the lack of rapid breathing, I would suspect that the fish has gotten startled in the new tank and run into the tank side, injuring its mouth. There really is no treatment for an injury, other than time. It could develop a secondary bacterial infection I suppose, but for now it just looks swollen.
Holding a group of new fish in a QT with no treatment is risky. There are likely disease issues brewing, and holding fish in a QT is stressful, and can cause diseases to start getting serious. I never hold a fish in QT longer than 72 hours before starting preventative treatments. Here is a link to my current quarantine protocol:
Current Quarantine Protocol
2024 Quarantine Procedures Jay Hemdal David Scarborough Protozoans (Cryptocaryon/ich, Amyloodinium/velvet) and Metazoan trematodes/flukes are by far the most common parasites found on newly acquired fish. A carefully managed, proactive quarantine process can effectively eliminate these...
Jay
I just checked this morning when the lights came on and there seems to be a change. His mouth looks worse and he is breathing heavily and coming to the top of the tankO.K., with the lack of rapid breathing, I would suspect that the fish has gotten startled in the new tank and run into the tank side, injuring its mouth. There really is no treatment for an injury, other than time. It could develop a secondary bacterial infection I suppose, but for now it just looks swollen.
Holding a group of new fish in a QT with no treatment is risky. There are likely disease issues brewing, and holding fish in a QT is stressful, and can cause diseases to start getting serious. I never hold a fish in QT longer than 72 hours before starting preventative treatments. Here is a link to my current quarantine protocol:
Current Quarantine Protocol
2024 Quarantine Procedures Jay Hemdal David Scarborough Protozoans (Cryptocaryon/ich, Amyloodinium/velvet) and Metazoan trematodes/flukes are by far the most common parasites found on newly acquired fish. A carefully managed, proactive quarantine process can effectively eliminate these...
Jay
That does look worse, and the new symptoms are an issue. Is the orange shoulder still looking ok?
Same here - I don’t have a definitive direction for you to go and I don’t like to guess at things. If all of the other fish are ok, it is less likely to be a protozoan gill disease, so antibiotics in a treatment tank would be an option.
