Heavy breathing

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Gotcha. Thank you sir I’ll stay the course

Well - just be aware that any antibiotic treatment without doing a sensitivity study (not practical to do with fish) is a pure guess....so, your guess is as good as mine (grin).

Is the angel still feeding with the same vigor?

 

[acomps]

Well - just be aware that any antibiotic treatment without doing a sensitivity study (not practical to do with fish) is a pure guess....so, your guess is as good as mine (grin).

Is the angel still feeding with the same barely ate the frozen food but just now ate pellets. Again it’s the mouth that is my concern and it looks painful. It is swimming near food. Such a frustrating hobby. Thanks again

Well - just be aware that any antibiotic treatment without doing a sensitivity study (not practical to do with fish) is a pure guess....so, your guess is as good as mine (grin).

Is the angel still feeding with the same vigor?

Not with the same vigor. It looks like it wants to eat more just the mouth is all inflamed. Just now it ate pellets. It struggled with frozen food. Such a frustrating hobby. Thanks again

 

[acomps]

Not with the same vigor. It looks like it wants to eat more just the mouth is all inflamed. Just now it ate pellets. It struggled with frozen food. Such a frustrating hobby. Thanks again

Here is a closeup of the mouth. Very interested in food just looks like it can’t open that well.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Here is a closeup of the mouth. Very interested in food just looks like it can’t open that well.

How rigid is that netting? Could it be contributing to the mouth injury?

 

[acomps]

Not too bad I believe but I don’t do it again. I only did it the other day. It got worse and I didn’t put the fish in the net.

 

[acomps]

Jay good news the breathing is much better and still eating. Still very active and swims near me when I come in the room. Bad news is the mouth appears to be worse and not getting better. I just did the 3rd time of kanaplex. Should I do that in another 48 hours or should I try other medicine? I have maracyn for a possible gram positive bacterial infection. I would appreciate your input. Thank you.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Jay good news the breathing is much better and still eating. Still very active and swims near me when I come in the room. Bad news is the mouth appears to be worse and not getting better. I just did the 3rd time of kanaplex. Should I do that in another 48 hours or should I try other medicine? I have maracyn for a possible gram positive bacterial infection. I would appreciate your input. Thank you.

No - that should be the end of trying Kanaplex, you don’t want to dose it too long, it can become toxic.

I would try another antibiotic - Maracyn 1 (erythromycin) would be my next choice.

 

[acomps]

No - that should be the end of trying Kanaplex, you don’t want to dose it too long, it can become toxic.

I would try another antibiotic - Maracyn 1 (erythromycin) would be my next choice.

Exactly what I’m thinking. I have learned a lot from you and I’m thinking Graham positive

 

[code4]

any updates? Hoping the best for the little guy.

 

[acomps]

any updates? Hoping the best for the little guy.

Yes actually a miracle. The mouth got so bad it couldn't eat. It got a big growth on it. The fish was hiding all day too. Anyway I cut the growth off and force fed it for a week while it recovered. All is good now. Mouth is fine and breathing and eating fine. Thank you!

 

[acomps]

These pics are from a week or so ago and all good now .

 

[code4]

These pics are from a week or so ago and all good now .

Photo is a bit hard to see. But I must say I am amazed. And so happy for him. Is there any sign of infection? I wish you could have done a biopsy to know what was there. Was it a hard type of cyst maybe?

Amazing

 

[acomps]

Photo is a bit hard to see. But I must say I am amazed. And so happy for him. Is there any sign of infection? I wish you could have done a biopsy to know what was there. Was it a hard type of cyst maybe?

Amazing

Not sure but seems to be doing fine now. In copper and ruby reef pro. Done with Graham positive bacterial medicine

 

[code4]

Not sure but seems to be doing fine now. In copper and ruby reef pro. Done with Graham positive bacterial medicine

Wow, beautiful guy. And such a fighter. I have fish in QT now. I have lost fish for no apparent reason at week 2. I googled losing fish in qt after 2 weeks. Bacteria came up. Biota actually had a thing on Quarantining like a biologist or close to that. Mentioned removing all uneaten food within 20 minutes with a small hose. I am doing that with these guys. Was amazed at how much food got under the pvc pipes. Not so much now though. Eating better.

I rambled. When does the little guy get out og qt? And great job.

 

[acomps]

Wow, beautiful guy. And such a fighter. I have fish in QT now. I have lost fish for no apparent reason at week 2. I googled losing fish in qt after 2 weeks. Bacteria came up. Biota actually had a thing on Quarantining like a biologist or close to that. Mentioned removing all uneaten food within 20 minutes with a small hose. I am doing that with these guys. Was amazed at how much food got under the pvc pipes. Not so much now though. Eating better.

I rambled. When does the little guy get out og qt? And great job.

A few weeks. Thank you

 

[code4]

A few weeks. Thank you

Just checking in to see how everything is going.

 

[acomps]

Great