If people stop buying from them, they will stop ordering.I disagree because how much money would they loose if he just left the fish and let it die . I applaud @PaReeferJ for thinking enough of trying to save the fish instead of letting it die .
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If people stop buying from them, they will stop ordering.I disagree because how much money would they loose if he just left the fish and let it die . I applaud @PaReeferJ for thinking enough of trying to save the fish instead of letting it die .
If it doesn't have ick why would you treat with copper?
@Humblefish... Sometimes he is on his side and then sometimes he is upright swimming around.
I know San Diego has at least two Petco's with saltwater fish. Petco's in Milwaukee have them too. I've been to both cities within the last year.What Petco's have saltwater fish? I live in California and have never seen saltwater fish in a Petco.
Please believe that I am not questioning your knowledge and I am only asking so that I may learn. But due to my inexperience my concern would be that since the fish is sick, the stress of copper meds would push it further towards death.Because its very probable he does have ich or velvet, and this is the underlying cause of the secondary bacterial infection. I've yet to encounter a Petco that didn't have ich, velvet or brook in their system. All it takes is one infected fish and the disease is in the system until you go fallow (which Petco never does.)
Please believe that I am not questioning your knowledge and I am only asking so that I may learn. But due to my inexperience my concern would be that since the fish is sick, the stress of copper meds would push it further towards death.
Do you think that it would be easier on the fish if you went with hypo-salinity or the tanks transfer method? Or would that not work fast enough? Or would that also not work on velvet.
Thanks,
Tom G
Glad to hear this! I hope he turns around for you!Wouldn't eat anything I would put in there for him. I ended up having to target feed him through a tube but he took some. He has more color to him that yesterday and is starting to swim around a little.
I absolutely give him props for giving the fish a shot. You have to remember Petco buys in bulk so they spend a fraction of what you would to buy the animal to sell. Retail mark up is RIDICULOUS. That one fish dying does not make a difference to them. If ppl stopped buying birds/reptiles/fish/puppies from "big box" stores, and instead frequented LFS, they wouldn't continue to sell them. However, this will never happen because ppl want to spend less regardless of quality. It is a vicious cycle.I disagree because how much money would they loose if he just left the fish and let it die . I applaud @PaReeferJ for thinking enough of trying to save the fish instead of letting it die .
Not to bad. He is breathing normal but then will have a couple sec spurts of heavy breathing.Is he breathing heavy?