These fish Are prone to flukes. Pics are dark to clearly tellMy royal gramma hasn’t been eating well and it had a fight with an emerald crab i bought (i returned the emerald after seeing the damage) but the wounds haven’t healed and idk if it’s a parasite of bacteria that is not allowing it to heal and it just looks like it’s getting worse and it’s been in this condition for over a week already can anyone help me idk what else to do
Are there any other symptoms (I.e. heavy breathing, flashing, etc.)? How long have you had the fish and was it quarantined before being placed in the DT?My royal gramma hasn’t been eating well and it had a fight with an emerald crab i bought (i returned the emerald after seeing the damage) but the wounds haven’t healed and idk if it’s a parasite of bacteria that is not allowing it to heal and it just looks like it’s getting worse and it’s been in this condition for over a week already can anyone help me idk what else to do
no it’s been on the display tank before and then i took it out cause it was just getting worse and worse, it got s little better the first few days in qt but then it just got worse again like even worse than before. the fish is breathing very slowly and i think heavy not sure and it barely moves around sometimes i see it hitting itself in the pvc pipes too but very rareAre there any other symptoms (I.e. heavy breathing, flashing, etc.)? How long have you had the fish and was it quarantined before being placed in the DT?My royal gramma hasn’t been eating well and it had a fight with an emerald crab i bought (i returned the emerald after seeing the damage) but the wounds haven’t healed and idk if it’s a parasite of bacteria that is not allowing it to heal and it just looks like it’s getting worse and it’s been in this condition for over a week already can anyone help me idk what else to do
Is this an established QT tank, or did you just set this up for the gramma? Are you running any medication in the QT tank at the moment? Based on the pictures, I can’t tell if there are flukes or not. If you can post a picture and video under white lighting, that will help. Scratching itself on the PVC pipe would point towards flukes. Also, that wound on his side does look like it might be infected, so there could be a bacterial component to this. In which case, I would use kanaplex.no it’s been on the display tank before and then i took it out cause it was just getting worse and worse, it got s little better the first few days in qt but then it just got worse again like even worse than before. the fish is breathing very slowly and i think heavy not sure and it barely moves around sometimes i see it hitting itself in the pvc pipes too but very rareAre there any other symptoms (I.e. heavy breathing, flashing, etc.)? How long have you had the fish and was it quarantined before being placed in the DT?My royal gramma hasn’t been eating well and it had a fight with an emerald crab i bought (i returned the emerald after seeing the damage) but the wounds haven’t healed and idk if it’s a parasite of bacteria that is not allowing it to heal and it just looks like it’s getting worse and it’s been in this condition for over a week already can anyone help me idk what else to do
View attachment 20260331_184446_52A523F3-82FD-404B-ADF4-58C6B9464837.movIs this an established QT tank, or did you just set this up for the gramma? Are you running any medication in the QT tank at the moment? Based on the pictures, I can’t tell if there are flukes or not. If you can post a picture and video under white lighting, that will help. Scratching itself on the PVC pipe would point towards flukes. Also, that wound on his side does look like it might be infected, so there could be a bacterial component to this. In which case, I would use kanaplex.no it’s been on the display tank before and then i took it out cause it was just getting worse and worse, it got s little better the first few days in qt but then it just got worse again like even worse than before. the fish is breathing very slowly and i think heavy not sure and it barely moves around sometimes i see it hitting itself in the pvc pipes too but very rareAre there any other symptoms (I.e. heavy breathing, flashing, etc.)? How long have you had the fish and was it quarantined before being placed in the DT?My royal gramma hasn’t been eating well and it had a fight with an emerald crab i bought (i returned the emerald after seeing the damage) but the wounds haven’t healed and idk if it’s a parasite of bacteria that is not allowing it to heal and it just looks like it’s getting worse and it’s been in this condition for over a week already can anyone help me idk what else to do
Some of the issues may have stemmed from the water quality in the hospital tank which is why I always like to have an established QT/Hospital tank ready. I see that she is having some buoyancy issues which is commonly caused by bacterial infections. Buoyancy problems are extremely hard to treat especially if the swim bladder is infected. I would treat with kanaplex. It will take at least 2 days for the antibiotics to kick in. I am still not convinced that this is flukes. Copper is effective against ich and velvet, but it would not do anything for flukes or a bacterial infection.
