Starving sailfin tang, impulse buy, no judgement.
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Medicated flakes?
Whats the medication?
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The problem - IMHO - is that who knows how much 'metronidazole' the fish is getting - and 2. Weather metronidazole will treat the problem. Perhaps, for example, you might need praziquantel.
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The problem (IMHO) - with a medicated food - no one knows whether the fish is gorging (getting an overdose) - or not eating at all - (an underdose)
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Ok, must be a US thing, we cannot get meds in Canada without a script.
We just feed well, high protein high fat content, and lower environmental type stresses, works great, unless your fighting something specific.
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Yes - Kind of like I said - no one knows how much metronidazole is in the flakes - or how much drug the fish is ingesting. OR whether that is the needed drug
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Well he ate til his tummy was bulging. Mixed emerald entre, seaweed delight, brine, and a mix of meaty foods we made at reef camp. He did have the nori clip empty when I got home from work, will refill in the am but he is now swimming around the tank. Thanks for all the replies and the help, much appreciated!
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I wish they gave a concentration for the Metro - the dose is well known, 0.50%, but it just doesn't say what the dose is. I sent them an email asking about it.....
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Tough call on the process. I have a habit of "rescuing" fish from Petco because they have no means of treating a sick fish or a general knowledge of what to do and how to do it. At mine there is a Sailfin that probably has been in a 5 gallon space for 2 months. So going to a bigger tank may help with a nutritional issue. I have done this with a Scopas that was unfortunately too far gone by the time I got to it. But by practice I would set up a QT so could closely monitor and treat. But it looks like the OP made the right call. Petco only feeds pellet or flake and a good percentage of the fish are wild caught, which doesn’t know a pellet of a flake from a hole in the head. Has come from the ocean to spend the last two weeks or less going from a bag to a small space to a bag back to a small space. If a "aquatics specialist " does want to feed Nori or frozen, He needs to damage it out of stock to do so.
So let's give a big cheer for the OP and Sally the Sailfin on a road to good recovery!
So let's give a big cheer for the OP and Sally the Sailfin on a road to good recovery!
I would not treat him with anything. Just feed him. Nori clip, along with other food, so he can eat all day.
My Convict tang from Petco. Initial pictures and a few WEEKS later.
My Convict tang from Petco. Initial pictures and a few WEEKS later.
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Glad he is doing well!!How irresponsible of me, I forgot to update this! He has turned in to a chonky feisty butthead. Here are some semi recent pics.
I rescued two fish that were bad. A raccoon butterfly that was covered in Ich and a blue tang that had fin rot and HELLE. Both I got for there cost $10/$20 the Butterfly made a great recovery and I adopted him out. The blue tang is still with us but has some scaring. But I created a relationship with the ppl. that could do that. Most employees can't do that, they are just wheels in a cog.
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