What is wrong with my CBB's gill?!?

[Biff0rz]

Actually, there are some very good reasons to use dechlorinated tap water. No bacteria, you can adjust for temperature immediately, and in most regions, it has much better pH control than RODI does.

If you use RODI, you need to warm it up and add a pinch of bicarb to raise the pH.

Jay

I trust Jay on this subject. I will be doing a tap water fw dip that I added PRIME to. That will dechlorinate the water but leave the other benefits in it. I am not going to use clove oil yet - if this is a parasite it is likely to come off in a FW dip (which is easy to perform) and no oil is needed. If it does not come off I then need to decide to either remove it or let it grow on there and hope the fish can survive w it. I have not seen him breathing harder than normal (including previous to this showing up), his behavior has not changed including eating. So I am not in a rush to sedate and remove...yet.

 

[ReeferSamster]

Good luck! Be sure not to keep us in drama too long and let us know the outcome! I'm rooting for the copperband!

 

[Bobblehead]

Do you have limpets in your tank? Almost looks like an empty shell stuck in there.

 

[bruno3047]

oh ok, I didnt know that chlorine would hurt the fish, mb

It doesn’t hurt the fish in this application, where the fish is only exposed for a very short period of time. The main reason we don’t use it is because it kills the beneficial bacteria. In addition, chlorine dissipates out of solution in 24 hours, making the water distilled. I cured a 5-inch Regal Angelfish of pop-eye with four freshwater baths using tapwater, prepared properly, once every other day. The chlorine killed the bacterial infestation in the fish’s eye.

 

[bruno3047]

Looks like the fish is starting to hemorrhage. If you’re going to do something, you better do it quick.

 

[Biff0rz]

Looks like the fish is starting to hemorrhage. If you’re going to do something, you better do it quick.

Why do you say that? In person it looks exactly the same as the last few days (no changes)

 

[bruno3047]

Why do you say that? In person it looks exactly the same as the last few days (no changes)

The red spot which is beneath the pectoral fin was not there previously. That is a hemorrhage.

 

[Biff0rz]

The red spot which is beneath the pectoral fin was not there previously. That is a hemorrhage.

If you're referring to this, it has been there since I noticed it

or are you talking about this?

 

[MnFish1]

Anything that can be used as sedation, can be used for euthanization.
The instructions are safe values regarding timing for estimation of fish weight to dose ratio until sedation. Stop the dosage as soon as you see the fish tip over to the side and immobile, allowing you to handle him for further observation.

I only suggested this because it's something I'd do myself (and have done) given @Biff0rz circumstance. Instead of worrying about it everyday whether or not the CBB's condition will deteriotate.

Or I'd feel bad knowing I could have at least tried something spending $10 on a fish worth ten times that value, aside from sentimental value. He's had the fish for over a year and can hand feed him.

I mentioned earlier to try a cleaner shrimp in a QT tank away from the trigger fish, or copper as @SlugSnorter ( LoL do you really snort slugs? How is the experience?) suggested before trying the sedation method. Remember the sedation is primarily for observation, and potential removal, because it certainly seems like a foreign object.

But I would do something, anything proactive, anything rather than just wait. I don't like waiting in such circumstance worrying about a sentimental fish that I can hand feed.

It also helps you to learn about fish and potentially grow wiser in the hobby.

Curious are you sure the meine dose is the same as fw?

 

[bruno3047]

If you're referring to this, it has been there since I noticed it

or are you talking about this?

No. I’m talking about that banana shaped spot on the fishes body between the pectoral fin and the fish’s body.

 

[vetteguy53081]

From the onset, I suspected Isopod and am positive there is one or similar.

 

[bruno3047]

If you're referring to this, it has been there since I noticed it

or are you talking about this?

I just checked your first videos and photos, that spot was definitely not there. That fish is hemorrhaging. You better address it. Just a friendly warning.

 

[Biff0rz]

From the onset, I suspected Isopod and am positive there is one or similar.

Will a fw dip cause it to fall off?

 

[Biff0rz]

I just checked your first videos and photos, that spot was definitely not there. That fish is hemorrhaging. You better address it. Just a friendly warning.

Can you draw where you're talking about? I'm not seeing it.

 

[bruno3047]

I don’t know how to draw on this board. It’s the banana shaped red spot at the base of the pectoral fin. It’s a crescent shaped spot.

 

[Biff0rz]

I don’t know how to draw on this board. It’s the banana shaped red spot at the base of the pectoral fin. It’s a crescent shaped spot.

This?

 

[bruno3047]

This?

Yes. That fish is hemorrhaging.

 

[Biff0rz]

Yes

That's natural coloration of his fin... Always been there since day 1 I got him. Possibly the lighting. Both fins are exactly the same in that respect.

 

[bruno3047]

That's natural coloration of his fin... Always been there since day 1 I got him. Possibly the lighting. Both fins are exactly the same in that respect.

His fin is red? Ok.

 

[bruno3047]

I have a coppeband butterfly in my tank. My copperband butterfly does not have that red spot at the base of his pectoral fins.