Yesterday Marilyn and I went looking for a pair of silver dollars for the new tank. We went to the LFS and asked one of the employees if they had any silver dollars, He told us they just taken a very nice looking pair in on trade because they had out grown their tank. he showed us where the tank was and we where shocked at what we saw two large silver dollars about 4.5 to maybe 5 inches long being torn apart by a large blood parrot and some other large cichlid, I'm not sure but it looked more like an African than an American strain, he did pull the fish out of that tank and we looked at them after inspecting them I passed on them. their dorsal fins had been torn off their pectoral fins where down to stumps one had an eye clouded over one was missing a piece of the plate that covers the gills, you get the idea the list goes on and on. But Marilyn being the person she is felt sorry for them and decided we should take them home and put them in our hospital tank. We talked price they wouldn't take less than 5.00 dollars per fish, I still think that's allot for a fish that has a hard time swimming upright, but Marilyn paid them and we now have the fish here at home they do look better today than they did yesterday but I'm not sure that they will ever fully recover. I think the one is going to have a bad eye and I'm not convinced that the pectoral fins will grow back. they truly are down to just stumps. I added extra salt some Maroxy and ICH-X to the tank is there something else I should be doing??????????????. or is it now a wait and see situation
What's wrong with people
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Thanks for the replie it sounds like most are in agreement, salt and water changes would be best right now, I will do a water change tomorrow and just add more salt, is the standard one Tbsp per 5 Gallons ok.
One more question how long should these guys be quarantined, they both ate a couple of flakes today so I think they will survive, but when should I introduce them to there new home, I was thinking two weeks if there's no secondary infections, Marilyn was thinking a full month in quarantine ??????????????????
One more question how long should these guys be quarantined, they both ate a couple of flakes today so I think they will survive, but when should I introduce them to there new home, I was thinking two weeks if there's no secondary infections, Marilyn was thinking a full month in quarantine ??????????????????
Well, for the recovery proccess they should be quarantined for at least 2 months. See how they do and then put them in your community tank. I've had my Platies fight for no reason and had their dorsal fins torn bad and their tail go down to stumps, thank fully they all recovered in about 1 month with no medicine, just some salt, and nothing happened ever since.
Terrible! 
I don't get these lfs. Our local ones don't do this...mainly because they 1/2 know what they are doing (well, some are into the hobby, as in keeping fish right now, so they have been a great help), and don't combine most fish I guess. Larger chains "have to" do it I guess. *shrugs* Still doesn't make it appropriate though.
I don't get these lfs. Our local ones don't do this...mainly because they 1/2 know what they are doing (well, some are into the hobby, as in keeping fish right now, so they have been a great help), and don't combine most fish I guess. Larger chains "have to" do it I guess. *shrugs* Still doesn't make it appropriate though.
Those poor fish! They're certainly lucky you two came along, who knows what their fates would have been otherwise. It reminds me of last week when I overheard some girl at my LFS complaining that her betta died. Apparently the betta got fin rot... a month ago. And she just watched the poor thing flounder about with no fins until it passed, never thought to try and find out what was wrong or if there was a fix for it until after it died. I was glad the employee told her 'Number one, we have medication for that disease, number two, if you'd been more diligent about keeping its water clean it wouldn't have gotten sick in the first place.' Of course, she said it still wasn't her fault because, and I quote, "Yeah, but my roommate had one and she used to dump beer in its bowl and it never got sick, so why did MY fish get sick?" People and their logic, I guess.
That just goes to show how stupid some people can be, although some Bettas are hardier then others. My stepmom had a blue male veiltail betta in a 1 gallon piture and she did a full water change once every week. That dang fish lived to be 8 years old. Then one day I noticed he was covered in fuss and at the bottom and i told her that her betta was dead. Her reply?? "Oh he's just sleeping." I guess some people never get over their stupidity no matter how old they are. Just like how a guy kept telling me that dadd long leg spiders are the most venomous spider and can kill humans but they just can't bite us because their fangs are too small. I looked it up, they're not even venomous.
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