Save my Auratus...Pls help.

[vikram]

hi..
i was away from home for three days and when i returned home, i saw my 'dominant' auratus hiding among vallisinaria plants.. some part of it's tail was missing.. I dont think other fish have the guts to do that.. not sure though.. by morning, it's tail disappeared.. i suspect that it's some kind of fungus.. abt ten days ago, i'd put a jewel cichlid into that tank and the aurtaus nearly killed it by nipping it's fins.. later i moved the jewel to another tank but it's half nipped tail completely disappeared in two days.. and it died.. now i'm scared my auratus will die too.. will mythelene blue help? i seperated the auratus and put it in a bucket and added some salt .. Please help me save my auratus..

Vikram..

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

is it a super bad case of tail/fin rot?

 

[Lotus]

It sounds more like bacterial fin rot, especially considering the speed with which it is moving.

Pics of it here: http://www.fishpalace.org/Disease.html#Finrot

Keep the water clean, and try a broad-spectrum antibiotic.

 

[vikram]

It sounds more like bacterial fin rot, especially considering the speed with which it is moving.

Pics of it here: http://www.fishpalace.org/Disease.html#Finrot

Keep the water clean, and try a broad-spectrum antibiotic.

hi.. The link was very helpful.. thanks a million .. please tell me wht a broad-spectrum antibiotic is... all we get here in India is mythelene blue.. Please help...!

 

[Lotus]

Antibiotics are the meds that kill bacteria. You may be able to get them from a veterenarian or perhaps another pet store. Something like penicillin may work.