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 Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:06 pm
DEC: 30
I read that some of you treat your new addition before you introduce them to your existing tank for a week or so. Which is a good idea considering I never did that and that usually killed my older fish. So, I was wondering what do you treat them for and with what?
I asked one of the people who work at the pet shop and they just handed me a bottle of Melafix.
Will that do for treating some common bacterial problems and disease?
What's the difference between Melafix and Pimafix?
I was trying to catch my comet fish with a net so I could clean the tank without sucking it up the cleaning hose. But that didn't go so well. I usually try to go very slow and get the fish to swim into the net itself so I don't accidently injure it but trapping it quickly on the glass; it usually works well too. But today when I was trying to catch it it panicked and swam quickly to get out of the nets way but it's top dorsal fin got caught on the net!!!
I don't know how, but I tried the best way to get the fish off by moving the net around slowly hoping it would swim free but it didn't work. I ended up having to reach into the water and carefully trying to get my fish off the net, its so small I was so afraid that I might kill it gonk . The dorsal fin is slightly ripped now, its not swimming much now. sad
Do you know if my fish will be alright? I plan to get a new net to prevent this from happening again, but did your fish ever get caught? How did you get your fish off? I need to know for the future.
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 5:54 pm
Oh damn, poor thing. sad
I've never had that happen before. Maybe since it's such a small fish you should get one of those nets specially designed for baby fish, they are really soft and the chances a fish will get caught in it is really small.
I actually never remove the fish when hosing water out of the aquarium.
I always cup my fingers around the hose opening and wriggle my fingers to shoo the fish away.
I don't know what you can do to help it though, I suggest just keeping an eye on him, and hope it heals naturally. Most fish can heal pretty well on their own if they are taken good care of.
I used to have goldfish in a pond, and a few of them got pecked at by a heron. One of them actually had a nasty wound on it's head, but somehow it healed and it lived on. (Till the heron actually caught it >.<)
Just make sure it doesn't get any weird disease of fungal growth. If it does I suggest to separate it from the rest and try to find out what it has so you can treat it with medicine.
Oh and if other fish start to pick on him, also separate it until it's healed.
Good luck with your fishy, hope he gets better soon. :S
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:30 pm
THE HERON GOT 'IM?!?! >.< That stinks!!
Ha that's a good thing about my tank...I only have one fish. XD
Thanks for the idea. SMALLER NET HERE I COME.
Say, you think comts do better with a heater?
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:19 pm
Yeah, we used to have a sheet of chicken-wire covering the old pond, but when we hadn't seen the damn beast for a while we took it away.
I think it'd be best for your fish to gt some company though. But, since these are cold water fish, I doubt you'd need to invest in a heater. smile
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:37 am
sweatdrop Aw...poor fish...
I've been wanting to get another comet for the tank but every time I get one, even though I isolate it for a while and watch it for a few days in a large fish bowl, before introducing it to the tank, 24 hours after its in the tank it dies. X-X
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:13 pm
I accidentally caught one of my betta's fins in a net, and it was a bit hurt, but healed.
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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:54 am
When I catch my fish I generally do it with my hands or a plastic container, so I've never had that problem before. Then again catching our fish by any means can be dangerous for the fish. We can prevent harm to them by trying to make the capturing process as calm as possible with very few sudden or jerky movements. This is to prevent the fish from acting panicked and darting away at every chance they get.
And to add on to the suggestions already posted, I would recommend treating your fish with MelaFix. Any other brand will likely be okay too, as long as you can find that it reads on the label something like "to heal abrasions and wounds and promotes regrowth of damaged fin rays and tissues".
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:59 am
Wonderful! What Luck I just went to the pet shop and bought melafix. So far its doing pretty well. Though are all thsose bubbles suppose to be there?
What do you guys recommend when treating new fish (comets aka feeders) before I put them into my tank?
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:18 pm
i dont keep them but the place i work does
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:21 am
...That's not really helpful...I'n afraid.
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