cichlidsmad

hi i have a female yellow lab got attacked 2 days ago it lost half its tail fin and the rest of its fin are rugged its now got cotton like grows coming of it i know what it is but have no money to get a cure what do i do.




any suggestions welcome!

thanks JD

midnightwolf

if you dont have the money to medicate her then the best thing you can do for her that may work just as well as medication is to keep her water as clean and clear as possible and to give her vitamin enriched food in her diet, doing this will streathen her body and help her fight off infections and desiese. if you have more questions just let me know and good luck. hope she gets better soon.

cichlidsmad

ive been doing that shes in a small guppy breeder away from my blue zebra which attacked her grrrr!

but she is always teasing him now and thenn watchs the blue zebra trying to get through!

midnightwolf

if you have a quarentine tank to move her into that would be great but if not you could see if they make dividers for your size tank and as i said before give her the best water possible. im afraid i cant tell you more at the moment but i'll do some reaserch and see what i can find. untill then good luck.

AlyeskaGirl

I am sorry your fish isn't feeling well. Yup, that's what happend, got stressed out and that is an open door for disease. Sounds like she might have fn-rot now. Being wounded can bring that on. Secondary infection of cottony growth on fins, it's a fungus/bacterial infection. I have used Jungle Fungus Clear Tank Buddies, also treats bacterial infections, works great. And it's inexpensive. You need to have something on hand for this kind of thing. Keeping water clean and using Stress Coat sometimes may not be enough. That's my opinion. Good luck!

cichlidsmad

ok ill check if they have a divider but mite not have any luck but ill keep looking

midnightwolf

if you cant find one you could buy a small cheap tank with filter add media from your tank and water and put her in that.

cichlidsmad

yup ok i was thinking off doing that but now shes not sick now but just needs to grow back her fins im going to keep her there about another 2 weeks around to get her strength back as she was carrying

midnightwolf

thats good to hear but before you release her from protection you might want to add some hiding spots for her so she dosnt get picked on as much.

cichlidsmad

yes ive been adding some hiding spots where only she will able to get in and keep other fish out but it might not help as when i got home the tank decorations were completely out of place plastic plants floating so they might just knock everything out of their way

cichlidsmad

no need to worry anymore she has just died i tried letting her go and she had a fight with the hybrid thing dont no wat its name is and she got a broken jaw and then she lost her eye just flushed it lyk 3 minutes ago

midnightwolf

im really sorry to hear that. its hard to watch an animal suffer and die.