TFA101

OMG
So for those you who already know about Gingers cut it has worsened over the past 2 days. Now this cut has advanced to the stages where it is hole in the head diesease. Can anyone help me; this is urgent!

Shawnie

have you tried melafix? and changing at least 50% water a day (treat tap water with prime if you have chlorine etc in it) , its a praying kinda thing...fingers crossed and losto prayers for ginger !!

angelfish220

Oh no!! all I can say is keep that water clean!

TFA101

Yes I've tried Melafix; I've been trying to treat with melafix for the past week and nothings happened it's just worsened.
I'll be changing my water every 3 days.
Thanks so much for the help!

Shawnie

are your readings ok ? ammonia 0, nitrites 0, and nitrates under 20? if not, daily changes are neeed...

susitna-flower

Earlier in the month you posted a current list of stocking for this tank. At that time you had a common pleco in there. Without the common pleco the tank had about 25 inches of fish in a 20 gallon tank.....I would say it is safe to assume that the nitrates are very high.

Unless you start testing, there is NO way to know what your readings are....but if it were me I would do a 50% water change in this tank EVERY day. As folks have told you the wound will not heal in a high nitrate condition. Good Luck

TFA101

I'll try my very best to help my cory! If she heals, will she able to breed again, or is this situation acting like a "trauma" for her?

If all else fails, is there a chance I should "put her down"

Lucy

I don't mean to sound harsh, I truly hope Ginger gets better, but worrying about her breeding again seems to be the least of your problems right now.

TFA101

no, seriously, will she? I know it is of my least concerns but I wanna know. I also wanna know if a mercy death is going to be needed at anytime soon?

Tavel

I wonder if you could try a more hands-on treatment method, like perhaps applying antibiotic cream to the wound, or even liquid band-aid??

I have no experience treating fish wounds so you should absolutely research before doing things I say...but you're running out of options when euthanasia comes into question.

Instead of antibiotic cream, you could try betadine. It's more natural I suppose, but it probably will wash off as soon as you put the fish back in water. zoomed also makes a product called "reptiwound healing aid". It's made of a tree oil that acts as an antiseptic...shouldn't be as water soluble.

TFA101

-to Tavel-

is euthanasia encouraged if nothing is turning out?

Tavel

If it were my fish, yes. If it only got worse after every treatment I threw at it, I would definitely euthanize. No point in prolonging the animals suffering on the hope of a miracle.

TFA101

How to do it, though?

Tavel

everyone has a different opinion on it. I typically use alcohol (vodka) because that's all I ever have on hand. I've been meaning to get some clove oil, but I never think about it until I need it.

TFA101

She was put down last night...

as quoted by Tavel, there's no use of pprolonging any suffering hoping for a miracle.