My rbp is dying

TWiSDiT · Jan 28, 2005

Hi, woke up this morning to find that my piranha is dying, its just staying still in one place not moving. Its breathing slowly. One of its eye is completly white and the other is semi white. If i look closly at the tail i see its starting to fall apart. The fishes body looks kinda torn up, it looks like something is eatting the fish. A small part of its mouth has a big whole in it. I went to school and came back to be surprise its still alive. Before i left to school, i added some mela-fix in the water. Right now i just finished setting up a quarentine* ( sorry for the spelling error, im so scared its not gonna make to tomorow) and will put the fish in it until its healed. I had it for 4 years already, is it dying of oldness? PLease help me!! thanks

sorry, i have dont a pic ... no camera

rchan11 · Jan 28, 2005

Add some aquarium salt and turn the heat up to 85F.

TWiSDiT · Jan 28, 2005

rchan11 said:
Add some aquarium salt and turn the heat up to 85F.

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Do i have to use salt? or can i stick with mela-fix since thats whats in the water right now? can both mela-fix and salt be used at the same time? which is better?

EDIT: havnt added salt yet ( ill go out n buy it tomorow), but melafix is in the tank and i have raised the temp to 80.

SMITZ71 · Jan 28, 2005

Make sure you remove any carbon from your filters...This is a key mistake I see many not do when they are trying to heal fish when using products such as Melafix... Good luck bro-

TWiSDiT · Jan 28, 2005

yeah, i removed the carbon when i added the mela -fix. Thanks man, hopefully my fish will make it through the night.

Edit: my other question:
Do i have to use salt? or can i stick with mela-fix since thats whats in the water right now? can both mela-fix and salt be used at the same time? which is better?

rchan11 · Jan 28, 2005

"mela-fix and salt be used at the same time?" Salt will not affect Mela-fix.

TWiSDiT · Jan 28, 2005

cool, thanks so much guys. ill update u guys with the fishes progress.

Innes · Jan 28, 2005

do some water changes, check the water parameters and seperate it from all your other fish if possible, adding aquarium salt is also a good idea (1 tablespoon per 5 gallons)

its likely you have an ammonia problem, but since you provided very little information then this can only be a guess.

more pictures and information please

TWiSDiT · Jan 28, 2005

Since i dont have a camera, i took some pictures from one of the fourms that would describle my situations.

hope this helps

Edit: I only have 1 piranha in a 20gal tank

rchan11 · Jan 28, 2005

When was the last time you did a water change and how much?

TWiSDiT · Jan 28, 2005

wow.. last time i did a water change was a while ago.. probly like 4 months ago? i do about a 25-35% change. I often change the filters though.

rchan11 · Jan 28, 2005

TWiSDiT said:
wow.. last time i did a water change was a while ago.. probly like 4 months ago? i do about a 25-35% change. I often change the filters though.

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That's your problem. I'd do 3 seperate 25% water change now and 25% weekly.

rchan11 · Jan 28, 2005

Make sure you vacuum your gravel also.

TWiSDiT · Jan 29, 2005

my piranha is still alive. Did a 25% water change. I found out that it got the fungus disease. I added some salt, and the jungle Fungus clear tablets, and raised the temp to 85F. So far the piranha is just staying in one place and floating around. Ill keep u guys updated.

rchan11 · Jan 29, 2005

Do 3 SEPERATE 25% water change, not only once.

TWiSDiT · Jan 30, 2005

Im gotta do that tomorow. Gotta treat the water first.

rchan11 · Jan 30, 2005

You should be treating your P in clean fresh water, not the old water that caused him to get sick in the 1st place.

TWiSDiT · Jan 30, 2005

rchan11 said:
You should be treating your P in clean fresh water, not the old water that caused him to get sick in the 1st place.

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The fish is in the clean fresh water now. Added salt and raised the temp. I see some improvements. The cotton like things on its side are starting to fall off.Before the P didnt move, it would just float around and looked dead. Now its just lying on the the bottom of the tank and moving its fins from time to time sometimes swim. Thanks for all your help so far rchan

rchan11 · Jan 30, 2005

Good to hear that he's recovering

Don't forget to do weekly 25% water change.

TWiSDiT · Jan 30, 2005

yea i wont forget.. Btw.. how do you determine the sex of a rbp?

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