One of my Palmas polli female died today 
She got a cloudy eye few days ago but 3 days ago i noticed that the fins seemed to be rotting.
She had been in a 10G hospital tank for 2 days with anti-fungus meds with a male palmas polli that looked sick.
The hospital tank has a heater set to ~80°F / 27°C and an airstone
The male has been very pale and slow for a while and a few days ago i noticed something like a fungus on the face area so i put him in treatment with the female.
I put the male in a hour long salt bath a few days ago with no result.
- Could the meds have kiiled it? Its TetraMedica FungiStop, containing Silver colloid and Metanil yellow. The male still looks "fine", but should i continue the treatment, switch out for salt or just put it back in the main tank?
- All the other fish in the main tank seem OK, but whatever this is, fin-rot, bacterial infection like Anne suggested earlier or something else... should i worry about the others?
- And finally, i would like to preserve the dead poly, is there any easy DIY way to preserve it as it is? If not, i would at least like to preserve the skull.
I dont have access to ants or anything else to eat the flesh away, but is there another way to clean the skull i can do at home?
Here is the pale-looking male:
And the dead female, notice the nasty looking fins:
She got a cloudy eye few days ago but 3 days ago i noticed that the fins seemed to be rotting.
She had been in a 10G hospital tank for 2 days with anti-fungus meds with a male palmas polli that looked sick.
The hospital tank has a heater set to ~80°F / 27°C and an airstone
The male has been very pale and slow for a while and a few days ago i noticed something like a fungus on the face area so i put him in treatment with the female.
I put the male in a hour long salt bath a few days ago with no result.
- Could the meds have kiiled it? Its TetraMedica FungiStop, containing Silver colloid and Metanil yellow. The male still looks "fine", but should i continue the treatment, switch out for salt or just put it back in the main tank?
- All the other fish in the main tank seem OK, but whatever this is, fin-rot, bacterial infection like Anne suggested earlier or something else... should i worry about the others?
- And finally, i would like to preserve the dead poly, is there any easy DIY way to preserve it as it is? If not, i would at least like to preserve the skull.
I dont have access to ants or anything else to eat the flesh away, but is there another way to clean the skull i can do at home?
Here is the pale-looking male:
And the dead female, notice the nasty looking fins:
