Sick arowana AND fire eel!!

[seanathon]

i noticed the arowana's fins beginning to look a little tattered about a week ago and they have gotten a little worse since. I am thinking it is fin rot.

to add insult to injury now my fire eel in the same tank has what looks like a raw spot on his lower back and i don't really have any idea what this is.

i plan on putting them both in a hospital tank tomorrow and medicate with maracyn.

any ideas or helpful suggestions?

 

[seanathon]

bump

 

[seanathon]

bump

 

[seanathon]

bump

 

[RedTailKinG]

how much sand do you have in the tank meaning in inches???? and yes fin rot

 

[seanathon]

less than an inch

 

[Bartek]

Okay, this should be easy to heal.
add 1 small spoon of salt per 10 gallons and buy Melafix, add them every day and do 50% water changes till fish's get better, stop giving salt and melafix when fin rot heals but still do 50% water changer every day for couple of days.

 

[dragonfish18]

i would add salt and mealfix for a week and change 50% at the end of that week

 

[seanathon]

well i have already started treating with maracyn so should i finish up that treatment then switch to melafix or do you think just the maracyn would be fine

 

[Bderick67]

Clean water and aquarium salt is likely all you need. Recommended dosage for salt is one tablespoon per 5 gallons of water. Do enough water changes to keep your nitrates under 10 ppm. Make sure you add more salt for the water taht is being changed