Any other recommendations on the recovery of my eel besides hospitalized tank with aquarium salt? He made it through the night, but it’s not looking too bright. Just wondering if there was anything else I could do
Sick Black Spotted Spiny Eel
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really it is just a waiting game the week mine was recovering it looked touch and go at first then he started to look better a day or two later then worse for two day in the hospital tank you can lower water level a little to reduce pressure, then keep the lights off, also make sure you have an airstone to keep oxygen levels up. Also give him a place to hide that isn't too tight so he doesn't scrape his wound
Truthfully I've never used meds however after looking it up I think that would be a good idea since it should help prevent infections
Not looking too good this morning. He is now darting around the aquariumrunning into things and curling up awkwardly over things. He now lays most of the time on his back (upside down). He’s breathing extremely fast. He honestly looks like he’s in a lot of pain. I feel so bad. Water temp is at 84 and everything else is normal. I even decreased the water level to alleviate pressure. Running out of options here, if he’s like this a couple more days, I may euthanize with clove oil.
When feeding cucumber to a Pleco you MUST drop it in boiling water first, plants on land use cellulose to stand up agianst gravity, water based plants do not use this so fish are not equipped to deal with it in their digestive systems.
actually I have never blanched my cucumber and my plecos love it skin and all. Remember plecos eat wood which has cellulose
I would lower the temp to around 78 since he is breathing hard because the hotter the water the lower the oxygen. I know it can be hard to watch but I would hold of on the clove oil when mine was looking real bad I was tempted but I'm so glad I didn't because he made a full recovery and now is the tank boss atleast for the eels
Not many species eat wood and they only rasp on the outer layers of very old soaked wood. Plecos will eat cucumber not boiled skin and all but it really should be blanched.
Just lowered the temperature, I completely forgot about that. I believe Melafix also lowers the oxygen so that would explain his increased respiratory rate.
