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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 10:26 pm
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 10:09 pm
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 7:54 pm
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Wait it out and see if it clears up. You could get a bit of medicine for her (you can find it in any local fish shop or maybe even a grocery store that has a pet section). Look for anything that will treat swim bladder disease. The one I buy only costs around two or three dollars.
If you can't set up a hospital tank to treat the fish seperately, I don't think it will hurt to treat the entire tank with the medicine. Might want a second opinion on that though.
Oh, and I found the following for you.
Treatment: Check water for ammonia and nitrIte levels. Change water according to test results. Treat with Mardel's Maracyn-two or a broad-spectrum antiobiotic.
If you don't have a testing kit to check ammonia and nitrites, then just be sure to do a 20 to 30% water change once or twice a week (also be sure to syphon out any debris or poos when it collects at the bottom--I use an unused turkey baster for smaller jobs like 1 to 5 gallon tanks).
I'd also reccomend using a small amount Aquarium Salt in your tank water. Guppies like it, and it helps them stay healthy <3 It should have directions for usage right on the side of the box. I use it for both my guppies and my goldfish. smile
But yeah, your fish definately got this problem from your sister's neglect. I am amazed they are alive ):
I read somewhere that taking a fish from a really low water level to a deeper water level can often disrupt their swim bladder as well. So that 2 inches of water you were talking about could have very well triggered it (among many other things >.<).
I think you should see if she lives, because it's better for her to die there than to die by being flushed. It's very scary and painful for fish when they are flushed, as they don't die as quickly as most people think. If they don't die painfully by harsh chemicals they will just eventually die by suffocating to death on human waste. burning_eyes (Just be sure that if she does die you remove her as soon as you see that she is dead, and then do a partial water change incase any of her bodily fluids have polluted the water.)
It's so great that you rescued those poor things from your sister though, now they have a chance to live a little longer, and hopefully regain a little health and be happy.
How old is your sister anyway? Like 5 years old? I am ridiculously pressed for time and dead tired from work, etc. and I can tell you that it doesn't take very much to fill up a container of water at the sink and pour it into the fish tank. gonk If your sister is 5 years old, then whoever takes care of her should have been taking care of the fffiiissshh ggaagghgahghgahghhhhhh... T____T
Sigh~~~ Fish are so mistreated. cry Thankfully there are people like you who are willing to rescue them from uncaring owners. heart
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:16 am
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Sobbing Starlight
How old is your sister anyway? Like 5 years old? I am ridiculously pressed for time and dead tired from work, etc. and I can tell you that it doesn't take very much to fill up a container of water at the sink and pour it into the fish tank. gonk If your sister is 5 years old, then whoever takes care of her should have been taking care of the fffiiissshh ggaagghgahghgahghhhhhh... T____T
Sigh~~~ Fish are so mistreated. cry Thankfully there are people like you who are willing to rescue them from uncaring owners. heart
Trust me, you wont like hearing this. She is 20 years old >< But honestly, i am partly to blame in this. I wont lie about that. Sister lives with me, and the fishie tank is on my kitchen counter.
"*sister* Your tank water level is going down" "**Big huffy sigh** I know!"
a week later: "*Sister* You still havent refilled the water!" "**HUGE sigh of exasperation** I KNOW!"
Another week passes: "*Sister* are you EVER going to fix the water" "NO! Since i am moving soon, i think i am just going to let them die. Its too hard to move an entire 10 gallon tank, so if i want more fish, i am just going to kill these guys and go buy more"
>< I let her lead me on for over 3 weeks (seriously i thought the tank had sprung a leak with how fast the water was evaporating... but it didnt o_O), and i feel horrible about it. It was her fish, so she was _supposed_ to take care of them... but it was my tank she was using.
My only breather is the fact that when i took down the tank, i took great pleasure in informing her that i was keeping my tank when she moved out. If she wants her own fish/10 gallon, she can buy it herself!
stressed
I can set up a medical "tank" so to say, i just dont have the equipment to keep it aerated like they are used to. I only have 2 air pumps and odviously the guppies have the one, and my betta has the other. :/ Plus it would be the most ghetto fabulous medic tank in existance (100 CD spool cover! its what i used when i was desperate to clean the tank before i bought a replacement for them to live in! They swam in a CD spool cover for a day and a half).
Sadly she is still swimming funky, but she is eating, so i am wondering if it is the swimming bladder thing. I wonder if i should put her in the CD spool tank of ghettoness with a lower level of water, and add more over time... to see if it helps :S
all i know is she's got me worried, and sadly as i think i stated before, i am not all that knowledgeable on most fish. My limits are Betta and a bit on Plecos. XD
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:11 am
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 5:07 am
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:15 am
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:19 pm
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 3:23 pm
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ChibiSkittles I fell in LOVE with plecos when my mom met my step dad... about 12ish years ago. For a good 5 years i watched his Mr. Pleco swim around happily in the tank, before he came down with a mysterious illness my dad couldnt fix. sad It was a very sad time, cause dad loved Mr. Pleco, and he tried everything he could to make him better sad That was one fish we actually burried (mainly because he was too big to flush XD) My favorite kinds of plecos are Zebra and the more common brownish blacks with white spots you can buy everywhere (Mr. Pleco was a common razz ) I fell in love with plecos when my uncle started collecting the exotic ones. I saw how cool they looked in his tank and I just love seeing a whole bunch of them together! Even though they are very territorial and aggressive...depending on the type. xp
My favs are the zebra and the tiger. The zebras are just soo expensive and hard to find though! And the tigers are even tougher to find! crying
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:53 am
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