Micpak 1 Posted November 18, 2020 Back in early July, I'm pretty sure I contaminated my tank with nerite snails. I knew snails don't get infected with fish diseases so I thought they'd be fine to add, it didn't occur to me that they could still carry stuff into the tank. Anyway, one of my fish got dropsy. It was really strange because he was acting completely normal, but his scales looked funny to me and when I looked from above he was starting to pinecone. I was worried that moving him to QT would stress him out, and since whatever the problem was was already in the main tank, I treated the entire tank with Furan 2 and Kanaplex. He recovered. I know dropsy is a sign of organ damage, and I don't know if that can be remedied. Some days he has a little bit of pineconing and other days he looks like nothing ever happened. A couple days ago, his pineconing got pretty bad. I put him in an epsom salt bath, it improved a little bit, but today it's back. He's had another bath but I am not noticing any difference. Ammonia Level(Tank): 0 Nitrite Level(Tank): 0 Nitrate level(Tank): 10 Ammonia Level(Tap): 0.25 Nitrite Level(Tap): 0 Nitrate level(Tap): 0 Ph Level, Tank (If possible, KH, GH and chloramines): 8.2 Ph Level, Tap (If possible, KH, GH and chloramines): 8.6 Other Required Info: Brand of test-kit used and whether strips or drops? API, drops Water temperature? 72 Tank size (how many gals.) and how long has it been running? 40, 11 months What is the name and "size of the filter"(s)? Hydor 250, Fluval 407, a sponge filter How often do you change the water and how much? Once a week, 50ish% How many days ago was the last water change and how much did you change? 3 days ago, 50% How many fish in the tank and their size? Two ranchu: 3.5 inches, an oranda: 3 inches, 2 nerite snails What kind of water additives or conditioners? Seachem Prime, Seachem replenish, Easygreen What do you feed your fish and how often? Once a day, Repashy or a mix of Hikari/ NLS pellets Any new fish added to the tank? not since the snails Any medications added to the tank? not since Furan 2/ Kanaplex List entire medication/treatment history for fish and tank.Please include salt, Prazi, PP, etc and the approximate time and duration of treatment. Oranda fish I've had for four years from Petland, he's had two treatments of Prazi Ranchus I got in January, had two treatments of Prazi and some aquarium salt as preventative after shipping All had Kanaplex for 6 days and Furan 2 for four days in July Any unusual findings on the fish such as "grains of salt," bloody streaks, frayed fins or fungus? no Any unusual behavior like staying at the bottom, not eating, etc.? He seems to be a little lethargic today, when I came in the room he was sleeping in the plants. When he sees me he comes to the front and he ate when I fed them. He is swimming around after his salt bath, but I suspect he'll go nap when I leave. Basically, I don't know what to do. I feel awful for getting him sick. I was so glad that he made it through the initial illness, but now I don't know how to keep him healthy & happy. Image of him in his salt bath earlier today. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Micpak 1 Posted November 20, 2020 Update: He was pretty active after his salt bath yesterday and I didn't catch him napping today. His scales don't look any better. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Micpak 1 Posted November 20, 2020 Another update: Scales still bad. He had one red streak in one of his pectoral fins today. I did an 80% water change and found one of my snails dead under the filter sponge I have over the Fluval intake. I'm really hoping his flareup was his way of telling me he wasn't happy with his roommate situation. If the streak isn't looking better by tomorrow, I think I will do another course of Furan 2. Please let me know if there's something else I should be doing. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites