Hello all;

We seem to be thinking that Fishy has Septcemia (see previous thread). This is because Fishy is very lethargic (though getting better now), his Dorsal fin remains down most of the time, and he has blood under his left pectoral fin. He wasn't eating, however over the last two days that has improved, he is eating blood worms. One concern that my wife has is overfeeding. How do we know how much? Should we feed him all that he will eat, or limit it to once or twice a day. If we should limit the feedings, should we stick to the 5-minute rule or feed him less? I know we shouldn't leave food in longer than 5 minutes due to the ammonia production from decaying food.

I did post the remainder of this text under my last topic, but thought it was better to start a new thread.

The 30gallon tank that Fishy came out of has not yet cycled, however I am checking the parameters basically every other day, and through out ammonia and nitrite have remained at 0.

Initially Fish and Spotty were in a very bad tank, that did have ammonia present, we treated it with Ammo-lock, but decided in the end that a new tank was the ONLY way to go. So we moved Fishy and Spotty from a 2.5gal eclipse into a 30gal Oceanic Hexagon. We also added a comet into the new tank (Ori).

Ori and Spotty both seem to be doing great in the 30gal, and the ammonia and nitrite have remained at 0. (unfortunetly so have the nitrates).

The situation now is:

Ori and Spotty seem to be doing well in a new 30gal hexagon tank. Ammonia, and Nitrite have remained at zero. That tank has a Emperor 280 Biowheel filter on it. The base of that tank is primarly crushed shell (for carbonate, we have very soft water). The Ph has remained consistent at 7.8. We added ~2oz of Bio-Spira directly on the Bio-Wheel on Monday night, hoping to get some good bugs started.

Fishy currently resides in a new 10gal hospitial tank, no gravel, no ornaments, nothing. There is a wisper filter on that tank, however all of the wisper filters I could find contain Charcoal, so there is no filter media in that filter at present. Ammonia and Nitrite are at 0, and I am watching that VERY closely! We added 1/3oz of Bio-Spira to that tank on Monday evening. (I don't think that it will take hold since there is essientially no place for the bacteria to setup) Monday evening we also started Fishy on Maracyn-2 (2 Tablets on Monday night, then 1 per night for the next 5 nights)

I have MediGold and ProGold on order from Goldfish connection. As soon as we get the MediGold, everyone is going on that for 30 days.

One thing I have been considering, but am still looking for more information on, is salt treatments. I belive that they are primarly for parasitic infestations, however I seem to also recall that they will help the fish absorb more of the antibiotic when they are added.

What about water changes in the hospital tank? I know if ANY ammonia or nitrites show up, that I need to change the water, but the Maracyn-2 packaging seems to suggest not changing the water through the treatment. If I do have to do a water change, how should I adjust the dosage of the Maracyn-2???

Thanks to everyone on this wonderful board!!!!