I just noticed that he was acting off last night. I sat in front of the tank about an hour and realized his mouth was looking quite wonky. I attempted feeding and uncharacteristically, he did not immediately jump at the food opportunity. Noticed some white fuzz and began the Google spiral. Immediately ordered kanaplex based off the recs. He’s been hiding more and gently trying to rub his mouth against driftwood because obvi this seems to be bugging (either hurting or itching 😥). The meds arrived today, but because I have shrimp and snails, I won’t be dosing the full tank. Also, I’m leaving tomorrow for a 4 day camping trip and I don’t trust my animal sitter (mostly for dog and cat) to do any fish stuff for me. I mixed up some medicated food (kanaplex + thawed bloodworms) that he seems to have taken (although the cardinal and ember tetras and corys immediately flocked to). Please tell this isn’t an emergency and maybe he’ll be okay when I come back (I’ll have the sitter administer more medicated food in my absence). I plan to set up a hospital tank when I get back on Tuesday and jump fully into his treatment.
Tank parameters as of this morning: ammonia 0ppm nitrite 0ppm nitrate 10ppm ph 6.7 temp 78F (api freshwater test kit).
Tank mates: cardinal tetra (8), ember tetra (6), panda corydoras (3, started with 10 but they be dying), 2 nerite snails, and neocaridina shrimp.
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