livingart Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 The vermiculated synodontis has stripped the mucus layer off the big BGK the knife had a small patch of what i thought was velvet from grazing on the driftwood last week treated with stress coat in tank and seemed to be right, been hiding in big driftwood in tank for last 2 days came out today and it is a mess, white all over it caught syno, seemed to be grazing on it seperated knife in tank with stresscoat and anti bacterial, any other ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 I hope he comes right living art, I think you have the right idea how you have him now, can be such a trial with BGKs huh as they can be sensitive to treatments Could maybe a bit of aquarium salt help matters maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Sorry to hear about that. I heard that tonic salt (and I suoppose all other aquarium safe salt) iritates their skin a bit which makes them grow more mucus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 have done salt as well i find that the best first treatment big fish so it is a real worry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Hmm you might be right there Cam... I am pretty sure I was told that you could use Aquarium Salt but in a much lower dose... maybe that info is wrong? Never having had to treat a BGK and no longer keeping one, I wouldn't know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Sorry to hear about that. I heard that tonic (and I suoppose all other aquarium safe salt) iritates their skin a bit which makes them grow more mucus thanks cam will change water again to be safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 have done salt as well i find that the best first treatment big fish so it is a real worry Oh ok livingart, so salt is ok for them, I was pretty sure that I had heard that.. had to rack my brain over that one tho to recall if I had heard right... do recall a mention of lower dose of salt tho... Fingers crossed for you here that he picks up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 had put lower dose of salt in as with very little mucus layer thought it might burn him a bit need to stop secondary infections though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Yeah I am pretty sure the low dose of salt will be fine... sending heaps of positive get well BGK vibes your way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 bit worried as older fish don't take shocks too well found a site that talked about synos and mucus layers on other fish doesn't always happen though but some can actually eat it on certain types of fish, bgk and discus being mentioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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