mass Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 I have 2 catfishes about 10 cm long in 50 l tank together with another fish. There was a white spot explosion and I was using "JBL Punktol" for treatment, lost 5 neons, but all other fish are fine except catfish - there were no white spots on them, but it looks like this medicine are doing harm to them. They lost their whiskers and partly flukes, and their skin seems to be peeling. Now i keep them in seperate tank and do not use Punktol there. So, my question is - are there any chances for them to get well? If no, then maybe I should fastly end up hassle for them? What should i do to get them better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 Hi Mass, Would you be able to tell us what sort of catfish they are? This is because a lot of species of catfish are scaleless (ie- species of Synodontis, Pictus etc), and if you treat their tanks with medication it can damage the fish. I'm not really sure weather they will survive or not, but if you have removed them from the medicated tank, and they are in good water quality they will hopefully pull through. Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mass Posted May 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 I'm not sure about a sort, becouse I got them together with a tank from previous owner. They look pretty much like this one: http://mass.burti.lv/img/catfish.jpg But I found this image here in forum, so i dont know really. Yesterday when i'd chek them out, i thought that one of both has no eyes anymore, but when I looked closer I saw that his eyeballs has went pretty deep in his head. I really dont think, that they gonna survive. Also they arent eating last 4 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Hmmmm...thats really not a good sign!! With these guys (if they look like that they will most probably be Port Hoplos) the medication should not effect them, I don't think. Port hoplo's are one of the hardest fish that I know of, so I'm not sure what could be causing the problems sorry. How long has the tank been set-up with you? You said that you bought the tank from someone...did you keep the gravel (wet with tank water) and some of the tank water when you moved it, or did you just fill the tank with tap water? What other fish and how many have been in there? Hope for the best... Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mass Posted May 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 I have this tank for about 2 months or 6 weeks. Gravel and all the water was removed by the owner and both fishes i got in the jar filled with tap water (not the best solution . Anyway - all were fine before the whitespot came. I have also 5 neons (all died b/o whitespot), 4 barbs, 1 guppy, 2 black mollies and 2 orange swordfish in this tank. Another question - if they will get well - how can I put them back without knowing that they will not infect may tank again with whitespot? Is there some way how to disinfect live fish? I assume I should do it also, when I buy new fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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