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02-21-2007, 02:32 PM
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#1 | | Fry
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 11
| There's a hole in my fish!
I have a 35 gal. octogon freshwater community tank. I have an Opaline Gourami that has an open wound behind one of it's gills. I bought Melefix and have been giving at least an hour bath of it in clean water every day for about 3 days now. However, the wound isn't the problem. The problem is that the hole goes right through to the stomach. When I feed the fish, I can literally watch the different color flakes go in to his mouth and out through the hole. What in God's name do I do? I can't possibly believe that this fish is going to make it but at the same time, this "hole" has been there for about a week now and the fish doesn't even seem to notice. He swims OK, the other fish don't go after him/the wound and aside from the food coming out, he still eats normally. Somebody tell me what to do? Do I just wait for him to pass? Put him down (humanely of course)? Feed him a little more so he actually gets some sort of nutrients? I'm not a doctor, but in my "professional" oppinion, this is messed up. Someone HELP! | 
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02-21-2007, 02:39 PM
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#2 | | Betta
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 21
| Your right, this does sound really weird. What other fish are there in the tank? Also, what are the parameters? Ugghhh... I have shivers in my spine... So creepy to think about... I've never heard of this problem before.... | |
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02-21-2007, 02:48 PM
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#3 | | Fry
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 11
| To Bad Kitty
I have 2 chinease suckers, 1 neon, 2 african dwarf frogs, 2 khuli loaches, 1 dwarf and 1 opaline gourami, 2 mollys, 1 crab, and 1 raphael. As much as it sounds, there's pleanty of room for them all and none of them get into anything with each other. Not even when feeding them. So I'm just really confused. oh and as for the parameters, I'm not sure how to measure all that but it's about 32" tall and proabably 20" across? I'm not too sure. | |
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02-21-2007, 02:58 PM
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#5 | | Betta
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 21
| lol, They're below... Duh, scroll... lol | |
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02-21-2007, 03:01 PM
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#6 | | Fry
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Jose, California
Posts: 8
| How often do you do water changes?
Water Parameters refers to the amount of ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate in the tank, as well as PH, KH and GH and temperature.
This sounds like it could be Hole in the Head disease to me, which is usually a result of poor water quality. | |
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02-21-2007, 03:03 PM
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#7 | | Betta
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 21
| But wouldn't it start at the head on the lateral line? | |
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02-21-2007, 03:07 PM
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#8 | | Betta
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 21
| Also, I thought hole in head was related to diet, and most common in cichlids.... | |
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02-21-2007, 03:21 PM
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#9 | | Fry
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 11
| Damn fish...
Oh OK. Thanks for the link. I'll check it out now. The levels ( pH ect.) are all fine. And I just changed about 1/4 of the water last week because I had a case of ich. That's gone now but like I said, this is just not right. | |
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02-21-2007, 03:40 PM
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#10 | | Fry
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Jose, California
Posts: 8
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Originally Posted by Bad Kitty  Also, I thought hole in head was related to diet, and most common in cichlids.... | I think it is most common in cichlids, or at least larger growing fish, but I wouldn't doubt it could happen in other fish as well. I always thought it had more to do with high ammonia/nitrite/nitrate rather than diet though. Can't say I know for sure. And I think you're also right when you mentioned that it should probably have started in the head or lateral line.
How was the open wound caused anyway? If the fish is acting normally, I guess it'd be ok to keep 'em around and hope he heals up or somethin'? | |
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