help..fish twitching and fins gone ??

tatorswife · 07/26/2012, 02:01 PM

I posted this in the disease forum but didnt get an answer so i thought i'd try here. Put pj cardinal in quarantine yesterday morning and he is not eating, twitching super bad and his fins are disappearing..any ideas of what his could be or what we should medicate with?? TIA

bnumair · 07/26/2012, 02:19 PM

is tank cycled? did u check for chlorine?

chrisfont23 · 07/26/2012, 02:21 PM

What type of water do you use to mix salt?what are the ammonia, nitrite, nitrate levels on your tank? How long or did you acclimate? Process by which you did this? Water temp? Lots of variables here.

tatorswife · 07/26/2012, 02:25 PM

yes tank is cycled
no ammonia
temp 79
did not check for chlorine because we use ro/di salt water
did not check nitrite or nitrates either

tatorswife · 07/26/2012, 02:32 PM

yes we did drip acclimation as indicated from live aquaria..we ordered 3 fish and 2 were dead on arrival.

PiranhaMike661 · 07/26/2012, 03:36 PM

Can you post a picture?

tatorswife · 07/26/2012, 09:07 PM

Barrier Grief · 07/26/2012, 09:50 PM

Is he swimming around or listless?

There is no sure fire way to know whats going on, but fin rot often means a bacterial infection. They usually come long with body growths and/or lesions as well, but the fish looks clean in your pic. Furan-2 is a good broad band antibiotic to try if you want to try to treat.

tatorswife · 07/26/2012, 09:58 PM

He is swimming and now eating and the twitching has calmed down....only thing now is the fins are broken off but not sure if they will repair on their own or not.

Barrier Grief · 07/26/2012, 10:19 PM

Ok that's good. If this was my fish, I'd keep an eye on him without any meds for now, but would also make sure I had likely needed meds on hand should things start to go south. Fins repair on their own and do it rather quickly IME.

Good luck to you and your little guy.

07/26/2012, 02:01 PM	#1
tatorswife Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 128	help..fish twitching and fins gone ?? I posted this in the disease forum but didnt get an answer so i thought i'd try here. Put pj cardinal in quarantine yesterday morning and he is not eating, twitching super bad and his fins are disappearing..any ideas of what his could be or what we should medicate with?? TIA

07/26/2012, 02:19 PM	#2
bnumair Dr. Reef at ur service Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tulsa, Ok, USA Posts: 7,751 Blog Entries: 15	is tank cycled? did u check for chlorine? __________________ Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE

07/26/2012, 02:21 PM	#3
chrisfont23 Reef Monster Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,343	What type of water do you use to mix salt?what are the ammonia, nitrite, nitrate levels on your tank? How long or did you acclimate? Process by which you did this? Water temp? Lots of variables here.

07/26/2012, 02:25 PM	#4
tatorswife Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 128	yes tank is cycled no ammonia temp 79 did not check for chlorine because we use ro/di salt water did not check nitrite or nitrates either

07/26/2012, 02:32 PM	#5
tatorswife Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 128	yes we did drip acclimation as indicated from live aquaria..we ordered 3 fish and 2 were dead on arrival.

07/26/2012, 03:36 PM	#6
PiranhaMike661 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: West Coast Posts: 23	Can you post a picture?

07/26/2012, 09:07 PM	#7
tatorswife Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 128

07/26/2012, 09:50 PM	#8
Barrier Grief Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 135	Is he swimming around or listless? There is no sure fire way to know whats going on, but fin rot often means a bacterial infection. They usually come long with body growths and/or lesions as well, but the fish looks clean in your pic. Furan-2 is a good broad band antibiotic to try if you want to try to treat.

07/26/2012, 09:58 PM	#9
tatorswife Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 128	He is swimming and now eating and the twitching has calmed down....only thing now is the fins are broken off but not sure if they will repair on their own or not.

07/26/2012, 10:19 PM	#10
Barrier Grief Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 135	Ok that's good. If this was my fish, I'd keep an eye on him without any meds for now, but would also make sure I had likely needed meds on hand should things start to go south. Fins repair on their own and do it rather quickly IME. Good luck to you and your little guy.