Pls help identify problem

[dragon888]

Pls help to identify the problem circle in red and how to treat it??? Thank you.

Originally Posted by dragon888

Pls help to identify the problem circle in red and how to treat it??? Thank you.

hi dragon,

tail appears to be slightly dropped...is it due to water current? has the condition improved?
if aro is feeding & behaving in a normal manner, i suggest u KIV treatment and monitor closely. meanwhile, u may add some epsom salt.

Cheers.

[dragon888]

hi bro, thank you for the reply.....aro is feeding & behaving normally......the water current is also not very strong.......I have a power head, 1 pump with 4 outlets (ie. on minimum blow) and the outlets connected to 1 circle type bubbling plate and a 2FT long bubbling tube......

so the portion in red circle is known as drop tail.........seems to me like some injury and does not heal cos there is some black mark at that portion.....by the way, whre can I get epsom salt???

Originally Posted by dragon888

hi bro, thank you for the reply.....aro is feeding & behaving normally......the water current is also not very strong.......I have a power head, 1 pump with 4 outlets (ie. on minimum blow) and the outlets connected to 1 circle type bubbling plate and a 2FT long bubbling tube......

so the portion in red circle is known as drop tail.........seems to me like some injury and does not heal cos there is some black mark at that portion.....by the way, whre can I get epsom salt???

if behaving ok, i think u can juz monitor closely.
if u are in S'pore, u can get epsom salt from Guardian Pharmacy or our Aromedic, Vetduck (btw, he's also a vet by profession. u may wish to seek his advice too. )

Cheers.

[dragon888]

Originally Posted by WanWan

if behaving ok, i think u can juz monitor closely.
if u are in S'pore, u can get epsom salt from Guardian Pharmacy or our Aromedic, Vetduck (btw, he's also a vet by profession. u may wish to seek his advice too. )

Cheers.

ya...me based in sg....will try to get the epsom salt from pharmacy....so put in how much of the epsom salt??? me newbie.....

here a link on Epsom salt:
http://www.arofanatics.com/forums/sh...=178008&page=1

hope u find it useful.

[dragon888]

Originally Posted by WanWan

here a link on Epsom salt:
http://www.arofanatics.com/forums/sh...=178008&page=1

hope u find it useful.

thank you for the sharing....but still need to know how much to put.....hope the package have some indication....

Originally Posted by dragon888

ya...me based in sg....will try to get the epsom salt from pharmacy....so put in how much of the epsom salt??? me newbie.....

juz realised ur location is Jurong ...i also no expert lah...

for treatment purpose, u try adding 0.1% to 0.3% of epsom salt. use this to calculate the salt amt :
http://www.arofanatics.com/articles....ent=calculator

for me, i maintain about 0.05% salt for each water change. but i know some bros dun add salt unless treating illness.

Originally Posted by dragon888

thank you for the sharing....but still need to know how much to put.....hope the package have some indication....

Epsom salts are dosed at 0.1-0.3% concentration which is 1-3g per L of water. When you perform water change, you'll only have to add more epsom for the amount of water changed.

The reddish area looks like bruising. Your aro might have jumped recently & hurt itself. In this case you'll probably only have to dose with epsom salts & aquarium salt for the time being. It'll probably heal on its own. However you'll need to monitor for worsening of the bruising or erythemic area. If so than you could be dealing with a separate problem.

[dragon888]

Originally Posted by Vetduck

Epsom salts are dosed at 0.1-0.3% concentration which is 1-3g per L of water. When you perform water change, you'll only have to add more epsom for the amount of water changed.

The reddish area looks like bruising. Your aro might have jumped recently & hurt itself. In this case you'll probably only have to dose with epsom salts & aquarium salt for the time being. It'll probably heal on its own. However you'll need to monitor for worsening of the bruising or erythemic area. If so than you could be dealing with a separate problem.

Hi, thank you for the advise. You are right, it did jump about 1-2 months back (ie. not recently) from the main tank to the IOS portion and then back to the main tank. The injury might have caused by that jump. Since then, I have lowered the water level to prevent it from jumping into the IOS. Will try to have clearer picture of the tail portion posted for further advise.