Hi everyone.
I have a platy that has come down with fin rot (I think, the tail fin is ragged-looking, and the edge is splotched with red).
When I discovered it, she was hanging around the bottom of the tank, looking like she was having trouble swimming. I ended up moving her to a "hospital" tank, a little 1-gallon tank with some gravel and an air stone. I checked all the water properties, everything looks fine. I added about 1tsp of rock salt to the water, and put some MelaFix in there too. It doesn't have a heater or anything, but the water stays about 76-78 deg F according to the thermometer on the tank wall.
My question is about feeding: it looks to me like she's having trouble swimming up to the top of the tank (or swimming at all, really). I've tried feeding her with her normal livebearer food, but the flakes seem to sink to the bottom before she can get up there to eat them. Is there a better way to feed her? I'm kind of afraid she'll starve to death before the fin rot heals.
Thanks in advance for your help.
I have a platy that has come down with fin rot (I think, the tail fin is ragged-looking, and the edge is splotched with red).
When I discovered it, she was hanging around the bottom of the tank, looking like she was having trouble swimming. I ended up moving her to a "hospital" tank, a little 1-gallon tank with some gravel and an air stone. I checked all the water properties, everything looks fine. I added about 1tsp of rock salt to the water, and put some MelaFix in there too. It doesn't have a heater or anything, but the water stays about 76-78 deg F according to the thermometer on the tank wall.
My question is about feeding: it looks to me like she's having trouble swimming up to the top of the tank (or swimming at all, really). I've tried feeding her with her normal livebearer food, but the flakes seem to sink to the bottom before she can get up there to eat them. Is there a better way to feed her? I'm kind of afraid she'll starve to death before the fin rot heals.
Thanks in advance for your help.
