Sick rasbora

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Turin Turambar

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Uh, one of my rasboras seems ill. Her skin looks kind of grey and her colours aren't that vibrant. She usually isolates herself from the fellow mates and breathes heavier. However, she eats and swims normally.
Can that be some skin slime disease? Or some fungal disease?

Thanks.
 
Sounds like a parasite maybe?
 
Originally posted by Drakerizzo
Turin, sorry to hear about your rasbora.

I agree with yashinfan seems like the start of a parasite. I would suggest some aquarium salt and raising the water temp.

I hope it works out.
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Thanks. Today she stopped eating. :( I removed her in the hospital tank (I always hate "netting" my fish - it stresses me, I just wonder how bad it is for them! :( ) and added 1tsp salt per 3.7 litres.
But tomorrow I'm going to buy Sera's anti-parasite remedy.
 
I know it's much harder to do, but if you can scoop the fish out using a cup, it's much better for them.
 
Originally posted by Drakerizzo
Let us know how it works out.
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Well... the fish still looks frightened a bit and usually like to be near the surface, but she swims too. Her breathing is heavier, I increased the airstone flow and changed a bit of water to lower the salt.
Today it was the 2nd day of the anti-parasitic therapy (5 days in total). The medicine is basically malachite green oxalate and potassium iodide.

All in all, still no sign of getting better, but not going bad either! I guess it's still early to tell.
 
I'm sad to announce that she has died this afternoon. :(
I still don't know what happend to her, in fact, her scale colour looked more vibrant than before and I thought she was getting better.
Thanks everyone for support.
 
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