This is the guy that had ich when I got him back from the shop. He survived that and has been a little champion since, a real character always flashing at the front of the tank for pellets :grinyes:
BUT on monday I noticed his tail had GONE... the light in the tank has gone (it's an aquael bowl, and light replacements for it are hard to find) and has been off for a while so I haven't had a good look at him (I've been feeding and talking to him every day but haven't noticed any gradual loss of fins, it seemed to be overnight. I thought maybe one of my cories had gone carnivorous and taken his tail off, or he'd caught himself on something but I dosed with finrot med just in case and did a 50% WC, and have been dosing daily since to no avail... and now ALL of his fins except his arm fins have gone. I've just put him in a 1.5L jar so I can manage him and keep the water pure, but I don't know what else I can do and just need a few tips really. My last fighter in that bowl died of finrot after a long long battle with it, but my cories are unaffected which is weird. The bowl was sterilised afterwards and substrate/filter stuff changed BUT I've been using the same gravel vac and tube to do WCs so I think this is how I re-introduced it.
Just so gutted he's got it too now and that it's happened so quickly, need a bit of advice on the best way to help him.
The pic attached is him now, in his jar. There's a plant in there and the brown background is an almond leaf.
Apologies for length.
BUT on monday I noticed his tail had GONE... the light in the tank has gone (it's an aquael bowl, and light replacements for it are hard to find) and has been off for a while so I haven't had a good look at him (I've been feeding and talking to him every day but haven't noticed any gradual loss of fins, it seemed to be overnight. I thought maybe one of my cories had gone carnivorous and taken his tail off, or he'd caught himself on something but I dosed with finrot med just in case and did a 50% WC, and have been dosing daily since to no avail... and now ALL of his fins except his arm fins have gone. I've just put him in a 1.5L jar so I can manage him and keep the water pure, but I don't know what else I can do and just need a few tips really. My last fighter in that bowl died of finrot after a long long battle with it, but my cories are unaffected which is weird. The bowl was sterilised afterwards and substrate/filter stuff changed BUT I've been using the same gravel vac and tube to do WCs so I think this is how I re-introduced it.
Just so gutted he's got it too now and that it's happened so quickly, need a bit of advice on the best way to help him.
The pic attached is him now, in his jar. There's a plant in there and the brown background is an almond leaf.
Apologies for length.
