Blue Acara - Fin Rot?

so i talked to the vet over the phone today on his progress, his ulcers have gone away thanks to the antibiotics but for some weird reason he still believes the fluffy stuff to be caused by a parasite. To me it looks like saprolegnia fungus....any thoughts?
(his inflamed because he just had his enrotril bath)

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Was hoping treatment wasnt too late but sorry for your loss.

Although looks pretty awful but seen full recovery even from worst conditions, especially with cichlids.

Unfortunately, no way to tell for sure what was primary causes. My guess wouldve been bact as primary and fungal as secondary, etc, etc.
Deterioraton of skin is usually accompanied by fungal infections with time.

afa vet's assumptions, who could tell for sure at this stage.

One thing for sure is that other fish shown in the pics is sitting on the substrate. Only time when I see such behavior is at night or if they are seriously ill. Hope it's the former.

Wondering if that fish is still sitting onthe gravel?

Necropsy to see if there were internal parasites which may have weakened its immune systems???

Although always kept large amt of variety of Antibiotics/meds during my yrs in industry, my first action was to make sure water wasnt the culpit and provided water was in ideal condition (if not correct first) for fish in question, second action was to apply ointment in q/t when and if applicable, especially with one or two sick ones out of large batches.
Such immediate responses yielded high success rate without exposing the healthy/entire batches to perhaps unnecessary meds...
 
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I'm terribly sorry for your loss. I know you cared deeply for that fish, and tried your best to help it. Not many of us go to the lengths you did to save it; going to a vet,
an hour and a half away, too, was above and beyond the call.

I agree it looks like it could be fungus, but I don't see in the pics the long whispy hairy looking structure that is characteristic of saprolegnia. It's probably the camera, but it looks more filmy and dense, fluffy but not hairy looking. Is that what you see? Or do you see the hairy fuzz?

You said, at one point, it looked like strings coming off of the fish's body, could it have been copious amounts of slime coat? Just wondering.

If that were the case there could have, in fact, been a parasite infestation as your vet suggested. If so, I don't know why he/she didn't address that with the proper recommendation for an antiparasitic.

As Cerianthus stated, a necropsy could be very helpful, both to you anf to all of us, if you're up to it.

Again, I can't tell you how very sorry I am for your loss. This was a fish you had for a long time and it is obvious that you cared very much for it and did your best. I hope the knowledge of that will bring you some measure of comfort.
 
I'm so sorry; it's so obvious you cared deeply for the fish. I wish more fishkeepers were half as dedicated as you!
I do also echo the idea of a necropsy, partially for peace of mind. I'm never great with words, but regardless of what you choose to do, I can only be impressed with what you have done for this fish already.
 
So sorry for your loss...

I lost an old friend this past week. He died of old age, but not after over a week of not eating and a trip to my exotics vet. If you choose to cremate, as I did, know that its becoming more common with fish owners (in the USA, anyway I guess) and that there are actually very pretty memorial urns out there.

PM me if you would like any more info,or any links.

And again, I empathize with you and my heart goes out to you.
 
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