Please help with sick fish

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I went on vacation for 4 days down the shore, and when i came back, my red tailed tinfoil barb apeared very sickly. It seems abnormally skinny, and under its scales seems to be red, as though its bleeding. Does anyone know what is wrong with it, and wat i can do to help it?
Thnax
 
I'm sorry about your fish.

Can you give us some more information?

Tank size and tank mates
Water parameters
Has he been eating? Scratching against decorations or the side of the tank?

~Tara
 
I have had the fish for almost 2 years.
its about 5 inches long.

Its in a 20g bow front

Its tank mates are a green sevrum and a figure 8 puffer.
It ocasionally fights with the sevrum, but they generally get along.

Im not sure about the parameters.

He is eating.

he dosnt seem to be scratching against any rocks.

When i got home from vacation, the temp of the tank had risen to
94 degrees. Could this have affected him?
 
*disclaimer* I don't know anything about any of your fish specifically and I'm not a chemist...

That being said, do you have a test kit (ammonia, nitrItes, nitrAtes, ph, etc...), if you do, check the parameters and let us know.

That quick of a rise in temperature (assuming your normal temp is around 76 or so?) could most definately cause stress, but I wonder if it would also mess with the ph in the tank? Most fish can get sick if there is a huge, quick ph swing.

If his scales are red almost bleeing looking, all over his body (rather than in just one area), then I would be willing to be it's not caused by a tankmate bothering him, but rather from something in the water or maybe some kind of parasite or fungus.

I'd say first thing to do would be to do a nice water change (if you have a test kit, test the water before changing it, and then again tomorrow at the same time of day.)

He's eating, so that's a pretty good sign.

sorry, I'm not too much help... hopefully someone else can let you know what exactly it is ...

~Tara
 
On the bottle or box, what does this PimaFix say it heals? I've never heard of it...
 
Pimafix is the sister to Melafix. Pima is for fungus, mela for bacteria. Same company.

I would try it.

Also you should be aware as was mentioned above that the fig 8 puffer is a brackish fish and while it will survive in your tank it won't survive for its whole life span in there and will eventually get sick and die.
 
I currently have a problem with red patches on some of my Koi. I am treating with Tetracycline with some success. I will let you know how it all turns out when I know for sure.
 
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