| Re: mystery fish ailment - can anyone help? |
Subject: Re: mystery fish ailment - can anyone help? by longhairedgit on 12/10/2007 16:04:05 Yep the reaction to meds and salt was predictable, myaxazin is a toxin which puts stress on the liver, its the risk you take when hoping to cure a fish of its ailments, but when liver damage is afoot you can kill a fish by using it, so her getting stressed is expected, salts too have to be expelled from the body to retain a fishs perfect osmotic balance in relationship to its water, and the impact of adding salts is also shouldered by the renal system, so again with an organ damaged fish you could make her worse, not better. Best thing for now, seeing as there really isnt a cure except for the fish to heal internally,grow, lose weight, and become fitter, is to do absolutely nothing except keep the temperatures completely consistant, the water sparkly clean , and keep a very lean diet going. She will either make it or she wont, but there is no med or water conditioning you can give her that wont make her worse. Total consistancy and restraint will win the day when meds wont in this case. Its really up to her to recover, and since any kind of toxicity must be avoided, you do the most by doing nothing more than good regular maintenance and slimming her off. I know it seems wrong not to do anything, but this fish is now officially in emergency detox ;) The only other possible thing I can think of is if youre not already running carbon, try some, it will help take any trace toxins out of the water, and give her liver even less to do. Perhaps make sure she has airstones for plenty of oxygen, that too will take some impact off her metabolism and help facilitate healing. Shes a bit like a morbidly obese person who has been given the last warning by a doctor. Hepatic lipidosis at its height will lead to organ failure and a dead fish. 99% of goldfish are unable to recover from severe degenrative kidney and liver diseases, and by addressing the diet now, we are hoping it never truly takes hold. She will need to be carefully controlled for dietary intake, probably for the rest of her life. Liver damage can heal , but often only partially so, and always very slowly. You will have to take the greatest care of her. |