Help my gross Rainbow!!

[Jasonator]

My poor rainbow...

When I rescued him - from a guy off BCA , he had a wound on - and was favouring - the left pectoral fin.

My photobucket pics show the yuk. It was a wound I was watching and it didn't look like it was getting much better, but no worse either. Then I saw today what a mess it was, and I freaked out a little.... no, a lot!

[and the guy I got him from (along with 2 very sick Jack Dempseys) has shut his stuff down, and apparently out of the hobby - thank goodness!!]

My water parameters are ideal and there is some aquarium salt in there always

So, what is the best treatment?

photobucket.com/Jason604

and, please let me know if the pics are not accessible.

Thanks in advance! - and so does my rainbow!!





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[effox]

No pics were displayed bud.

Cheers,
Chris

[Jasonator]

photos yet?

[bigfry]

Nope, can't see any pictures.

[Diztrbd1]

are these the pix your trying to get up?

[big_bubba_B]

to me looks like a fungal infection that is getting bad . try treating him for that

[BelieveInBlue]

If it really is fungus, Pimafix and clean water should do the trick if it's healthy. Thing is though, red rainbows are a schooling fish. You really shouldn't have them in groups of less than six. If it's columnaris, then see what your LFS and chainstores have. Something with methylene blue should do the trick. Adding salt should help too. Heres a good site for more info: Columnaris Disease

[Jasonator]

Thank you! Those are the pics!! poor pics, but you tell him to sit still, and no way!

Hard to see, so - a description - The white yuk is coming out of a red swollen wound at the base of the pectoral fin, actually splitting it in half.


He's otherwise active, eating like a champ in training, and tries to school with everyone in the tank. - really seems happy, despite the disfigurement.

The bad news is, I don't have a spare tank for sick ones and I dislike treating a tank with so many other healthy (and some on the young and delicate side) fish.

This must be addressed immediately, I know ... So, what's the best direction to go?

- it doesn't look like columnaris, as the scales are fine, but let's keep thinking


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[BelieveInBlue]

If it's fungus, you can catch the rainbow and paint the fungus with a brush and methylene blue, or do a bath with methylene blue. It doesn't sound like fungus though... Maybe some kind of parasite? Or perhaps bacteria... My gues would be a parasite, but without a good picture it's pretty difficult to tell.

[Diztrbd1]

Cheapest place I found methylene blue was at King Ed's just in case you need to get some. Rogers may carry it , But I have never been there so I wouldn't know