Sick FRT - Healing well

[jkam]

Shoot. So I haven't been home for a week and I come back to my FRT looking like this. Parameters are all normal.

0 of ammonia and nitrite
<10ppm of nitrate
kh and gh are the same as always 3 and 4 respectively.
ph is 8.0 as it has been since forever.
temp is 78

Does ANYONE know what this is and how to treat it? What I've done already is put the FRT in a hospital tank and I've already given him a salt bath. The photos don't look like fungus, more like something is eating away at his skin. I have no idea what this is or how to treat it. Bacterial maybe? fml.

NO fish are sick from the main tank. This includes clown loaches.

The FRT is acting completely normal, swimming around, super active and healthy appetite.

I currently have him in a tank with salt (1tbsp/5gal) and I've increased the temperature to 82.

Any help is appreciated.







The pictures make it look worse than it really is. My camera just made it look really bad.

[Keri]

I'm sorry, I don't know what that is but it looks serious

You might want to call a vet?

Dr Walton at Dewdney vet is good with exotics, especially herps, nice guy too.

[jkam]

I'll give him a call tomorrow when they're open. Thanks for the suggestion

[jkam]

By the way its not as bad as it looks in real life. My camera just made it look worse.

[Keri]

Good luck!

[jkam]

Oh also, none of the fish in the main tank are sick, just the frt

[jkam]

Oh I also forgot to say that he still has a large appetite and is very active. I've been watching him for an hour and he is still behaving the same as before

[Johnnyfishtanks]

Maybe heater burns

[jkam]

Maybe heater burns

No heaters in the main tank, they're all in the sump

[JUICE]

have you tried a salt bath >? when i first got my frt it had similar skin and shell issues , i used good ol salt and my frt has never looked back ..

hope it helps ..