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Attempting to fridge a sick ax.

jellycrystals

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Hello all and thanks for such an excellent forum!

My little ax, Rancor, is not well at all. Stopped eating, fungus attack, painfully thin. Using your guide to fridge him in case he swallowed a pebble, yes, I had them in my tank *facepalm*.

Basic stats of tank:
- 25L
- 19 deg (coming into Oz summer will be a challenge)
- 7.1 pH
- Large river stones (not swallowable) NOW but there were small pebbles
- Earthworm and ax pellets as food but started experimenting when he started throwing everything up (lead to water fouling when I couldn't clean it all I think)
- No nitrate test at this time
- Top drop water filter with spreading bar
- 1 small plant

I salt bathed him to stop the fungus and his gills all but fell off with the fungus. Super worried that he has a rock in his guts (nothing swollen or visible by the cloaca).
 

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To be honest I would not put him in a fridge. Place his tank/ container in a cool room and feed regular small meals at least twice a day. Your little guy is extremely skinny.
What have you been feeding him?
 

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I did post what I fed him. He was eating earthworms (we have a worm farm) happily then just stopped eating. He ate a few ax pellets then stopped then I tried tuna, prawn, steak, mince all vommed back up. Bought some bloodworm/spinach frozen blocks too. I can hardly remember the last time he ate :(

He is in the fridge now, last of the fungus is flaking off and he seems slightly darker. Nothing excreted yet.

Thanks for the help.
 
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