Hi all. I'm desperately hoping someone can help me out. My female (2 years old) is very sick from chlorine. My partner bought what he thought was conditioner to eliminate the chlorine... but it was a conditioner that added salts and minerals (mind you this is what the person at the pet shop handed him!). The next day the tank smelt like a pool and my axies (male and female) were barely moving. After a stint in the fridge, fixing the water and apparent full recovery. My axies went back into their tank.
The male has fully recovered however after a few days the female was acting strangely and I noticed that her gills had lost some of their feathery bits. She went straight back in the fridge and one of her gills fell off! I have not been able to find anything on the net to help me to figure out what to do next?
She has lost some more feathery bits and it has grown back on some parts... she has also begun to get fungus on her gills and on the end of a couple of her toes... I know this is bad as it happened to a lot of the baby axies I had just before they died (N.B.I did manage to raise some... the one I kept... Yoshi, is about a year old now!)
Should I salt bath her? I'm lost for ideas and I really don't want to loose her!!!
The male has fully recovered however after a few days the female was acting strangely and I noticed that her gills had lost some of their feathery bits. She went straight back in the fridge and one of her gills fell off! I have not been able to find anything on the net to help me to figure out what to do next?
She has lost some more feathery bits and it has grown back on some parts... she has also begun to get fungus on her gills and on the end of a couple of her toes... I know this is bad as it happened to a lot of the baby axies I had just before they died (N.B.I did manage to raise some... the one I kept... Yoshi, is about a year old now!)
Should I salt bath her? I'm lost for ideas and I really don't want to loose her!!!