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gone for the Afternoon i just returned home to find one of my platinums on ther floor of the basement, 4or5 feet from the pond; apparently over enthusiastic, since there is no herons to chuck em out. virtually no movement in gills, but lightly breathing,no response to touch or picking up. got him back in pond, slowly drawing back and forth in water, massaged abdomin. got him swimming slowly now and responsive to hand movement in his direction. lets all pray for the guy.
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Posted 28 January 2009 - 11:53 PM
oh anything else i can do for him?
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Posted 29 January 2009 - 12:02 AM
If you got him swimming , I think you did it all ...Hope for the best.
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Posted 29 January 2009 - 12:14 AM
he was dry to the touch, and covered with basement floor grit. thought he was dead. till i picked him up and saw his lips moving to breath, ever so slightly. poor guy must have been flipping around the floor for a while.
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Posted 29 January 2009 - 04:52 AM
YYEEESSSSSS!!!!! he is schooling and even ate already. darting around with the rest of them in a feeding frenzy. god bless em'
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Posted 29 January 2009 - 09:45 PM
still seems O.K. but seemed livelier last night, but swimming fine,eating, and breathing good, but seems to be a little less social and more nervous, hides behind seaweed when he sees me coming.must not recognize me as the one who "SAVED HIS LIFE!" BUT IM HAPPY
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Posted 30 January 2009 - 05:02 PM
YAY...did you add any stress coat or anything to help with its slime coat
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Posted 30 January 2009 - 06:21 PM
the pond is salted so that will help with the stress coat.
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Posted 30 January 2009 - 06:22 PM
you could try something with Aloe Vera...just a suggestion
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Posted 30 January 2009 - 07:03 PM
Your fish was lucky...mine wasn´t...he jumped over one night this summer and didn´t find the way back.../Björn
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Posted 30 January 2009 - 09:38 PM
my tetra poond water treatment(dechlorinator) has stress coat in it, and the pond is salted....no need for additional coating,
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Posted 30 January 2009 - 09:51 PM
youre right...i didnt know that youre dechlorinator had any stress coat in it
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Posted 31 January 2009 - 01:35 PM
i notice a curved line about an inch long of raised scales today, must have picked up something off the floor thats irritating his skin under his scales; or so i hope, and not a parasite. seems to be becoming more reclusive.
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Posted 31 January 2009 - 04:51 PM
probally grit or sand from your floor
