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Rocko started pineconing today **pics**

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This is an update for those of you following my other threads here:
http://www.tropicalfishkeeping.com/...ettas-color-dulling-belly-swollen-sign-68050/
and here:
http://www.tropicalfishkeeping.com/...s/need-help-identifying-poop-parasites-69706/

He's been treated for both bacterial infections, and then a few weeks later, parasites.

He's in a 5 gallon filtered, planted, heated (80F) tank, with 0ppm Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, and 7.4 pH.

Yesterday (a day after being in a HT with Tetra Parasite Guard) he was lethargic, as can be expected:



Today, he looks like this:





Side view (he's really struggling here to get to his leaf):



I'm moving him to a 1.2 gal Hospital Tank with conditioned water with dissolved epsom salt now.

1 tsp per gallon sound good?

I'm premixing this in a 1 gallon jug, and don't plan to fill it all the way to the top so he can get to the surface easily. It's 80F in the house right now so I'll hold off on the heater until tonight. I may end up floating this in his main tank.
 
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Will do. I don't have any Oak leaves or Indian Almond Leaves, however. :( I've heard decaffeinated green tea in bags left in the premixed jug of water for an hour or so would help? I'll hold off on that until I hear more.

I'm so sorry...
Thank you for your sympathy. :)
 
#5 ·
Rocko passed away this morning, after a long illness, pretty much immediately after we got him from PetSmart.

Thank you so much for all of your help with Rocko.
 
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