favorite seahorse is sick

mtc1966

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when i was doing my water change last night i noticed my yellow seahorse was lounging around more then she usually does. on closer inspection i thought i seen some white spots on her snout.
i was caught without meds (very dumb ) any ways did some searching and tried a freshwater did last night and she did do a bit of twitching the sign of parasites dyeing. dipped for 5 minutes and returned to tank .

on her return i no longer seen white on snout so maybe it was or wasnt there. edit it does look a bit red and white at tip of snout. i wonder if it snicked a bristle worm
this morning she was still lethargic and did a full 16 minute dip she twitched just slightly this time.
i returned her to tank and went out and got some triple sulfa and i am currently getting 1 g of sw ready in a small treatment tank.

since this tank is so small i only plan on putting her in for a hour or two at a time for the next few days.

this is my 1st sick horse so any feed back from the experienced would be appreciated.
 
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couple snout pics best i could get

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sad to report she did not make it. maybe i should of left her in the 1g tank over night. but i was afraid of the water becoming toxic.

wish i knew were i went wrong but i can figure this one out.
 
Oh Mike I am so sorry. :(

But this brings up a good question I should have asked by now I'm sure - as you know I am new to all this - what meds should I make sure to have on hand in case mine gets sick? I have nothing right now... fingers crossed she is doing well.
 
So sorry to hear.
Probably a dumb question but are you sure thats a parasite?
Im allso new to seahorses but if was parasites wouldnt it have covered more than just the head and how are your other ponies doing?
 
Oh Mike I am so sorry. :(

But this brings up a good question I should have asked by now I'm sure - as you know I am new to all this - what meds should I make sure to have on hand in case mine gets sick? I have nothing right now... fingers crossed she is doing well.

thanks Wendy . here is a good link to common diseases and meds. of course i had none on hand case of do as i say not as i do.

http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/diseaseguide.shtml
 
So sorry to hear.
Probably a dumb question but are you sure thats a parasite?
Im allso new to seahorses but if was parasites wouldnt it have covered more than just the head and how are your other ponies doing?

not 100 percent sure of anything but there was nothing on the head the tip of snout looked a bit red with some white dots . looked like snout rot .
 
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