Urgent help - seahorse

[nicolecraig]

Hi, just found this on my sea horse this morning.It seems full of blood like its about to pop. I have no idea what it is, but it is bleeding now. Any ideas as to how to treat it and what it is?
http://s930.photobucket.com/albums/ad144/nicolekathrinecraig/?action=view&current=Photo0515.jpg

 

[FlaJohn]

Hi, just found this on my sea horse this morning.It seems full of blood like its about to pop. I have no idea what it is, but it is bleeding now. Any ideas as to how to treat it and what it is?
http://s930.photobucket.com/albums/ad144/nicolekathrinecraig/?action=view&current=Photo0515.jpg

It's External Gas Bubble Disease
I've never had to treat it hopefully someone can chime in.

 

[nicolecraig]

thanks i have a few more pictures maybe this can help u see better.
http://s930.photobucket.com/albums/ad144/nicolekathrinecraig/?action=view&current=DSCN1221.jpg

http://s930.photobucket.com/albums/...thrinecraig/?action=view&current=DSCN1216.jpg

 

[Bluemon]

This is from seahorse.org

This condition is thought to be caused by either bacterial infection (in which case waste gases produced by the infecting bacteria become trapped under the skin) or by gas super-saturation of the water in which the seahorses reside. Gas super-saturation causes problems similar to the bends, which affects SCUBA divers. The situation, in which gas levels in the water are much higher than normally possible (caused by limited areas for gas escape), causes gas bubbles to form where possible. Because the pressure inside of a seahorse is lower than the pressure of gas super-saturated water, the gas bubbles emerge directly under the skin of the affected seahorse.

Symptoms:
•subcutaneous (under the skin) air bubbles that may occur anywhere on the head, body, or prehensile tail
•buoyancy and movement complications

The bubbles can cause stress on a seahorse as problems with buoyancy and movement arise. If left unchecked, the disease may eventually cause death in the infected specimen due to this stress. The appearance of external gas bubble disease can be a sign of more serious problems.

I hope ur seahorse gets better

 

[Bluemon]

Just treat it with antibiotics.
Here is a more in-depth article:

http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/gbd/gbd.shtml

 

[Peka]

Put the horse in a QT tank and slowly bring the temp down to 68.... you will need to treat the horse with Diamox. It's a prescription drug so you will need to get it from a vet if you do not have any on hand.

Start doing this for 3 days and let us know if there is improvement. Here are the medication instructions.

ACETAZOLAMIDE (immersion) Dosage and Preparation Instructions for a 10g/38L Hospital Tank
Active Ingredient: Acetazolamide
Indication: gas bubble disease, edema, popeye
Brand Name: Diamox
Dose at 250mg per day for 3 days.
Replace the medication in ratio to the amount of water changed daily as needed to control ammonia.
Day 1 of Treatment
• Crush one 250mg tablet into a fine powder.
• Use a mini-blender or small hand-blender to thoroughly mix the powder with about 1 cup of marine
water.
• Allow the mixture to set for a few minutes.
• Gently pour off the dissolved portion of the mixture and discard any residue that has settled at the
bottom of the container. (Do NOT add the residue to the hospital tank).
• Pour the mixture into a high-flow area of the hospital tank.
Days 2 – 3 of Treatment
• Perform 50% water change.
• Repeat "Day 1" instructions

 

[nicolecraig]

OK I have diamox and I am about to treat it. Few questions. Was I supposed to pop the bubble? Cause I did and when I did so, hard blood (im assuming its blood) came out of it.

 

[timinnl]

No you were not suppose to pop the bubble.

 

[namxas]

OK I have diamox and I am about to treat it. Few questions. Was I supposed to pop the bubble? Cause I did and when I did so, hard blood (im assuming its blood) came out of it.

This is an old-school mistake that the SH community has been trying to correct for years. Basically, all you've done is open your SH's skin to bacterial infection (if there wasn't already an infection involved).

 

[rayjay]

Maybe you could use Bio-Bandage on the wound.

 

[nicolecraig]

Bio bandage? what is that? It seems to have gotten smaller with the diamox but not completely disappeared. I will post a photo soon. It seems to be healing though. How long would it normally take for something like that to go away? What was the substance inside the bubble? Was it really dried blood?

 

[rayjay]

Bio-Bandage