Please help. My baby Oscar (yes very original) needs help and the Vet can't come for a week. On Friday I noticed 'a white fuzz speck' on his body at the fin and today (Tuesday) it is an open wound. The pic where you see more white is Tuesday morning and the open fleshy wound is Tuesday evening. The water conditions are ok. Does anyone have suggestions to help him to hold on/improve before Monday? I am really freaking out.
Background: I know nothing about fish and I just acquired care taking responsibilities when he was left at work and no one looked after him. When I acquired him several months ago he had a terrible eye infection and had been living in terrible water conditions and a pH = 4!!!!!(these conditions could have been like this for 6+ months - he was in a different building so I never saw him until I changed buildings). I was able to get the water stable and healthy and with a special antibiotic diet his eye cleared up fantastically. So move forward 4 months and this new problem has developed.
Tank - ~80 gallons, he used to eat guppies but since his near death experience he no longer eats guppies. He is the only cichild and there are usually 6-12 guppies in the tank with him. He is probably 8 inches long and 5 inches or so 'tall'. For the past 2 months we have had a service come in 2x a month for ~20% water change.
Background: I know nothing about fish and I just acquired care taking responsibilities when he was left at work and no one looked after him. When I acquired him several months ago he had a terrible eye infection and had been living in terrible water conditions and a pH = 4!!!!!(these conditions could have been like this for 6+ months - he was in a different building so I never saw him until I changed buildings). I was able to get the water stable and healthy and with a special antibiotic diet his eye cleared up fantastically. So move forward 4 months and this new problem has developed.
Tank - ~80 gallons, he used to eat guppies but since his near death experience he no longer eats guppies. He is the only cichild and there are usually 6-12 guppies in the tank with him. He is probably 8 inches long and 5 inches or so 'tall'. For the past 2 months we have had a service come in 2x a month for ~20% water change.