Redcap Disintegrating???
I have a red capped Oranda. He had a nice healthy head and fins. He’s about 9 months old. We moved the tank, but saved the water and placed him back in it after the tank was moved. About a week later, his fins started getting ragged and his bright red Wen started getting pale. Then, his head basically started rotting away and flaking off into the tank. We moved him to a hospital tank and treated him first with Melafix for 2 seven day treatments. We did 25% water change, consulted aquatic suppliers. We then treated him with Furan-2, 2 treatments for a total of 4 doses. We removed the carbon filters during this. After the Furan treatment, we did a 25% water change and replaced the carbon filters. His fins and tail are looking better and regrowing but his head is still in very bad shape. We’ve heard of giving them food with vitamin C and that might help but what else can you suggest? Thank you, EJC- Florida
