I've had the light off on the fish tank whilst the bacterial infection medicine does it's stuff. This morning I decided to turn it on again, and leave it on for the best part of the day, to give the plants a chance to grow.
This could have been a big mistake, since the light warming the water appears to have started up the bacterial infection again. By teatime fungus was appearing on the fish, and Odin looked in a really bad way.
Hastily I changed two buckets of water, and applied the next dose of bacterial control medicine. By my reckoning the next dose was due tomorrow, but today could be on the fourth day, rather than just after so this should be OK. Odin was still breathing, but could barely swim upright whilst I changed the water. After the water change he lay gasping on the bottom of the tank for a while.
Eventually he moved, and came up to the surface and appeared to be trying to feed. I've been monitoring him most of the night, and supplying small pinches of food when it looks like he's searching for it. He's managed to eat a few flakes and perked up a bit, and can manoeuvre himself better than he did before, but still gets swept around the tank a bit, and is having trouble righting himself. He does seem to be able to swim under the swamp root ornament for a rest though.
Hopefully the medicine is clearing his gills and stopping the fin rot / bacterial infection. I didn't think he would last an hour at teatime, never mind the night, but it's looking a little more promising at the moment.
The other fish appear to be OK and the fungus is clearing.
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