squiddly December 14, 2007 Share December 14, 2007 Seems one of my seahorses has internal gas bubble disease. I'm treating her with Diamox right now, but I'm told I also need the above drugs to pull her out of this. I'd like to get them locally rather than try to get them on the web which would take more time. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak December 14, 2007 Share December 14, 2007 Pet smart carries triple sulfa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell2go December 14, 2007 Share December 14, 2007 I have furan 2 and may be neomycin. You're welcome to have some. Pm me and LMK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 December 14, 2007 Share December 14, 2007 Something that I used to do with a seahorse I had (wild caught) that had gas bubbles was put it into a mesh cage and sink this to the bottom of the tank (in my case, a 300 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank) and leave it there for a few days. This added depth and pressure helped it to work the gas bubbles out. You can also lance it to relieve the gas, but this is not an easy thing to do if you've never done it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toastiireefs December 14, 2007 Share December 14, 2007 i know if you were gonna get stuff off the web seahorsesource.com i think has like emergency deliveries for medication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiddly December 14, 2007 Author Share December 14, 2007 Got the meds. Thanks to everyone! Hopefully now she'll pull through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiddly December 15, 2007 Author Share December 15, 2007 Something that I used to do with a seahorse I had (wild caught) that had gas bubbles was put it into a mesh cage and sink this to the bottom of the tank (in my case, a 300 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank) and leave it there for a few days. This added depth and pressure helped it to work the gas bubbles out. You can also lance it to relieve the gas, but this is not an easy thing to do if you've never done it before. I wish I had something deep enough to make for a pressure differential for that. *sigh* But then I'd also have to worry about what causes this. If it was a male and this was a pouch issue, I'm told I wouldn't have to use the antibiotics at all.... but since it's a female, I'm told I have to use the antibiotics. I'm doing some more research but darn this gets complicated real fast. If I saw where the bubble was, I'd lance it, but it's just a generally swollen tail so I have no idea how to deal with that. Luckily, things are looking better now that I'm giving her diamox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiddly December 15, 2007 Author Share December 15, 2007 Go figure, the seahorse I'm treating seems fine, but I lost one of my others to no apparent reason. I am not a happy camper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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