Pics Of My Oranda... Options

[Hamad]

I left for a week out of town and asked my cousin to make sure none of my cats get into the room where the tank is and she ended up putting the fish in a bowl and keeping her somewhere high without my permission! I came back finding the fish almost dying so I changed the tank's water immediately and added the fish in it with the air pump set on high...


here are the pics of the fish right after added to the tank and 5 hours later...

[Hamad]

How about his, hamid... put the fish in your large tank but fill it up with 15-20 gallons of water only.  The low (but wide) water height will have less water pressure, better oxygen exchange, and supposingly good for the development of headgrowth, prevents the tails from collasping and teaches the fish to swim level too.  Just make sure the water level is high enough to allow the fish to fully extend its fins. 

A pretty good idea! Thanks Happybuddha, I never thought of this! I will do this tonight for sure!

As for salt, I used to have 0.2% in the water all the time but during the last two water changes I didn't add any salt. I was told that fish can get immune to salt if it's always used in the tank so I didn't add any this time.

The fish today is back to fast swimming, fins extended all the time, eats very well but still goes up for air every now and then even though the airpump is on and strong...I really hope it's not gill disease again.

Also would the water still be good if I make water changing every 2 days [80%]? Because when I change the water it's always still clear and has no smell at all so I wonder if there will be a difference if I make the changes every other day instead which is going to be an advantage with the big tank as it's a bit far from any water source and no place for it to move closer.