kirikomori
New member
Hi, I'm a new owner of 2 Chinese Fire bellied newts. I'm already an experienced tropical fish owner, so i did all the research i could about Chinese fire bellied newts before i had them. Sadly i only have read about "NOT PURCHASING THEM IN PET STORES" after i got them.
Originally I had 3, 2 females and a male. But 1 of the females didn't survive the first night so i came with the realization that they were in very very poor condition.The male had a small Developing white (at the time i figured sore) and the female was very inactive. So again i did the research. I Gave them salt baths 30 mins a day for 2 weeks, and the remaining 2 started getting back into shape. I named the Hannibal(M) and Andromeda(F). The female now became the more active one so i had my hopes up.
1 month in, I noticed Hannibal's eye wound started growing and he's more becoming inactive, resting most time only becoming active when feeding. I scared like hell now cause i think part of his skull is already showing. Andromeda on the other hand, im not sure but is starting to have signs of bloat on her left belly, she looks a bit disproportional now. i also started giving Hannibal a 30 mins methylene blue bath(2nd day now) cause i read in one of the threads here that it might work.
Please Help,
i feel sorry for the little guys...
BTW, I live in the Philippines, im not sure if the Temp's making it worse, but im managing to keep the water chilly with ice bottles.
Originally I had 3, 2 females and a male. But 1 of the females didn't survive the first night so i came with the realization that they were in very very poor condition.The male had a small Developing white (at the time i figured sore) and the female was very inactive. So again i did the research. I Gave them salt baths 30 mins a day for 2 weeks, and the remaining 2 started getting back into shape. I named the Hannibal(M) and Andromeda(F). The female now became the more active one so i had my hopes up.
1 month in, I noticed Hannibal's eye wound started growing and he's more becoming inactive, resting most time only becoming active when feeding. I scared like hell now cause i think part of his skull is already showing. Andromeda on the other hand, im not sure but is starting to have signs of bloat on her left belly, she looks a bit disproportional now. i also started giving Hannibal a 30 mins methylene blue bath(2nd day now) cause i read in one of the threads here that it might work.
Please Help,
i feel sorry for the little guys...BTW, I live in the Philippines, im not sure if the Temp's making it worse, but im managing to keep the water chilly with ice bottles.
