Ruby (ACF) is bloated

[Collegekid]

I have not been able to go to the store yet, I don't have a car. When my dad gets home from work I'll ask him to bring me to the store that used to sell it, hopefully they still do!

[celticstarb]

I would definitely get her started on them ASAP. The sooner she's getting antibiotics, the better her prognosis.

Also, please try to get her into a separate tank. I use rubbermaid totes as hospital tanks since they are dark and help reduce stress while in isolation.

[Collegekid]

I put her in a ten gallon yesterday and got the antibiotics (Maracyn II) today and just put the first dose in. Since her salt bath yesterday she hasn't been floating, now she's sitting at the bottom (back feet on the ground and the rest of her pointing straight up). Should I continue giving salt baths now that I've given her antibiotics or should she just stay in the medicated tank?

[celticstarb]

Salt baths will compliment the antibiotics well. You will have to do daily water changes in the hospital tank, and this would be a good time for a salt bath. In addition to the epsom salt baths, I suggest adding 1 teaspoon of marine salt per gallon of water in both your hospital tank and your display tank.

Just make sure to mark your water levels in the tanks so you can top them off with fresh water right before water changes. This step is important to make sure the salt level stays consistent when you add the 1tsp salt/gallon to your new water. Remember to only add salt to water changes; don't add salt during daily top offs.

Just for general info, the epsom salt and marine salts work slightly differently. Epsom salt is a magnesium salt that will act as a diuretic, reducing the amount of fluid the frog retains. The marine salt will help in 2 ways. First it will help keep the frogs slime coat healthy. Second, it will make the aquarium water a little less inhabitable for bacteria and fungus.

[celticstarb]

How is Ruby today?

[Collegekid]

She doesn't physically look less bloated to me but she isn't floating and was in a horizontal position on the bottom today. She was also a little more lively when I went to catch her for her salt bath, but maybe that's just wishful thinking.
I did not do a water change today. I'm not sure how that works with the meds. Is the medicine cumulative or does it wear off every day? If it's cumulative and every packet actually stays in the water for the week I'd need to add extra medication to make up for what I'm removing and I'm not sure how to do that.

[celticstarb]

The instructions say to do a water change after 5 days, but I would do a water change daily before dosing the QT.