Re: Problems

[salS <chas33@optonline.net>]

Dave,
I'm having a difficult time finding fluebenol..who makes it and where do you
get yours?
sal
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Sanchez" <barbax2@yahoo.com>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 12:46 AM
Subject: Re: Problems


> From what you have described I am going to go ahead
> and guess it's a parasite. Judging from the way it has
> spread and the fact that the fish die slowly. Indeed
> there may be secondary bacterial infections but I am
> convinced it's a parasite. Probably spread by
> splashing nets etc. The number one treatment for
> external parasites of this kind is Fluebenol 5%. It is
> very mild on the fish and very effective even killing
> the eggs of any parasites. I would quarantine all the
> fish number one. But don't forget to treat their tanks
> or leave them out long enough for any eggs to hatch.
> In the absence of Fluebenol 5% my second choice would
> be a combination of malachite green and formaldehyde.
> This is a bit harsh but will do the trick. Use as a
> bath or if you use the quarantine tank as a prolonged
> exposure for 3 days. You'll have to treat for about
> two weeks though to be sure you have broken the cycle,
> as the eggs may not be killed by this method. Because
> the gills are being attacked I would also make sure
> you have lots of aeration and I might consider adding
> some methyline blue as it facilitates O2 absorption by
> the gills. If the problem persists you just have to be
> patient because remember you have to break the cycle
> of the parasite so you must persevere. Good luck.
>
> Dave
>
> --- colingorton@eurosport.com wrote:
> > Hi folks, thanks for the suggestions. I've decided
> > to
> > use my previous email address for the time being as
> > (as Pete Liptrot said), I can't seem to find how to
> > rejoin the list. If someone can send me instructions
> > on how to, I'd be very grateful.
> >
> > Let me add some info. about my problem. I've had a
> > look at the gills under a microscope and at 50x
> > magnification the gills were covered in little black
> > spots which when viewed at 200x mag. showed as black
> > spots with lots of wavy hairs coming off them. No
> > visible nucleus or anything else for that matter.
> > This would appear to be very similar to the Cilliate
> > (?) described in vol I of the Baensch atlas.
> > Unfortunately I won't be able to give you the full
> > info. until Tuesday.
> > Even though I treated with Serazin (generally good
> > for this sort of thing) there has been no
> > improvement. The most effective treatment (it worked
> > once!) was salt. Unfortunately since then my
> > Crenicichla Regani female keeled over and didn't
> > respond to this treatment.
> > Having spoken to Pete on the phone he suggested that
> > the Cilliats may be a secondary symptom, not the
> > cause. I tend to agree.
> >
> > Water parameters:
> > 0 nitrates
> > 3º DH
> > 3º KH
> > pH between 6 and 7
> > No visible connection with water supply (some died
> > after a water change, others not), municiple water
> > supply RO'd, maximum of 50% water changed, at
> > approx.
> > once per week, some tanks haven't had many changes
> > in
> > the past couple of months (1 or 2).
> > Heavily planted tanks, producing a lot of oxygen
> > (pearling all day). Filtration is by various methods
> > on different tanks but all have plentiful O2 levels,
> > if anything, the tank with the least O2 is the one
> > with the least problems.
> > In general there is no discolouration anywhere until
> > just before death when the gills sometimes lose
> > colour.
> > Until recently I've been feeding ONLY frozen food
> > and
> > the occasional lot of wild caught mosquito larvae
> > from a planter outside my house or from my water
> > tank
> > (left open for this reason.
> > Stock is generally captive bred.
> > Since speaking to Pete I've tried a bactericide, but
> > won't know how effective this has been until the
> > next
> > fish tips up its toes.
> >
> > C:-)lin
> >
> > They said "Smile, things could be worse." So I
> > smiled and sure enough...
> >
> >
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