Re: Altispinosas & Rams

[Ken Laidlaw <kl@jach.hawaii.edu>]

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Dear Tracie,
Fibres sticking out of the fish, sounds like the nematode worm
"Cammallanus"  When the fish moves forward look closely and you may see
them moving back up into the fish.  I have succesfully treated this in the
past using a drug called Levamisole Hydrochloride recommended by a vet.
It is actually a cattle worming drug.  In the UK at least you can purchase
it without prescription from farmyard suppliers.

Ken.L


On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Tracie Alfieri wrote:

> I have a question that I have been asking..and asking..etc. and never
> received an answer. And, duh, I never thought until now to ask it here.
> I have a problem, primarily with these 2 species developing some type of
> infection and gradually wasting away. It seems to be some type of
> urinary infection?? The anal area gets red and swollen and seems to have
> something resembling  fibers (sp) sticking out of it. I'm not sure if it
> is just the females, or males also; but I have alot of trouble keeping
> either alive. I recently bought a largish pair of altispinosas and they
> bred almost immediately. I only ended up with 2 babies though. (my
> carelessness.) I put them together again to breed and noticed that one
> has this dreaded infection. I would love to be able to properly care for
> these fish, but don't know what to use to treat this problem.
>
> TIA,
> Tracie
>
> PS- this may not be the best place for this...sorry in advance if it's
> not. I have recently set up a brackish tank and was told in addition to
> chromides and kribs I could also place Mozambique mouthbrooders
> (Oreochromis mossambicus) in it. If anyone has any experience with this
> fish, or knows of a source, please e-mail me privately so as to not to
> take up any more room on the list. (I have Baensch's Altas, but it's not
> very helpful concerning this guy!)
>
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