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Amazon diseases
Kathy Olson <> wrote: <<<<<Amazon diseases
On one of the apisto's we collected (mostly all one site) there is
something that looks like fin lice. Small 1/2 cm tan cylindrical things
attached to the dorsal and anal fins of the apisto's. Only on the
apisto's. What do you treat with to get rid of this.
(...)
There was one site all the tetras came down with a disease on their tails.
Karen Randall thought it might be bacterial infection (? collumaris). It
only affected one type of tetra, needless to say we did not keep that
tetra and everyone else is okay so far. It was a fuzzy disease that ate
there tails.(...)>>>>>>
For fish lice and the like, the best treatment is metrifonate,
which is the active component of Clout or Fluke-tabs for
example. The fin problem is indeed likely to be due to
bacteria, and normally clean water at most with a tablespoon of
salt each 10 gallons should take care of it.
Dealing with wild-caught fish, a treatment for internal and external
parasites is in my opinion a must.
You can for example start with a week of medicated Tetra flakes
for parasites (not the bacterial type, but the parasite type) which
contain metronidazole active on Hexamita.
After that is over, a treatment with Flubenol or Fluke-tabs should
take care of flukes, nematodes and tapeworms. See dosages
at http://world.std.com/~enjolras/symtreat.htm
Good luck and congratulations for the successful trip
Dionigi Maladorno
dionigi.maladorno@roche.com
This message presents personal opinions which are not necessarily those
of my employer.
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