I think I hear the sound of a newsletter article in the making - Rick -----Original Message----- From: owner-gsas-member@thekrib.com [mailto:owner-gsas-member@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of welenofsky@comcast.net Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 1:12 PM To: gsas-member@thekrib.com Subject: Dead Discus Hi: Steev, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind doing an autospy on my dead Heckel discus. I have it in the frig, and can bring it to the meeting Tuesday night. Susan > Susan- > > Bear in mind that it may not actually be gill flukes you are dealing with. The > clamped fins (when did that start?) might be indicative of something else. > For instance: Chilodonella is a protozoan parasite that frequently affects the > gills of discus (even wild discus) and also causes clamped fins. Prazi would not > be effective for it; you would use a > medication that works on Ich (and related protozoans - the ciliates). Of course > you can try the Prazi first and see if that works but that will be a week down > the road and it sounds like the discus are > getting worse every day. So you may want to use an Ich medication between now > and the meeting to see if that helps. > Biological filters bounce back better than discus. > > > > Susan Welenofsky wrote: > > > They're brown most of the time, and their fins are clamping. > > > > > > ------------------ > To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com > with "Unsubscribe gsas-member" in the body of the message. Archives of > this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/gsas-member/ > ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com with "Unsubscribe gsas-member" in the body of the message. Archives of this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/gsas-member/ ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com with "Unsubscribe gsas-member" in the body of the message. Archives of this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/gsas-member/