Re: [GSAS-Member] Re: Worms and white spider(update)

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I just lost a L. feulloborni to bloat after turning the tank temperature down. 
Susan

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> Well, 
> I decided to strip down my tank after losing two of my Polyterus pollis I 
> moved all my Polyterus to two different Q tanks, I then begin to treat with 
> 1/2 doses of fluke tabs..2 treatments, the first night I stayed up for 
> several hours to see the reaction and noticed they took it well, seen some 
> worms coming off of the bodies and seen a few "free" swimming... Next day 
> did a 1/3 of a water change on both Q tanks and notice none of the worms or 
> "white" looking specks that move, did another 1/2 dose...Meanwhile I'm 
> stripping my tank down, and breaking down my sump, I let it all dry directly 
> in the sun for 2 days... 
> 
> Filled it back up and didn't seen any of these pests, basically I have to 
> cycle ALL over again but it's going to be worth it... 
> Steev by the way, remember when I was talking to you about the bloated 
> African I have? I have him in A 10 gall Q tank and I stopped feeding him for 
> 3 days, did some research and decide on going the medication route with him, 
> drug of choice Spectrogram, he has know lost most of his bloat and has been 
> the slimmest and alert then I have ever seen him...I hope all this work 
> solves these problems...Anyway Steev thanks for looking at those samples for 
> me. 
> 
> Tony 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "steev ward" 
> To: 
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 11:29 PM 
> Subject: Re: Worms and white spider 
> 
> 
> > Tony- 
> > 
> > It's hard to say what's really going on but with any luck there's nothing 
> > actually wrong. 
> > All of the foods you mentioned as well as the waste products from the 
> > Polypterus make good food for copepods and oligochaete worms, and it's 
> likely 
> > that this is what you see. Yes, they will crawl around on the Polypterus 
> > because Polypterus have pretty thick skin and lay around on the bottom 
> alot. 
> > 
> > However ther may be something else going on, maybe even something 
> unrelated. 
> > I'd like take a look at your various bugs some time. Write to me off list 
> and 
> > tell me how I can get some samples from you. 
> > 
> > Steev 
> > 
> > 
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