RE: [GSAS-Member] Re:male killish is in distress

["SUSAN WELENOFSKY" <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

I have two great books on fish diseases and it is definitely not velvet. It
is a breathing problem. I lifted the gill plates, and there is no sign of
gill maggots and they look pink and healthy. I'm not sure what is going on. 

Now my gardneri tank has taken all the largest healthiest killifish and has
become the tank of death. I've put in Pimafix and some of June's fertilizer
that was old and may have had mold growing in it. I've disposed of that and
stopped using the Pimafix. I took all the remaining killifish out since the
survivors were in other tanks. 

I'm trying to kill the Cyclops now since I'm not positive that is what they
are and Kate said they sometimes eat newborn fry. They're tough little
things since Fluke tabs, Malachite Green and Formalin are not killing them.

Susan

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of steev ward
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:42 AM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: [GSAS-Member] Re:male killish is in distress

Susan-
     As Mark said, there is a good chance it is Velvet. I would use salt and
some Acriflavin. If it's flukes then those two things will at least help the
situation.

     I was telling Mark a while back: The way I treat velvet on killifish
(or Bettas) is to put the fish in a one gallon bowl (of water) with a
tablespoon of rock salt. I don't mix the salt in - just let it sit on
the bottom where it forms a layer of very salty water. Killis will swim down
into it and then back out of it. Eventually the Oodinium cysts fall off the
fish and end up in the brine on the bottom where they die.
You can change water daily and redo it for best results.

Steev

welenofsky@comcast.net wrote:

> How about an article on how to get rid of gill flukes? My male killish is
in distress. I'm not sure if that's the problem. I wish I could get my Intel
computer microscope to work right. I have a lighting issue.
>
> Susan
>
>

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