mark4785
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dw1305 said:
Thanks - I won't feel good until the spots have gone. Pity my local vet don't have time to make a 2 minute phone call with me to help me understand how I can go about treating the spots so they disappear.
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Thanks - I won't feel good until the spots have gone. Pity my local vet don't have time to make a 2 minute phone call with me to help me understand how I can go about treating the spots so they disappear.
mark4785
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Update: Vet has contacted me and I'm scheduled to pick up the metronidazole on monday. I am to de-frost some blood worm, place the blood worm in the metronidazole solution and re-freeze. De-frost again and try to get the fish to eat it. Apparently it's an anti-parastic and antibiotic in one.
Fish is still acting normal but eating slightly less pellet. HITH lesions are not spreading in response to Octozin.
Fish is still acting normal but eating slightly less pellet. HITH lesions are not spreading in response to Octozin.
mark4785
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Well things have gone down hill a bit since my last post. The Ram is refusing to eat any kind of high nutrition flake/pellet, including fine pellets with garlic which is supposed to be a highly attractive ingredient to fish.
He will only eat blood worm. Since he is only eating blood worms I have been trying my best to inject a fish medicine into the actual blood worm that contains methylne blue, formalin etc which is a good anti-parasite.
The fish is still acting normally behaviourally and even comes up for any kind of food but once he recognises the food to be a pellet/flake, he just stares at it.
Should I consider putting him in a uncycled 30 litre aquarium with a different kind of HITH treatment? I have been using waterlife octozin for 2-3 weeks now and although it's stopping the spread of the white spots, the fishes appetite is dreadful. Other treatments tend to contain non-plant/filter friendly medicines which is why I'd ideally need to place him in a separate 30 litre aquarium.
Unfortunately, I chose not to go to the vets to pick up the metronidazole as the fish appeared to be getting better but then went down hill. I've enquired into whether I can go and pick up the metronidazole via phone but they have told me the vet who authorised the metronidazole is on a "2 week holiday" and he has "not left any notes regarding the possibility of prescribing metronidazole".
He will only eat blood worm. Since he is only eating blood worms I have been trying my best to inject a fish medicine into the actual blood worm that contains methylne blue, formalin etc which is a good anti-parasite.
The fish is still acting normally behaviourally and even comes up for any kind of food but once he recognises the food to be a pellet/flake, he just stares at it.
Should I consider putting him in a uncycled 30 litre aquarium with a different kind of HITH treatment? I have been using waterlife octozin for 2-3 weeks now and although it's stopping the spread of the white spots, the fishes appetite is dreadful. Other treatments tend to contain non-plant/filter friendly medicines which is why I'd ideally need to place him in a separate 30 litre aquarium.
Unfortunately, I chose not to go to the vets to pick up the metronidazole as the fish appeared to be getting better but then went down hill. I've enquired into whether I can go and pick up the metronidazole via phone but they have told me the vet who authorised the metronidazole is on a "2 week holiday" and he has "not left any notes regarding the possibility of prescribing metronidazole".
mark4785
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My Ram is still with me, however, he will only eat blood worm and inner layers of a pea. I have started injecting Esha Hexamita treatment (contains: acriflavin and methyline blue) into both of these foods and afterwards I noticed he started to perk up and chase the tetras which is characteristic of him when he is healthy.
He produced white faeces just yesterday which I think was only expelled due to the feeding of peas. The fish continues to refuse to eat 5 different kinds of pellet of differing sizes (some even containing garlic) and 7 different kinds of flake. I think if he continues to be picky with the food I'm going to have to transfer him to a 20 litre and put the eSHA hexamita treatment into the water column (something I'm not going to do in the main, cycled tank as it contains chemicals which can cause ammonia spikes).
The water column of the main tank is being treated with Octozin which is not compatible with the eSHA product which is why I am injecting the latter product.
He produced white faeces just yesterday which I think was only expelled due to the feeding of peas. The fish continues to refuse to eat 5 different kinds of pellet of differing sizes (some even containing garlic) and 7 different kinds of flake. I think if he continues to be picky with the food I'm going to have to transfer him to a 20 litre and put the eSHA hexamita treatment into the water column (something I'm not going to do in the main, cycled tank as it contains chemicals which can cause ammonia spikes).
The water column of the main tank is being treated with Octozin which is not compatible with the eSHA product which is why I am injecting the latter product.
mark4785
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Still dealing with the hexamita problem. He is still colourful despite having lived on blood worm, peas and eating the odd high protein pellet for around 4 weeks now.
Does the fact that he is very selective in what he chooses to eat, show signs of internal digestive problems caused by the hexamita?
Does the fact that he is very selective in what he chooses to eat, show signs of internal digestive problems caused by the hexamita?
