The bloated one with the white feces died. Should I keep up my current med treatment or should I start dosing Furan-2 as well?
~Ed
~Ed
The large alpha male (3.5") is still kicking but infected. So far he hasn't gotten any worse and hopefully will stay like that and eventually get better.nimboman said:Hey Marduk sorry about your problem and I hope everyone else is ok . I also hope you didnt loose any of your prospected males![]()
Just out of curiousity, Submariner, how do you get a fish to take treated food when it isn't eating?SubMariner said:As far as seeing white feces, Pure Metro is the best and if they are not eating soak some food with a dose or 2 of the Metro and let it dry. Then feed the sick fish and it will do it's job internally and kick the Parasites Butt!
Kim, First of all,Epsom salt does act as a Laxative, but I have seen Malawi Lake Salt work almost the same. 2nd, In the wild (Malawi Lake) there is no Epsom Salt, so if you can provide the closest mineral from there habitat then great. If it's bloat, change the food and cutt back on feeding. I feed my African's Once a Day, that's it. They are trained and I hardly ever get bloat in my fish.cichlidaholic said:Just out of curiousity, Submariner, how do you get a fish to take treated food when it isn't eating?SubMariner said:As far as seeing white feces, Pure Metro is the best and if they are not eating soak some food with a dose or 2 of the Metro and let it dry. Then feed the sick fish and it will do it's job internally and kick the Parasites Butt!
And, when you refer to "Malawi salt", what are you referring to? Aquarium salt doesn't serve as a laxative. Epsom salt does.
Marduk, I know what you mean about the metro. I feel the same way about Clout. I still believe the problem is that once the fish stops eating and we can't get them to ingest the meds via food, we're fighting an uphill battle to save them.
Not sure what the solution is to that, it's just my thoughts. Meds in the water column don't seem to benefit infected fish after a certain point.
Keep us posted!
Kim