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On 3/29/2024 at 1:00 AM, Sciurus said:
@Colu when should i start the second week of paracleanse. Should i start it a week after i started or on day 5 after the 25% waterchange or the next day?
You want to treat two weeks after the first so the second course will be at the start of week 3 then the third course on week 5
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You can do a course of kanaplex that a broad spectrum antibiotic treatment but it can be harmful to shrimp it's not very effective in food as very little of the medication is adsorbed by the intestinal tract you could quarantine your fish if you have another tank or a tote or remove the shrimp and then treat with kanaplex maracyn oxy active ingredient is sodium chloride essential salt so it would be more effective against fungal infection @AnxiousAndFishious
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Sorry for your loss
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With how quickly the Cardinal are dieing something else could be going on what I would suggest is stop treating with paracleanse for now there could be a bacterial component to what going on and do a course of maracyn or maracyn2 which every one is more readily available both are shrimp safe @AnxiousAndFishious
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It's not very likely for shrimp to have bought in parasites if your betta was lone for a long period of time in that tank chances of your betta having a parasitc infection that's now affecting your endlers is less likely unless there came in with a parasitc infection from your sister tank I would check your tap waters KH and GH just to make sure your tap water hasn't changed low KH and GH can cause a lot of health issues in liverbears diet what are you feeding and how often
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On 3/28/2024 at 6:09 AM, Cjbear087 said:
So the expel-p arrives on Friday, do you reckon the fish will be able to survive until then, I will start treating then
It probably will survive till then camallanus worms can cause internal damage when your fish has a high parasite burden even with treatment it may still die I would still treat all of your fish with 4 full courses of expel p. you don't need to start a new thread each time you ask a question just continue on the original thread it makes it easy to follow
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On 3/28/2024 at 12:55 AM, Whitecloud09 said:
@Colu, ok, what is the name again? I read it but thought that you might’ve missed spelled something because I looked up “kio sedate” and only KOI sedate showed up. Is that it?
Sorry typo koi sedate the one you want
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On 3/28/2024 at 2:34 AM, Sciurus said:
After the first week of treatment, the ram seems to be more interested in food, but still doesn't actively go after it during feeding time. I can see that its pooping, however its mostly white/stringy, but occasionally I can see bits of brown in there, so im assuming its eating something.
Keep treating with paracleanse the fact that he's showing more interest in food is a good sign
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Possible parasitic infection you can get the odd random deaths weeks apart I can't be a 100% that's what's going on if you have introduced fish recently and didn't quarantine it would be worth while doing three full courses of paracleanse two weeks apart so you would want to treat on week 1 week 3 week 5 @AnxiousAndFishious
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On 3/28/2024 at 1:12 AM, AnxiousAndFishious said:
Yes, first guy to die came to me with rapid breathing and wasn’t super active, and towards the end only hung out near the top (I got him from my sister who keeps them in a 30g community tank—she says she hasn’t had any deaths but I wonder if there’s so many fish she just hasn’t noticed any missing)
All of them towards the end stay at the top of the tank in the plants, very lethargic. They spit out the medicated food, even the healthy ones avoid it, that’s why I wanted to broadcast the med. Before death there was food refusal and the third (most recent) to die, I did see a single stringy white poop, right before I medicated the tank with paracleanse. I wasn’t sure if that was from a lack of eating or parasite/worm, but at that point already guessed it was a parasite/worm problem.
No flashing, no sunken belly. I attached pictures of the last to die.
this was him Saturday when I added him back to the main tank figuring I would treat the whole tank (in case the others had it or if the parasite/worms survive in the tank without a host) at this point he’d had several days of aquarium salt and FixIck (gentian violet) with minimal noticeable improvement (he wasn’t always at the top of the tank, but he hid near the bottom of the quarantine more than he swam or was active)
Later that night, poop string and hovering near the top which is what he spent most of the day doing. (Pictured above)
at this point I dosed with Paracleanse
by Tuesday morning he was on the bottom of the substrate and died later that day. I did a 50% water change and added a dose of Paracleanse (their instructions are another dose on day 3) by this morning, two of my caridinas were dead.
4 remaining endlers are all active, eating (though they avoid medicated food) and seem great, but one is a major bully.
What your water parameters ammonia nitrite nitrate pH KH GH temperature
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With Prime you actually you use less of product to treat your water so it lasts a lot longer than Tetra's aquasafe
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I would keep the temperature below 75 as columnaris spreads more quickly at temperatures over 75 unless you have any fish that requires the higher temperatures in the tank @bbitsaboy
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On 3/27/2024 at 2:55 PM, AnxiousAndFishious said:
I’m having “mysterious” endler deaths. All male group of 7 were added to an established (1 year old) planted shrimp tank (0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 10 nitrates)
The first death was an older male, so I wasn’t overly surprised. He wasn’t that active from when I got him and seemed to breathe a little heavy but was otherwise fine and eating. I figured he was just older.
The next death was a week/week and a half (I’d have to check dates) later. He started behaving like the other had before death, separated from the group, resting in the floating plants near the top and within a day or two, he died.
i noticed a third separate from the group and look pale, so this time I removed him to QT, treated with FixIck for its protozoan effects, and fed kanaplex while I waited for paracleanse to arrive.
I was worried to dose the entire tank with the shrimp in it, because I don’t understand how metronidozole is only safe in food for Metroplex but can be broadcast in Paracleanse and is apparently shrimp safe according to Aquarium Co-op.
i ended up giving in and trusting Aquarium Co-Op and dosing the display tank for all the fish. The third sick one still died. Remaining 4 seem active and healthy as ever.
Second dose of Paracleanse on Day 3 (following Fritz instructions) and I’ve had 2 caridina deaths, so water changed 20% this morning
Any rapid breathing hanging out near the surface lethargy flashing spitting food out sunken belly white stringy poop any Reddening to the body or over production of the slime coat
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Am going to tag @Guppysnailas she has a lot of experience with mystery snail
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Looks like an aggressive bacterial infections could be columnaris that's a gram negative bacterial infection that spreads more quickly at higher temperatures and can kill in 24hr to 7 days depending on the stain the most effective treatment I have found is kanaplex and jungal fungus clear fizz tabs containing nitrofurazone following this treatment plan I would quarantine any showing symptoms and start treatment straight away keep treating with API fin and body cure as you have it to hand and up level of aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 1 gallon is what i would do if you don't have kanaplex and jungal fungus clear fizz tabs to hand @bbitsaboy
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Depending on how long they were exposed to that level of ammonia you would want to add salt to help with ammonia poisoning you would need to use 1 table spoon for 1 gallon I would monitor and only up the salt to 1 table spoon for 1 gallon if your seeing signs of ammonia burn such as black patches on the body or fins redding of the gills @Guppysnail
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Camallanus worms can cause intestinal blockage that can be caused when your fish has a high parasite burden it struggling to pass the parasites @Cjbear087
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On 3/27/2024 at 6:46 PM, Whitecloud09 said:
@Colu, I have no clove oil I just realized. I hear that another way to do it is to get some ice cold water, net it out and put it in? Is that a good way?
I wouldn't recommend doing that it sends the fish into shock it doesn't died straight away it can be painful I would use clove oil or you can get a product call koi sedate that acts as a sedative that will make your fish unconscious than you administer an overdose i used this method when I recently had to euthanize my 14 year old goldfish who developed an aggressive tumor on his gill that spread rapidly in to the face use an air stone or some air line tubbing it helps to keep the clove oil moving round the water instead of floating at the surface
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I don't use remineralizers am going to tag @Mmiller2001he has more experience then me when it comes to remineralizing RO water
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On 3/27/2024 at 10:37 AM, fishdogs said:
I did forget to mention that I use RO water as the tap water here is a little sketchy.
My tank has been running for about a year and the mollies have been in it the whole time thriving.
I do have a small anubias nana and some floating frog-bit hoping that would help with some ammonia/nitrate levels but I’m still not sure why the levels are higher.You if your using pure RO and not remineralizing that will be a problem for your mollies need a minimum kH 180ppm minimum GH 200ppm pH 7.5-8 long term to thrive low KH and GH can cause bent spine due to mineral deficiency hole host of other health issues I would start to remineralizing your RO water
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On 3/27/2024 at 3:16 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:I was using the Maracyn in the food with the garlic guard and focus twice a day for 7 days.
Forgot I give you my medicated food recipe for some reason I thought you were using some other medicated food getting forgetful in old age
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On 3/27/2024 at 3:13 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said:
Yeah.
in this case the fins are not the issue
I only keep and breed short fin bristlenose I seen the long fin bristlenose break fins rays tear fins if you use caves that are to small they can damage there fins body rubbing is common occurrence in my bristlenose especially when breeding
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I can see a small paler patch on the head that could be caused by an injury or a bacterial infections what I would do is add some Indian almond leaves as they have antibacterial and antifungal properties you might have to add one leaf per gallon to get a beneficial effect you could do a course of kanaplex or maracyn2 if you think it's getting worse
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Rapidly-Worsening Hole in the Head on Acara?
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Posted · Edited by Colu
Possible hole in the head with secondary bacterial infections most effective treatment is metronidazole active ingredient in metroplex or fritz metrocleanse feeding a small amount twice a day for 3 weeks and dose the tank with kanaplex salt is not an effective treatment for hole in the head I would get the medication I recommended and start treatment straight away @B1gJ4k3