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Re: [Re: Unhappy Notho ]
This is odd. I guess my email is acting up because I never got Scott's
message. I don't see how its possible the fish got ich simply because of the
salt level i've been maintaining, but weirder things have happened. I'll keep
what you said in the back of mind and refer to it should anything happen to
the other fish. About the blackworms.. pros:good coniditioning food, good way
to put bulk/size on fish fairly fast, also seems to make the fish go wild with
their spastic actions (thats just speculation). Cons: depends on the source.
If its from a reliable source, I don't think there are any. If they're from a
questionable source, then leeches and bacterial infections are the 2 cons.
Best way is if you get them from a questionable source is to clean them out
over the period of a week or 2 before ever feeding. Hope this helps.
Steve
Larry Botkin <botkin at jorsm_com> wrote:
Hi Scott;
as you know I'm also having some problems in the Fish Room with
elevated attrition rates, both with adults and fry.. I have been doing
some moderate water changes as per your suggestions.. In addition I have
been using black worms and adult B. Shrimp as food since the break
out... Things seem to be improving a little but not much. The question I
have is regarding your statement about frozen B. S. Could you humor me and
tell me the thinking behind this... I ask because I do use a lot of frozen
B.S.
Also what about the downside of feeding black worms ? Looking for pros
and cons on this one...
Larry Botkin AKA 07801
At 03:28 PM 7/31/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:18:23 -0500
>From: "Scott Davis" <unclescott at prodigy_net>
>Subject: Re: Unhappy Notho
>
>Shine a flashlight on him. Are his fins clamped? Are there little tiny dots
>or what looks like a fine dusting over part or all of his body. If there is
>something like this, he has velvet and you will want to do a partial water
>change, add a little acriflavine (acriflavine, bamiflavine, acriflavine
>plus, velvet guard, etc.) to the tank at the level instructed by the
>medicine's package, shade the tank and possibly add some salt at one
>teaspoon/gal..
>
>Don't feed brine shrimp, especially frozen bs, until the festivities are
>past. (It doesn't sound like you were anyway.)
>
>It is easy to start an outbreak of velvet in another tank. Wash hands
>thoroughly and do something non-fishy before returning to the killies. Scald
>or bleach any equipment taken from the tank.
>
>I routinely drop siphon tubes in a covered 32 gallon garbage can with e
>water and three gallons of generic bleach. Likewise waste water from suspect
>tanks goes into a bucket only used for the ceramic, circular file.
>
>If there is not a silvery, golden or whitish sheen on the sides, head or
>rarely - the gills, the good news is that you probably aren't dealing with
>velvet (oodinium).
>
>When all else fails, or even firstly, do a partial (20-40%) water change,
>maybe daily. Sometimes that in itself allows the fish's immune system to
>recover the animal's health.
>
>All the best!
>
>Scott
>
>
>
>
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