Re: Hey, I'm back

["Tyrone Genade" <Tgenade at sun_ac.za>]

On 1 Oct 2002, at 21:56, Chris Browning wrote:

> I found out he was an Aplocheilus Dayi Werneri 

Hello Chris! How are the gardneri?
The dayi are lovely fish.

> Now he swims
> around a lot, well, I assume so, because he is always in a different
> spot when I look for him, but he doesn't ever eat, and his fins are
> clamped. 

I had a similiar problem with the dayi I got in my local petstore. 
They would only take baby brine shrimp and slowly languished and 
died.:-(
The problem I suspect is a flagelate infection of the gut. The 
clamped fins are a result of perhaps an bacterial infection or just 
of poor condition. YOu can try to treat the ailment with 
metranozadole at 20 mg/gallon for 3 days with 50% water changes each 
day and a new dose. YOu could also try some of the local meds for 
hole-in-the-head or bloat. These are all very strong medications 
though so be careful and don't treat a big tank with other fish. 
Remove him to a smaller tank for treatment.

> My ph is 7.2, temperature is 72, and the hardness is 8. 

The pH and hardness are fine but the temperature is a bit low for 
this fish. It would need a temperature of about 78 to 80 to be really 
happy but this won't stop it eating.

> Also, does anyone know where I can get more Dayi Werneri?

I don't think you will find any dayi 'werneri' as this is not a valid 
name. There is a Aplocheilus werneri though... You should be able to 
find dayi in the AKA somewhere. If they were at one store I'm sure 
other stores woudld have.\

Keep well
Tyrone Genade
tgenade at sun_ac.za
http://www.tyronegenade.0catch.com
cell#: 084-3354-977

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