Re: eliminating Hydra, Heximita, Velvet, Ick and Glugea

[MDelra at aol_com]

Hi All, I thought that I would chime in on the use of meds. It may be 
possible that Gary"s fish are suffering from gill parasites, or blood 
flagellets. Alot of your experiences seem to be with the hydra, and 
preventative treatments for newly arriving fish. Once the outward signs show 
up, there is not much that will work on gill parasites and blood flagellets. 
Once the gills have been damaged to the extent that the fish is hollowing or 
gets fin rot in the exremeties, the med will often exacerbate the problem by 
destroying gill tissue even faster. If Gary's fish had blood flagellets, he 
would have been better off letting live brine shrimp soak up the med after 
being rinsed in freshwater.  When I was in the commercial end of the 
business. I used to use a similair med called,flagyl. Metronidazole was the 
actual name. I always saved Lebaco's wild cardinals with the stuff. It almost 
always worked on Dolphin's stuff from Asia wich was always nasty by the time 
it got to Columbus,Ohio. Sometimes piperizine will clean out a fish. Another 
med used with food. Maybe Gary's fish that are doing well may have some of 
the early symptoms. So, I ask: What were the fish behaving like before you 
treated them and what are your other fish doing now? Mark Delraso


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