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

["Karen Perdue" <windamyr at peoplepc_com>]

HI Gary!

I don't use meds much at all, but do get a good number of wild caught fish
for my tanks. I have always used metranidazole while the fish are in my Q
tank to make sure they are free from parasites before adding them to the
home tank.

I recently brought home a discus from the shop because he was doing so
poorly. He was so very thin, not eating etc, used two doses of metranidazole
on him over the course of a week, and he is now attacking food with gusto,
even flake food! I will be adding flubendazole to my bag of tricks as well
on the advice of many expert discus keepers who use both drugs to make
absolutely sure their fish are free from parasites and protozoal
infestations before allowing them into tanks with established fish.

Following this routine has cut down drastically on the number of problems
I've experienced in my display tanks, especially as most of the fish I
collect are not tank raised.

Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Bartell" <garybartell at sprintmail_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 11:23 PM
Subject: RE: eliminating Hydra, Heximita, Velvet, Ick and Glugea


>   Hi All,
>
>   Thanks to all who commented on my fish deaths, since so many have used
it
> with no problems I can only assume that other factors caused the deaths.
I
> was supprised to see that so many  are using meds.
>
>   Most of the time I don't use Meds, I try to do what I can to prevent
> illness rather than trying to cure it.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>   Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
> Behalf Of Charles n Sue Harrison
> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 10:58 PM
> To: KillieTalk at aka_org
> Subject: Re: eliminating Hydra, Heximita, Velvet, Ick and Glugea
>
>
> This is Charles Harrison in St Louis,
>
> I have tried to find an excessive dosage of the drug. I have used it
> at a rate of 1 tablespoon, over an ounce, 30 grams - in 10 gallons
> just to see what would happen.  10 gold Australes, snails and plants.
> After 10 days, no change.
>
> The powder will dissolve in several minutes despite clumping on the
> surface as long as the surface is moving from a bubble pipe. This
> material has been examined by bird breeders, discus breeders, used in
> zoos to remove intestinal parasites, and the list goes on and on.
>
> There must be something else killing your fish.
>
> This compound is not the culprit.
>
> Charles Harrison
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