1/2 blind coral fish has lost weight and his fins are fraying. He cannot get food effectively when competing with the other fish. This is made worse by his behavioral reluctance to go to the bottom to get food. I decided to move him to the QT to fatten him up. There he can eat without competition.
One of the blue leopards is losing weight (wasting) and yet is still trying to eat. He spits a lot of it back out. This is consistent with the parasite issues I have had before. Will try the following treatment but using flubendazole instead of levamasole. Flubendazole is much better tolerated by the discus. Added 90% of 1.5 tsp of 20% flubendazole to the big tank (i.e., 1/3 tsp/20 gallons). Will need to repeat next week.
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?77832-Capillaria-The-Cure&highl
addendum. Flubendazole is effective against Capillaria:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22024017
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Monday, December 16, 2013
2013-12-16
cleaned filter last week.
blue discus has white lesion on area immediately anterior to tail, similar to prior lesions on Golden Melon that resolved with Baytril. 1 lesion on Golden Melon resolved without treatment approximately 8 weeks ago.
Will add salt and follow up. It is possible this is an injury rather than pathogen.
blue discus has white lesion on area immediately anterior to tail, similar to prior lesions on Golden Melon that resolved with Baytril. 1 lesion on Golden Melon resolved without treatment approximately 8 weeks ago.
Will add salt and follow up. It is possible this is an injury rather than pathogen.
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