All the best!
--- Christopher Benes <cpbenes at comcast.net> wrote:
> Seachem sells Metronidazole, a local store can
> probably order it for you if
> they don't carry it. There are probably other
> sources, but that's the one
> most readily available to me.
>
> For what it's worth,
> Christopher Benes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Sheller [kevmo at aplants.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:29 PM
> To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [RML] more Tuberculosis?
>
>
> I appreciate the responses I've received already.
> I've been battling
> different diseases in my 3-year-old 75 gallon
> community tank recently, and
> it's been very frustrating. (12 boesmani-like
> rainbows, 4 rosey barbs, 2
> blue rams, 4 gardeneri killies)
>
> Because I do a heavily planted, high-light, CO2
> injected setup, I do
> weekly 40-50% water chagnes, so water quality
> shouldn't be an issue. (Plus
> the nutrient uptake from all of the plants.)
>
> I think the causes of some of my disease problems
> were... one time I
> refilled the tank with surprisingly cold water --
> the tank temp dipped to 70
> degrees F (It had gotten colder during refill
> without my knowledge). I had
> also created an oxygen problem because I had too
> many plants that were
> blocking the surface tension that should have been
> created by my filter
> return.
>
> I used MELAFIX and PRIMAFIX to solve what looked
> to be columnaris in my
> boesmani males.
>
> So, recently I had what looked to be the dropsy
> infection in my killies, a
> likely bout of ick, and the columnaris. I've not
> lost any rainbows yet. Most
> of them are about three years old.
>
> I've not added any new fish to the tank in about
> 4-5 months. While the
> rams were my latest addition, they have been healthy
> since they were added.
> I quarantine every fish I get.
>
> The ram was the only stringy feces problem I saw.
> So far, both of the blue
> rams appear to be eating normally. Their behavior
> seems unchanged.
>
> One of my australian rainbows (one of those weird
> hybrids from US farming)
> is extremely, abnormally thin, but his behavior
> hasn't changed and he
> continues to eat.
>
> Thanks again for everyone's insight.
>
> Where can I get this medicine, "Metronidazole" ?
>
> Thanks!
> Kevmo
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Davis
> [unclescott at prodigy.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 1:19 PM
> To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [RML] more Tuberculosis?
>
>
> Kevin,
>
> Stringy, white feces may also be a sign of a
> growing
> Hexamita type infection. That possibility is
> especially possible of the fish aren't eating or
> they
> only nibble and spit out food.
>
> Hexamita (and a host of similar wee beasties)
> reside
> in the gut of fish all the time. A hiccup in the
> aquarium's water quality allows them to
> multiply, they
> aggravate the lining of the fish's stomach and
> throat
> and can eventually cause the fish to starve.
>
> While what is effecting your rainbows might be
> fish
> TB, I would first try picking up the frequency
> of your
> partial water changes and either medicating with
> Metronidazole as per the manufacturer's
> instructions
> or putting them in a 10% Metronidazole bath for
> about
> 7 minutes or until they show stress.
>
> If others on the RML have actual experience with
> that
> bath and I have been advised incorrectly, please
> correct that suggestion.
>
> Terry Fairfield (A Commonsense Guide to Fish
> Health -
> Barron's Educational Series) has also suggests a
> diet
> rich in the vitamin B complex. Maybe feed worms
> (white, Grindle, diced African red) which have
> been
> fed on yeast.)
>
> Hexamita can be cured. Fish TB can't. I don't
> think it
> would hurt to try dealing with the former first.
>
> All the best!
> Scott
>
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