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  1. fishgeek

    urgent macmasteri help

    the longer it has been an issue the more need to prophylatically treat the other fish metronidazol can be used in water, though effectiveness maybe questionable, i believe it does still work in america i believe there are many aquarium versions of metronidazol metrozol, general cure and...
  2. fishgeek

    urgent macmasteri help

    common question the most correct answer is that the white stringy nature of the stool is due to mucous being secreted in response to irritation along the gastrointestinal tract this can be due to protozoa, nematodes,cestodes,bacteria and probably other things the reason for not eating and/or...
  3. fishgeek

    Apisto swim bladder problem.

    my reference dose's are neomycin 66mgs/l as a permanetn bath nitrofurazone? 100mgs/l for a 30 minute bath and is toxic to scaleless fish nifurpirinol? 0.1mgs/l as permanet bath upto 1-2mgs/l as short term bath again toxic to scaleless fish oxytetracyline 10-100mgs/l as permanent bath , upto...
  4. fishgeek

    Apisto swim bladder problem.

    abnormal negative bouyancy suggests that there has been a relative loss of air from the bladder or accumulation of more density within, ie inflammatory exudate of some form or ingestion of a heavy intestinal object unfortunately i hvae no good statisics for the types of fluid that may occur...
  5. fishgeek

    natural diet

    Does anyone know what aquatic arthropod/inveterbrates are naturally found in the amazon basin? or of any that may live well in soft waters andrew
  6. fishgeek

    Supplementing R/O water with sea salt.

    WHY? my brain see's you removing as much as you can with the filter and then adding it back i dont see the point prehaps only use 90%, 95% r/o and some straight tap the whole point of r/o is filtering out things from the water, my take on all the ro right elctrolyte replacement things...
  7. fishgeek

    white growth on top of head

    i tend to use esha 2000 in this situation, is just a traditional mix of dye's any proprietary broad spectrum medication will work similarly to stop secondary infection of the wound thats what the fuzzy surface sounds like to me andrew if you want to soource antibiotics (your in the...
  8. fishgeek

    white growth on top of head

    the furry surface may just be secondary infection with either fungus saprolegenia or bacteria of the columnaris group net fish remove area and paint neat medication directly onto area my exerience with granuloma that i have thoug to be tb related have been around 3-5 mths from noticing...
  9. fishgeek

    white growth on top of head

    how old is the fish? did the are area start as just a plae flat area and then slowly become raised like a pimple before the fuzzy surface growth? i have seen what i think maybe ulcers associated with tb in elder fish that are generally solitary and very slowly progressive (some have...
  10. fishgeek

    Responding to Cathy G.Sorry click on wrong button.

    for them to float to the surface from hatching is not normal and i cant see how all fry would have a swim bladder issue at birth andrew
  11. fishgeek

    Apisto Elizabethae"Super Red".

    nice mark where did they come from? do you have anymore?
  12. fishgeek

    ID: A.cacatuoides or A.bitaeniata?

    mike can you explain why this fish is different from a cacatoides? andrew still being id-challenged
  13. fishgeek

    Sand

    pool filter sand would seem the most appropriate , basically inert silica or such is a good safe sand to use
  14. fishgeek

    ID: A.cacatuoides or A.bitaeniata?

    nice looking blue cacatoides or someone will correct me and call it a jurensis?! if so can your point out the differences to me to thanks andrew
  15. fishgeek

    sunken belly and clamped fins

    decent starting point , not the best images though nice pictures though better than likely to get at home
  16. fishgeek

    sunken belly and clamped fins

    yes you can collect faeces relatively easily place the fish in a small floating chamber for a few hours and anything passed will be there for you to analyse once you have the sample it needs to be mixed with either water to make a thinner consistency to spread on a slide this in...
  17. fishgeek

    sunken belly and clamped fins

    a fish that is eating and losing weight makes me concerned about internal parasites faecal samples would help differentiate between nematodes/cestodes and protozoa and then allow choice of apprpriate medications prehaps the chill has just allowed a drop in defence's and subsequenty more...
  18. fishgeek

    Advertising=Banned

    can image verification be applied to posters with less than , say 10 posts ? then the genuine repeat users not need to keep doing it? andrew
  19. fishgeek

    A. cacatuoides - sudden redness on face and red tint on body

    localsised reddening can be due to a few things i dont see any visible external damage so i would prehaps discount trauma, though bruising can occur with no broken surface parasitic trauma unlikley to my knowledge at the nare's and bacterial ecchymosis/petechiation would probably be the...
  20. fishgeek

    defeating hydra

    just stopping the bbs for a few weeks will get rid of the hydra they are defintely there because of over feeding andrew
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