Apisto atahualpa - worms?

[Lisachromis]

Hey all,

Got a pair of these fish the other day and they don't seem to eat much, and they also what appears to be a skinny longish clear piece of 'poo' on them. I suspect internal parasites. I have metro I can use, but these guys as far as I see are only eating bbs and the male is looking pretty bad atm. (Swimming near the top of the water). Any ideas?

 

[fishgeek]

mix the metro with fish oil(tastes better though poorer absorbtion in fish gi tract) and feed white worms coated with it , or other live food to entice

metro solubility is poor in water though you could try a long term bath at 25mg/l of tank water

a product to treat nematodes and cestodes may also be useful

 

[Lisachromis]

Lost the male Such a pretty fish (even in death...) Female still around, will see how it goes. Don't have much access to many live foods, just bbs and microworms.