cichlid silly Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 Hi guys just wondering what medication is best for internal diseases and whats the best way of dealing with stress problems? any info will be great. ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 What type of internal disease? merjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid silly Posted April 3, 2004 Author Share Posted April 3, 2004 thanx for repliying merjo,im not the best at pin pointing diseases,i just lost some 3cm baby south americans all in 36 hours ,ive had them for awhile now (did). they were going great guns,but boom there all gone. they had no obvious sign's of sickness other then looking really stressed out. that said, it looked like only 1 at a time got stressed out and died,if that makes sence. i originally thought the biggest 1 of the bunch was the killer, then at the end he went to,i took good care of these guys if anything too much love lol. ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 you could worm the fish to eliminate that possibility, but to be honest, I'm not sure what would have caused it. AQUARIUM SCIENCE has a worming tablet that is quite effective (and smells like sweet vomit, so don't sniff it!) I would want more information before dosing tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Wombat Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Sorry to hear about your fry... Its never nice loosing babies! Did you test your water conditions at all during the mortality event? ammonia, nitrite, nitrate? How often were you doing water changes in your fry tank? Were they in a fry tank or were they in with other fish? I ask because you lost all the fish within 36 hours, i would not expect internal worms to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid silly Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 hi guys ,yes they were in a fry tank,i did 20% water changes every 2 days.to clean excess food off the bottom of the tank. so i didnt think nitrate \nitrite tests were needed. and a few weeks ago i introduced 2 small bristlenose to help clean the excess food,1 bn didnt make it overnight but the other is still doing fine,and a baby fry that i was feeding the baby south americans is still alive aswell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Wombat Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 C silly The plot thickens. I think you could be looking at bad water, rather than a disease in this instance. I would go and make a purchase of a testing kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Makka Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Hi Silly Mate sorry to hear that ya lost'em . Just a little hint mate Adding b/n to any fry tank is risky (IMO) As they cane all over the place during the darks hrs where as yer Cichla would be tryna sleep . You should talk to Lungy before you add ANYTHING to Cichla fry . HTH a bit anyway & Good luck in future mate Makka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid silly Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 thanx for your replies guys, and in the future i will not add anything to the tank.(other fish).and i will dig a bit deeper into the pockets for appropriate test kits as i only have a ph kit. thanx again ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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