Mbuna Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Hi all,i have had some wasting desease wipe out a few of my cyps, but today i noticed a female cyathopharnx furcifer which was very slim and almost scared to go near the food at feeding time although I did see her eat a pellet without spitting? do cyathopharynx get wasting desease?cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shon982 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Any fish can get wastings diseaseIt's common with leptos the most but happens a lot to sandsifters and featherfins as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efc01 Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 metro medicated food in combination with myxazin has worked for me. I also added alot of epsom salts to the tank while medicating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malrift Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 what is your kh reading in your tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbuna Posted April 7, 2012 Author Share Posted April 7, 2012 thanks for the replies guys, malrift- i dont have a kh test kit at the moment but my ph is 8.2 and i have alot of crushed coral in my sump so i dont think it would be low. maybe i should get another kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malrift Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 I have just found here that when my hardness dropped wasting started when I bought it up using buffers it improved. Maybe coincidence but would like to think that it was the buffers. I also found even though coral buffered the water there was a lot of necessary trace elements needed by the fish missing which I am starting to see differences in my fish's overall conditiong since returning to using buffers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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