rockwork Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 we had a jag that when we got up in the morning we found him laying on his side. so we took him out of the big tank and put him by himself and treated him with methylene blue and he seemed to be coming right. but in half an hr he was dead. does anyone no how to tell if he has a internal parasite. would realy like to no cos he was with our big oscar,2 of our synos,our big pleco,2 convics,silver shark as we dont want anymore of them to die. your advise would be very helpfull cheers rockwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Dare i say it..... post mortem? sorry for you loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Why do you think it was a parasite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Sorry for your loss rockwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockwork Posted January 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 as we dont no we are just taking a guess as there are no marks on him or any visible on him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Sorry to hear about your loss Internal parasites don't seem to just cause fish to just keel over and die.. Generally internal parasites cause the fish to get run down, they will gradually loose colour, loose appetite, start fading away, just be lethargic, have white stringy poo's, red worms out bum etc. Of course there are exceptions to this but I would expect you to have seen something going wrong. The only way to tell for sure is to do an autopsy, the problem is knowing what you are doing and knowing what your actually looking at and what it should look like, so unless its something obvious it probably wont achieve anything. The most annoying thing with fish is not knowing what killed them sometimes they just die with no warning, keep an eye on your other fish and if you see any problems that would suggest parasites then deal with it then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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