henward Posted July 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 no i didnt, prazi, aviverm i was told. it is seeking myhand and wants food. but doesnt eat much. its become mroe active last night and today. but will see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 furan-ing i meant. do the stock standard furan discus treatment. temp 32C. lots of aeration, and dose as it says on the packet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 How is this fish doing now? If the deworming didn't work, I would be thinking about the possibility of fungal or bacterial gill rot, or perhaps a protozoal infestation. You could try treating with metronidazole for the protozoa or acriflavine for the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURN Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 fish Tuberculoses. Fish Aids. 1 by 1 they fall deterioration till death. Don't let the other fishy take a bite of him or they got it to ? Water bound T/B ? Can humans catch it to ? Is their such a thing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird73 Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 fish Tuberculoses. Fish Aids. 1 by 1 they fall deterioration till death. Don't let the other fishy take a bite of him or they got it to ? Water bound T/B ? Can humans catch it to ? Is their such a thing ? http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/man ... ishTB.html interesting reading. Answer - very rare for humans to get it, but yes it is zoonotic (transmissable from animals to humans). Symptoms in humans sounds a bit like "seal finger" - also thought to be caused by mycoplasma so maybe not surprising. Not sure how common it is in fish tho - Jen do you know? Tho I guess that 99% of cases would be undiagnosed due to the difficulty and expense of diagnosis / culture of this bug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURN Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 May be your fish is dying of TB. Would TB also come from Frozen Blood worms collected from around pig farms in Asia ?. As lots of out door fish farms in Asia are combined with pig farm. Desert for the fishy is pig shit is this true ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 TB is usually picked up in quarantine and is zoonotic---there have been a few cases down here over the yeers with people involved in importing. I am told the cure is worse than the disease. It is not common outside of quarantine. I had it (only in fish) years ago when I imported goldfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 If it is/was TB, which has got to be pretty unlikely, then wouldnt you kiss good bye to your whole collection? My guess from reading this post and the equilivent post that was put up on SD that it is an internal parasite or worm. Furan was unlikely to do anything about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted July 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 fishy did not make it, just didnt eat enough and got skeletal thin. kinds just floated around- i isolated again to ensure it didnt get anyoen else. but had to put it down - put the whole community at risk. now i know early signs of sickness. none of the other fish were affected, i dont even think its a parasite.... i have seen this patter from clwon loaches, skinny disease i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Sorry to hear that Tough lesson to learn so I hope you have no more troubles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Fish that have TB get skinny and waste away but they normally keep eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 I've had a couple of Discus do that lately henward, Just give up on eating, I treated both of them with Metro in a hospital tank as soon as I saw there was a problem, but lost both of them to exactly the same symptoms, I have no idea what's happening with them. They get 2-3 water changes a week, are feed a mixture of Tetra Colourbits, Bloodworms, Tubifex Worms etc Have to say it is the smaller ones of my 7 Discus that have been affected by this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 It is very common to have problems with small discus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Thought they would have been past the problem stage, but obviously not :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURN Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Heaps of discus got it ?. Who's selling these discus ?. Are they from the one or the same supplier or many ?. Do they keep a bucket of infected fish urine and crap next to their bagging station ?. Theirs all sorts out their. Can Human TB be transmitted to fish as well ? Could it be human TB ?. WOW OUT OF IT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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