js Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Hi there, wondering if anyone can help me with my beautiful parrot fish who is wasting away. He was a beautiful big fish, but is now just a skeleton. He is still swimming around like normal and seems to be eating when I feed them. A couple of months ago I lost a clown loach with the same thing. Have just done a water test and ammonia and nitrites are all okay, but my nitrate is right at the end of the card (not sure if the colour is either 80 or 160 - but either way it's not good). Have been having major problems with Black Brush Algae. Gave the tank a really good clean out last Sunday with a 40% water change. Have bought some Flourish Excel to try dosing my tank, but in the mean time how can I fatten up my parrot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxxnz Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 try some arowana food stick. GLuck to your parrot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zayne Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Worms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Worms? +1 go find some avitrol plus from your pet store (bird wormer) it covers both of the common worms. just make sure you do a decent gravel siphon afterwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js Posted October 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Thanks for your replies. I have wondered about worms. How much of the avitrol do I dose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 the recommended dose is 3mg per L of prazi, can't remember concentrations in Avitrol plus, I'll look it up tomorrow if no one can answer before then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 ok, from my research add 1-2mL per 5L of tank water, do a big gravel siphon (and water change) about 3-6 hours after dosing, repeat dose after 2 weeks to prevent re-infection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 Wasting disease can also be a sign of Piscene TB so be careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 true, make sure you cover your hands as humans can get it too (kinda like a flakey wart that never goes away) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 I have been told the cure is worse than the disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 they cut mine out (not fun) and then put me on heavy strength antibiotics with a cream I had to apply 2 x a day for 4 weeks, and had to keep my hands 100% dry for at least 2 weeks (kinda hard when you work at a fish farm) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 Gloves. The drugs used to treat TB in humans are not popular with the patients I understand, and hence there is often quite a problem getting patients to continue with the meds.To pick it up from fish is usually through cuts or abrasians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 mine was through a dead bristlenose spike in the hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js Posted October 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Thanks for your replies. I brought some Avitrol Plus on Sunday and dosed my tank at 1.5 drops per litre (decided on this from searching the net - so hope to goodness it is right). No changes noted in the tank. At lunch time today we did notice a tiny little white worm wriggling around in the tank, so not sure if it came out of a fish or not, but it looked alive rather than dead. We have done a big gravel vac and 40 to 50% water change at tea time. Now since refilling the tank, and turning filter back on, the tank is really murky and it looks like smoke moving around in it. (best way to describe it). This has never happened after a water change before. Is this the avitrol pumping out of the filter? How come the water remained crystal clear when we dosed it yesterday and right up until the water change tonight? Just need confirmation that this is normal. Also, if the fish does have worms, should we see them floating to the bottom of the tank dead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 I would say it's just from having your filter turned off then turning it back on, it should clear pretty quickly :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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