Ok Guys,
I located a Petsmart that's not close so I'm going on a little trip. They have a pill that disolves in the water and something to soak food in. One is Parasite guard and the guy couldn't seem to tell me what the one that's used to soak food in was. Remember I have Melafix and Pimafix in the tank right now. Pete's nose looks better. Now Nemo has it on his nose and he is curling his tail around his belly and was kinda tipping over. When he saw me he started swimming. My hopes are fading fast. Can't believe they don't have the hydrometer that I need. You'd think in a city this big that I wouldn't have to go cross country.
What I want to know from ya'll is should I just go ahead and buy both of those things? Maybe I will just in case. Can I put a dissolving tablet in there with the Mela and Pima?
I'm going to go shower and I'll check with ya'll before I leave.
Hugs, Beth
Internal Parasites/My Mission
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Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Re: Internal Parasites/My Mission
IPs need to be treated internally. You can always try to get dewormer from your vet. Meds are listed in the article in our Library & also stickied in this forum. Good luck.
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Re: Internal Parasites/My Mission
I saw Droncit on the list of things to get. I'm familiar with that because of dogs. I just don't remember the post saying how to use it. I got some stuff for the IP at Petsmart. I don't know why, I was thinking it was different. Well it's that stuff that floats on the water and then falls. Those tiny little things that Pete and Nemo said "you've got to be kidding." I don't know at this point...just not sure what to do. I felt like yanking Nemo out of the tank and using a syringe, without a needle of course, to shoot some of those little pellets down his throat. Of course I resisted that frustraded urge.
Pete looked good today. I don't see the spot on his nose now. He seems really strong, and
rather mean. I think he's trying to become the tank terror.
To my surprise Nemo acts strong too. He seems to be a fighter. But with IP I don't see him surviving.
Thank you for your time Pufferpunk.
Hugs, Beth
Pete looked good today. I don't see the spot on his nose now. He seems really strong, and
rather mean. I think he's trying to become the tank terror.
To my surprise Nemo acts strong too. He seems to be a fighter. But with IP I don't see him surviving.
Thank you for your time Pufferpunk.
Hugs, Beth
Pufferpunk wrote:IPs need to be treated internally. You can always try to get dewormer from your vet. Meds are listed in the article in our Library & also stickied in this forum. Good luck.
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Re: Internal Parasites/My Mission
One thing that might make you feel better, curled up like that is just a normal old puffer "nap". They tend to sleep like that, and often take a few seconds to straighten out and swim normally when they wake up.
