Do any of the you here know what that is? is it fish lice? or some kinda parasite? What medication do i need to use to rid of it? can i use a UV steriliser?
Thanks !!!!
Fish lice? Mites?
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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.
Fish lice? Mites?
Hi guys, i was recently feeding my fahaka some clams and when i took up the clams, i saw this tiny little greenish/light brown dots swimming in it. It was definitely alive and moving all about and there are tons of em. So i examined my substrate carefully, and i saw these tiny 'MITES' moving all around the substrate. Some of em are moving with the current. I observed my fahaka and i also observed some of em were 'attached' to its tail fin and some to its body...Those dots you see in the pics in the clam water are those tiny 'mites' wich i mentioned...
Do any of the you here know what that is? is it fish lice? or some kinda parasite? What medication do i need to use to rid of it? can i use a UV steriliser?
Thanks !!!!
Do any of the you here know what that is? is it fish lice? or some kinda parasite? What medication do i need to use to rid of it? can i use a UV steriliser?
Thanks !!!!
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Re: Fish lice? Mites?
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Re: Fish lice? Mites?
Hard to tell from the pics because I can see them up close.
Were the clams fed fresh or were they frozen first?
It is usually advised that they are froze before feeding to kill any bugs.
Were the clams fed fresh or were they frozen first?
It is usually advised that they are froze before feeding to kill any bugs.
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Re: Fish lice? Mites?
Ohhhhhhhhhhh that is sooo scary... 
Gives me chills... IDK what they are, but what Polish linked - doesn't look like it's probably a good thing.
Gives me chills... IDK what they are, but what Polish linked - doesn't look like it's probably a good thing.
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