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strike2 · Post by **strike2** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:05 pm

Well I found a petsmart today that gets a shipment of DP's every tuesday. The lady said that they don't live very long...actually she said most of them die during shipping. They are taken from the amazon river and there might be some sort of bacteria or something that is killing them...she usually only has 2 that are alive and they die soon after being put in the tank.
Does any of this sound like something that could be the truth?

Boxermom · Post by **Boxermom** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:37 pm

It seems the majority of them tend to be infested with intestinal parasites and the LFS/LPSes don't know or care enough to treat them, so they suffer and die.

strike2 · Post by **strike2** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:00 pm

Well if I was to get lucky enough to get one tuesday what would be the best way to treat it?

Boxermom · Post by **Boxermom** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:06 pm

Start treating it with intestinal parasite medication immediately (read the sticky in the hospital thread). They must eat the food, its not enough to treat the water. And they must be quarantined or your other fish will catch IPs too.

strike2 · Post by **strike2** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:08 pm

Oh no, he will be isolated.

GekkoGeck0 · Post by **GekkoGeck0** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:21 pm

strike2 wrote:They are taken from the amazon river ...

Actually, they are found in some rivers in the province of Kerala, India.

saynever · Post by **saynever** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:58 pm

yea, DP's are definetly not a South American fish.

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