Fish louse help please

[John Turner]

Hi everyone,

I have 3 Pearl Gouramis with fish lice on them. The largest louse has
tiny cillia on the sides beating rapidly. I think they must have come in
with some live daphnia.

All the other fish - platies, rtbs, corys and a firemouth chichlid are
unaffected.

What is the best treatment please without removing the rest of the fish?

Thanks for any advice.

John Turner

[Charles]

On Mon, 17 May 2004 20:03:07 +0000 (UTC), "John Turner"
> wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
> I have 3 Pearl Gouramis with fish lice on them. The largest louse has
>tiny cillia on the sides beating rapidly. I think they must have come in
>with some live daphnia.
>
> All the other fish - platies, rtbs, corys and a firemouth chichlid are
>unaffected.
>
> What is the best treatment please without removing the rest of the fish?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> John Turner
>
>
I ran on to this yesterday:

http://www.koivet.com/html/articles/articles_details.php?article_id=17&category=17&name=Diseases

sounds more knowledgable than anything else I've seen.


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[John Turner]

Thanks Charles,

I have found a treatment that is supposed to work in my LFS. It is called
Interpet No 12 for crustaceans. Trouble is it kill the filter bacteria and,
possibly, the plants so I fave put the affected fish in a 5 gallon bucket
with the medication. I had hoped to traet the tank to kill off eggs etc but
I do not to risk hving to reseed the filter.

Regards John
"Charles" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 17 May 2004 20:03:07 +0000 (UTC), "John Turner"
> > wrote:
>
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> > I have 3 Pearl Gouramis with fish lice on them. The largest louse has
> >tiny cillia on the sides beating rapidly. I think they must have come in
> >with some live daphnia.
> >
> > All the other fish - platies, rtbs, corys and a firemouth chichlid
are
> >unaffected.
> >
> > What is the best treatment please without removing the rest of the
fish?
> >
> > Thanks for any advice.
> >
> > John Turner
> >
> >
> I ran on to this yesterday:
>
>
http://www.koivet.com/html/articles/articles_details.php?article_id=17&category=17&name=Diseases
>
> sounds more knowledgable than anything else I've seen.
>
>
> --
>
> - Charles
> -
> -does not play well with others

[Charles]

On Tue, 18 May 2004 20:50:02 +0000 (UTC), "John Turner"
> wrote:

>Thanks Charles,
>
>I have found a treatment that is supposed to work in my LFS. It is called
>Interpet No 12 for crustaceans. Trouble is it kill the filter bacteria and,
>possibly, the plants so I fave put the affected fish in a 5 gallon bucket
>with the medication. I had hoped to traet the tank to kill off eggs etc but
>I do not to risk hving to reseed the filter.
>
>Regards John


http://www.fishdoc.co.uk/disease/argulus.htm

Some more info here. If you left the fish in the separate container
for a while then the Argulus in the main tank would starve. I don't
know how long it would take, tho.


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- Charles
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