gill problem

[Mel]

I acquired a new fish a few weeks ago who was riddled with fish lice. We
successfully got over that, followed by a bout of severe ich, and he's
healed beautifully and is looking great and seems very healthy. However,
this morning while he was chewing his pellets I got a look inside his left
gill and noticed 3 pure white things on the filaments. He's a very nervous
fish and has been through a lot so I don't really want to pull him out to
get a closer look but from looking from the outside they are a few
millimetres in size and sort of irregularly shaped, not round or long and
thin. They are definitely not fish lice.
I assume it's not flukes because I wouldn't be able to see them so clearly
if it was. Possible case of gill maggots perhaps? As I've never seen them
before I'm not sure. Anyone had them (not personally!) and can give me a
description?
Any other ideas as to what it could be and suggestions of a treatment
available in the UK? I'm tempted to go out and buy the Interpet Anti
Crustacean parasite treatment but this knocks out the bio-bugs so I want to
be pretty sure before I treat with it needlessly.
Also has anyone had success using Waterlife's sterazin to treat higher form
parasites? This doesn't kill the bio-bugs so if it kills flukes, gill
maggots successfully it might be the better option.
Mel.

[LoaderLady]

Would a hydrogen peroxide dip help? It is recommended for flukes. I use it
on all my new gf when I first bring them home, as a precaution. Flukes is
one thing I REALLY don't want to add to my tanks!

Dip is done by mixing 9:1 water and hydrogen peroxide. I use 4 1/2 cups
water to 1/2 cup of h.p. for medium fish. h.p. looses it's effectiveness
quickly so use as soon as you mix it. Dip for NO LONGER than 10 seconds.
Weak fish may not be able to stand that long even. If fish looks panicked
and/or gasps for air, take out immediately. Healthy fish come out fine, but
I had one which I suspected flukes, or some type of parasite, and it
shredded his fins a little, but he recovered quite quickly.

I really don't know what it is, but I thought I'd mention this. Every
little bit helps, and I got this info from another web site (or was it a
book? I forget now...)

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"Mel" > wrote in message
...
> I acquired a new fish a few weeks ago who was riddled with fish lice. We
> successfully got over that, followed by a bout of severe ich, and he's
> healed beautifully and is looking great and seems very healthy. However,
> this morning while he was chewing his pellets I got a look inside his left
> gill and noticed 3 pure white things on the filaments. He's a very nervous
> fish and has been through a lot so I don't really want to pull him out to
> get a closer look but from looking from the outside they are a few
> millimetres in size and sort of irregularly shaped, not round or long and
> thin. They are definitely not fish lice.
> I assume it's not flukes because I wouldn't be able to see them so clearly
> if it was. Possible case of gill maggots perhaps? As I've never seen them
> before I'm not sure. Anyone had them (not personally!) and can give me a
> description?
> Any other ideas as to what it could be and suggestions of a treatment
> available in the UK? I'm tempted to go out and buy the Interpet Anti
> Crustacean parasite treatment but this knocks out the bio-bugs so I want
to
> be pretty sure before I treat with it needlessly.
> Also has anyone had success using Waterlife's sterazin to treat higher
form
> parasites? This doesn't kill the bio-bugs so if it kills flukes, gill
> maggots successfully it might be the better option.
> Mel.
>
>

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lol.. web site. http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/disease.htm
this treatment was pioneered by Jo Ann Burke. Ingrid

"LoaderLady" > wrote:
I got this info from another web site (or was it a
>book? I forget now...)



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[Mel]

I'm not sure whether hydrogen peroxide is relatively available in the UK.
Anyone know?
Mel.


> wrote in message
...
> lol.. web site.
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/puregold/disease/disease.htm
> this treatment was pioneered by Jo Ann Burke. Ingrid
>
> "LoaderLady" > wrote:
> I got this info from another web site (or was it a
> >book? I forget now...)
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> www.drsolo.com
> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> endorsements or recommendations I make.

[Janie Thomson]

"Mel" > wrote in message
...
>
> I'm not sure whether hydrogen peroxide is relatively available in the UK.
> Anyone know?

Any chemist/pharmacy should stock it in various dilutions.


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