Altum wrote:
Gill Passman wrote:

I've got Protozin in my cupboard of tricks under one of the tanks...it
was what my LFS also suggested. I have no issues trying it as long as
I can be sure it won't hurt the shrimps....not come across TriCepic
cream and can't get a hit on it on google...

Agreed that there is something wrong with number five....

Gill


This sounds harsh, but euthanize him as soon as he's weak enought to
catch. You suspect NTD and it primarily spreads to fish who pick at an
infected corpse. Flavobacterium can also spread to healthy fish eating
a corpse, and velvet parasites rapidly flee corpses looking for another
host. There is never a good reason to leave a dying fish in a tank.



He is now back swimming with the others quite happily again...I wouldn't
know which one he is. The guy in the LFS suggested euthanizing the whole
batch as an option but not one that he would recommend (in his words
slightly one above letting nature take it's course) - his feeling is
that we have a responsibility to do the best to try and treat the fish -
just wish I knew what darned treatment to give them (grrr) - I do
actually agree with him. While this fish is coming out from time to time
and swimming normally with no marks I can't quite bring myself to hasten
his demise - plus I can't tell him apart from the others. If he starts
showing swimming problems he should be easy to net and deal with...

In retrospect I've never had much success with Neons but have never
observed anything quite like this. The 4 foot tank has housed a number
of Neons that have disappeared or died - it now has just two left and
I'm not planning on adding any more....none of the other fish have
suffered as far as I can tell....

I agree with you on not leaving dying fish in a tank. Equally sometimes
it is nigh on impossible to find them (or corpses) in a heavily planted
tank until it is too late and parts of them (if not all) have been
chomped....generally I net them and either put them somewhere quiet to
recover or die or in some cases euthanize them if there is absolutely no
hope...

Gill