Altum wrote:
Frank wrote:
mchik wrote,
they both have some stringy white fuzz
coming out of one of their "nostril-like" holes ...
In another, probably unrelated
problem I noticed that the breeding tube of the male instead of being
the light color has a dark red spot on the end. What could this be?

Flexibacter disease - cause = stress (sudden changes in water
parameters). Treat tank with an antibiotic such as Kanamycin or Maracyn
Two as they won't do any harm to the filter's bacterial colonies.
Feeding a medicated food twice a day for 10 days will also help. Not
Tetra's, as Flex. Disease is resistant to their medicated
foods........... Frank



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Hi ya Frank. = )

Is Tetra still making a medicated food? My LFS don't carry it. Do you
know of a mail-order house that carries it? I'm getting ready to buy
and quarantine some "feeder" goldfish and I'd like to have it on hand.
Fish won't eat the Jungle stuff.

I thought Tetra stopped making it....something about the same thing
happening with the fish antibiotics as what's happening with the human
types..over use leads to resistant strains of bacteria, etc.

As for the Jungle Brands...Nothing that lives in water have I ever seen
eat that stuff!
Same with their parasite food....tried that on my Clowns with internal
parasites ("Skinny disease" as it's often called). Nothing ate that
stuff.

Now people do make their own...I just don't know how.
I know others here have said exactly how to. I think you soak dry food
in the medication, but how and how much and how long you can save it,
or if it's just make what you need to feed right then and there...I
don't have a clue. That wasn't discussed so I've never tried making my
own.