On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 23:47:48 -0500, "NetMax"
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"GloFish" wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 22:42:32 -0500, Polarhound
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You might have introduced something nasty to the tank. Clown loaches are
all wild caught, so it's not uncommon for them to bring in all sorts of
bugs, skin & gill flukes, new bacteria's etc. Quarantining the Swordtail
might remove most of the contagion (ie: gill flukes), and then decide if
you want to treat him if there is no sign of improvement, or right away.
He might improve on his own in the community tank. It just depends on
what it is. Different fish species have different susceptibilities, so
they rarely all get sick at the same time to anything. If you had other
livebearers, they would be next in line. There is even a product called
Livebearer just to kill flukes in Livebearers.

NetMax



The NetMax to the rescue..... googling gill flukes brings forward a
ton of info... this does sound very similar.

I'm going to talk to the LFS to day to see if any of the other fish in
the tank have anything.... He has had this batch for over a week, I
assumed they would be good to go, as we have never had any issues with
fish from him.

There are many recomendations for clearing this up...one site
recomends a copper based product such as "had a snail" or "coppersafe"
as it kills all inverts. fishdoc.co.uk recomends quite a complicated
treatment option. Assuming that this flukes, is LiveBearers your
recomendation? or might there be a different way that will yield
better results?

TIA

Tony