"GloFish" wrote in message
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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

My experiences with gill flukes has been too limited to recommend
anything in particular. For parasites in general, I've used Livebearer,
Quick-Cure, Nox-Ich & Clout and I've just added formaldehyde to my
arsenal. I have used Coppersafe, but so infrequently to not have formed
an opinion one way or another. Of the products I have used regularly,
they are listed in order, from preventative to medicinal desperation.
I've had good results with Livebearer, treating entire shipments, but as
with any contagions, you need to raise the stakes depending on the
illness. Clown loaches are not medicine-tolerant, so finding the weakest
medicine which works is very important, however, if it is too weak, you
often don't get another attempt, especially with new arrivals.

Frank in alt.aquaria is full of medicinal advice. Treating fish diseases
is the worst part of my job, and I'm only reluctantly getting better at
it.

NetMax