Re: NANFA-- ohio darters

Frauley Elson (fraulels_at_minet.ca)
Mon, 07 Aug 2000 15:27:31 -0400

Hi Mark,
I decided to go low-tech. I put a row of 2 gallon shoeboxes on the floor, put
three darters per box, and added 1 sparse tablespoon of rock salt per box. The
leeches let go, and the darters are thriving in their 15 gallon tanks after having
had a 3 hour bath.
I lost one fish, but the causes are unclear. The 14 others seem fine.It seems too
easy and I suspect beginner's luck, but it did work.
-Gary

Mark B wrote:

> At 1:00 PM -0400 8/6/00, Frauley Elson wrote:
> >All the fish are safely in Montreal now, however, I have a last
> >question. The greensides have what appear to be tiny leeches on their
> >fins. How should I treat them?
>
> Pat Johnson just got some arrow darters with small leeches on them.
> Yesterday, he was picking them off one by one with tweezers and a knife
> blade. These things were hard and rubbery, and would more often break in
> half than come loose. It was nearly impossible to grip them with the
> tweezers. He went to the knife blade and thumb nail. The fish was looking
> very stressed after a while of this. I gave him some Trifon and warned
> that I would make no predictions about how it might effect the darters.
> Also that it is highly toxic and should be handled with extreme caution.
> It's a Kordon product that I got from ThatFishPlace, 888-842-8738. I have
> not used it for leeches yet, but have used it successfully for Ergasilus.
>
> Mark Binkley
> Columbus Ohio USA <))><
> mbinkley_at_earthling.net
>
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