Re: NANFA-- Fish parasites?

Harry Collins (bp100a_at_hotmail.com)
Sun, 27 Oct 2002 11:43:00 -0500

Bruce,

I have a "treatment" tank that I've set up for the purpose of killing off
parasites. I was wondering if someone could confirm my diagnosis of "fish
lice" or offer other suggestions as to what it could be.

I will try the salt bath.

/harry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Fish parasites?

> I apologize to others on the list who've heard me suggest this external
> parasite treatment. One option is a "salt dip" for freshwater fishes; make
> up saltwater (~3.5 parts per thousand of salt in water) and put affected
> fish in the water for 30-60 minutes. This will stress the fish, but it
will
> stress the parasites even more since their osmoregulatory capabilities are
> much weaker. This approach spares the community tank from being treated.
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL, US of A
>
> >From: "Harry Collins" <bp100a_at_hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> >To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> >Subject: NANFA-- Fish parasites?
> >Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 09:27:39 -0500
> >
> >I have several different types of native fish in an aquarium. I already
> >treated the main aquarium with "Parasite Clear" from Junglelabs.
> >
> >This treatment seamed to rid the tank of most of the leeches, but not all
> >of
> >them. The larger ones I had to remove manually from a Bluegill.
> >
> >There is still what I assume is a parasite on several of the fish. There
> >appears to be a white "speck" probably 1mm or less in diameter on the
fins
> >of
> >my Pumpkinseed and Green Sunfish. I'm guessing this is "fish lice". I
have
> >only found these specks on the pectoral fins of the fish, no where else.
I
> >have a 10g tank that I've set up for treatment. What is the most
effective
> >method of ridding the fish of these pests? Also does the main tank need
to
> >be
> >treated?
> >
> >I'd rather treat the parasites as they become visible rather than
> >medicating
> >the entire tank. The tank contains invertabrates (crayfish & snails) as
> >well
> >as plants, not to mention the biological filtration. I'm hoping that by
> >treating individual fish I can disrupt the life cycle and spare the main
> >tank
> >of treatment.
> >
> >/harry

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