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    Default Medicate parents with fry question.

    Hi,

    I have a pair with some babies happily feeding off the parents.

    Ive noticed a few marks on the parents that start as white dots then turn to 1-2mm cotton stands.

    I would imagine this is from the babies feeding?

    I want to treat the parents but not harm the babies, and its about a week until i remove the babies.

    Should i medicate or wait? And if so what meds.

    Its been a long time but Methylene Blue rings a bell, but is that more for treatment after introducing new fish or also for helping eggs to fertilize etc?

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    Thanks Mark

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    Default Re: Medicate parents with fry question.

    You can remove the fry and feed them with BBS, as for the adults treat them with metro for hole in the head.

    Cliff

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    Default Re: Medicate parents with fry question.

    Greta thanks cliif, i could get metro quick enough so used a product called bactocide seem work very well...

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    Default Re: Medicate parents with fry question.

    Those are nice turks.
    I don't think the tufts are from the fry. Something else, water quality, HITH,...? Jehmco is a possibility for finding Metro. Not a meds guy, so know nothing about what you bought.
    If the parents are healthy, they will spawn again. Just keep that in mind and don't get too complicated trying to fix the parents and save this batch of fry.

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    Default Re: Medicate parents with fry question.

    Thanks it was hith, Im treating with bactocide, and 1 fish is nearly totally recovered, the one that got it worse is taking a bit longer, but fingers crossed

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    Default Re: Medicate parents with fry question.

    I think this is very common, with breeding pairs that are stress from the babies and at the same time water quality plays a large part of this disease. Some hobbyist will not do water changes when their pairs are spawning causing an outbreak of HITH.

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    Default Re: Medicate parents with fry question.

    Im hoping this fixes it, the one thats taking longer to recover im wondering about, im on day 7 of a 10 day cource of bactocide.

    The pack say max of 10 days, if its not cleared up should i get some metro, just to be sure?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Froffy View Post
    Im hoping this fixes it, the one thats taking longer to recover im wondering about, im on day 7 of a 10 day cource of bactocide.

    The pack say max of 10 days, if its not cleared up should i get some metro, just to be sure?
    Yes, metro is a good medicine to keep in hand.

    Cliff

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