MinnFinn treatment and Flukes

[brewmaster15]

Excellent Idea Ryan...Thanks!

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[Eddie]

Excellent Idea Ryan...Thanks!

-al

Ditto! Thats a great form!



Eddie

[Dkarc@Aol.com]

I figure if the good folks at UF TAL can use it on a daily basis, then whynot us. It will require a decent amount of modification as a lot of it will not be used by us period. I'll see what I can do to go through and figure out which sections we can delete.

-Ryan

[KelDiscus]

Interesting information on flukes. Seems that like STIs in humans not getting them is the best course of action. Because getting rid of them is not practical for your average hobbyist.

Redundant yes, but the easiest method is to bleach and begin new. If it's affordable to buy new. Or keep and treat they live okay with it if they're large and healthy

[pcsb23]

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While I have scoped several Koi, I for the life of me cannot get up the courage to do it on a discus.....any pointers on how you do it? Or are all scrapes done post-mortem?

It is really quite straightforward and not much different to doing a scrape on a koi.

Here is how I do it. Get everything ready first (scope, towels, spatulas, slides). Wet a clean towel with tank water, net the discus and lay it on the towel. Always move with the scales, i.e. from head to tail. Using your preferred spatula (I use the edge of the slide ) take a scrape from the gill cover area, I usually do one starting on the trailing edge, sometimes I will start under the gill cover - but take great care of you do to avoid the gills themselves. Take further scrapings from different places, around the anus and mouth areas are good sites. As soon as you have got your samples return the fish to the tank. On each sample put a drop of clean water and squash carefully spreading it with the cover glass. Important to stress use only light pressure to avoid unnecessary damage.

[nc0gnet0]

The koi I have scoped usually are performed under sedation (clove oil). Pcsb23 do you ever perform a gill snip other than post mortem?