peety
03-01-2003, 07:32 PM
I have been dealing with sick discus for about 2 months now. They seemed to come right briefly, then succumbed again.
My story is similar to the thread ..
http://forum.simplydiscus.com//index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=6719
I lost a lot at the start and 2 since. The last one was sent to the lab for tests still alive.
Results were:Histology:
Gross: discus fish received alive. A variety of tissues was examined including gills, liver, spleen, intestines, brain, skin, and swim bladder.
Histopathology:
Gills: Multifocal infestation of the gill filaments with sporozoan parasites accompanied by lymphocytic and heterophilic infiltrates
Other tissues: Unremarkable.
Morphologic Dx: Gills: Inflammation of the gills, multifocal, chronic active, moderate, with intralesional Sporozoan parasites.
Comment: The identity of the parasite could not be determined. There is no evidense of encephalitis.
I have previously just come off 8 days teatment of high temps (90 degs!!) + copper for oodinium, antibiotics (tricozole=metro substitute) for 1 week. Also previously had 2 weeks treatment of prazi dosing water every second day. Also antibiotics and prazi in food.
Recommendations from two vets reading from the same lab results give two opinions!!
The first suggested prazi doses again.
The second suggests formaline + malachite green doses for 2 weeks.
Two sickest fish haven't eaten for about 10 days !!
Antibiotics helped but haven't cured anything. (nearly out of antibiotics now and neither vet recommends I continue their use)
30% w/cs daily.
2 tablespoons salt / 10 gallons
Adding Melafix daily (definately helps)
Ph 7.0
Nitrates 2
Ammonia 0
Kh < 20
GH < 20
I had stopped all meds and fish started symptoms again about 6 days later.
Anyone have any ideas? 3 days in on the formaline treatment and the fish are flashing around tank and losing slime - dumped some water to reduce dose.
No prazi added as yet. (Will prazi work with the formalin/malachite mix) and am I safe to dose both at the same time).
Being careful with doses of meds has cost a lot of fish so far with no results, the last 5 fish really need a kill or cure result :-[ :-[
TIA
peety
My story is similar to the thread ..
http://forum.simplydiscus.com//index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=6719
I lost a lot at the start and 2 since. The last one was sent to the lab for tests still alive.
Results were:Histology:
Gross: discus fish received alive. A variety of tissues was examined including gills, liver, spleen, intestines, brain, skin, and swim bladder.
Histopathology:
Gills: Multifocal infestation of the gill filaments with sporozoan parasites accompanied by lymphocytic and heterophilic infiltrates
Other tissues: Unremarkable.
Morphologic Dx: Gills: Inflammation of the gills, multifocal, chronic active, moderate, with intralesional Sporozoan parasites.
Comment: The identity of the parasite could not be determined. There is no evidense of encephalitis.
I have previously just come off 8 days teatment of high temps (90 degs!!) + copper for oodinium, antibiotics (tricozole=metro substitute) for 1 week. Also previously had 2 weeks treatment of prazi dosing water every second day. Also antibiotics and prazi in food.
Recommendations from two vets reading from the same lab results give two opinions!!
The first suggested prazi doses again.
The second suggests formaline + malachite green doses for 2 weeks.
Two sickest fish haven't eaten for about 10 days !!
Antibiotics helped but haven't cured anything. (nearly out of antibiotics now and neither vet recommends I continue their use)
30% w/cs daily.
2 tablespoons salt / 10 gallons
Adding Melafix daily (definately helps)
Ph 7.0
Nitrates 2
Ammonia 0
Kh < 20
GH < 20
I had stopped all meds and fish started symptoms again about 6 days later.
Anyone have any ideas? 3 days in on the formaline treatment and the fish are flashing around tank and losing slime - dumped some water to reduce dose.
No prazi added as yet. (Will prazi work with the formalin/malachite mix) and am I safe to dose both at the same time).
Being careful with doses of meds has cost a lot of fish so far with no results, the last 5 fish really need a kill or cure result :-[ :-[
TIA
peety