Well we have an ignore button for a reason. Sorry for arguing on this post, that was not my intention. Obviously we cant agree to disagree.
Help please, Upset and frustrated! HITH, thought we beat it...
- Thread starter philipraposo1982
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Well here is what I know. I feel confident didn't in saying that Kai had an eye injury which triggered the hith shortly after.
I did try Epson salt treatment early on followed up by nls hex shield treatment.
Currently the spot is probably about the same size as it's ever been and just about as deep ( I may have overreacted) initially as I tilted the lighting in the tank to do some photos which shines on the would differently drawing my attention more to it.
He still randomly poops clearish and many times he poops normal. He eats great, shows great colors, super active, no change in personality at all.
I will be stopping by a LFS to pickup some meth blue and I will be applying it directly to the wound. After doing some reading I think this could help ensure no infection
I am still going back and forth with the idea of doing one final treatment with nls hex shield but this time for an extra week to ensure he is eating enough of it.
I am still hoping to get some more ideas and thoughts on this and how to best go about ensuring Kai's full recovery.
Please keep offering any advice you all feel is helpful.
Thank you
One thing I wanted to mention. I talked to one guy at a LFS about hith and he immediately suggested a low grade dog food for my fish. He said something about the amino acids found in it would cure my fish. He says he has done this multiple times with oscsrs.
Any truth to this. I immediately wrote this off as crazy man talking ****. But thought I would mention it here.
I did try Epson salt treatment early on followed up by nls hex shield treatment.
Currently the spot is probably about the same size as it's ever been and just about as deep ( I may have overreacted) initially as I tilted the lighting in the tank to do some photos which shines on the would differently drawing my attention more to it.
He still randomly poops clearish and many times he poops normal. He eats great, shows great colors, super active, no change in personality at all.
I will be stopping by a LFS to pickup some meth blue and I will be applying it directly to the wound. After doing some reading I think this could help ensure no infection
I am still going back and forth with the idea of doing one final treatment with nls hex shield but this time for an extra week to ensure he is eating enough of it.
I am still hoping to get some more ideas and thoughts on this and how to best go about ensuring Kai's full recovery.
Please keep offering any advice you all feel is helpful.
Thank you
One thing I wanted to mention. I talked to one guy at a LFS about hith and he immediately suggested a low grade dog food for my fish. He said something about the amino acids found in it would cure my fish. He says he has done this multiple times with oscsrs.
Any truth to this. I immediately wrote this off as crazy man talking ****. But thought I would mention it here.
Do you using methylene blue at full strength or diluted with something?
Do I dab it every day till the wound is gone? What if it extends a week or 3 weeks or months? How long to keep up the meth blue dabbing?
That guy at the store is full of doo doo brown.
Yes I use it at full strength on a qtip. Usually for advanced cases. Your GT should be fine with baths as another option as mentioned by RD. I like baths for 1-2 hours at double to triple strength MB for 1-3 weeks as another option.
For very advanced cases (which yours is not) I add metronidazole powder to the MB swabs and baths.
And Phillip, if you feel that there is still something intestinal going on, go ahead and feed another round of the hex-shield. I had one fish that I thought I had turned around (it had the same intestinal symptoms as your GT) and he needed a total of 3 treatments to knock it out for good. The last treatment was for 7 days. On top of that I would still use MB to treat the open sores. Good luck.
Also, make sure to read my last post in the following thread.
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/hith-revisited.650466/page-2
I tend to place a LOT more weight on papers such as that one, vs random people on youtube, personal blog sites, etc.
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/hith-revisited.650466/page-2
I tend to place a LOT more weight on papers such as that one, vs random people on youtube, personal blog sites, etc.
Good luck Phillip. I think your little guy will heal up just fine. I've had Cichla with very advanced HITH that I treated off and on for around 6 months before the symptoms fully subsided, some of them still have scarred pits that aren't "active" just residual scarring. It can take some time to recover, so just be consistent and I think you'll get the results you want.
