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You say "was" Tony I take it you no longer have them......

Thanks for the reply Zeropilot.....I lost Scary 3 weeks ago now, I don't think force feeding him would have done any good I'm pretty convinced that it was not a gut related problem more due to kidney or liver failure just due to his age...if you read my thread 'clutching at straws' I describe in...

Thanks again Amber....

Thank you oddball.....the wife kept telling me this but its nice to hear it from a fellow fishkeeper

Sorry to report he passed away last Saturday...been pretty upset so not been near the forum...thanks for your support guys...he was a one-off, his legacy is the hobby for me...if I had never 'rescued' him I wouldn't have the 7 tanks I have now and this addiction we call a hobby....tho I would...

Im not a fan tbh....I would have tried Octozin first....in case you were looking at bloat or parasites after 2 courses ...still no change...I would try a product available in the UK called 'Kusuri' (use e-bay) it contains a de-wormer(ant-parasite) called Flubenzadole which is pretty...

thanks amber

This is the problem....don't want to stress him out....just feel so damn helpless....I know I've done everything I can but I still feel so guilty every time I lose a fish...and this one its x1000

It is with a heavy heart I post this.....but I am not going to be 'Scarysdad' for much longer I fear.... 'Scary' christened by my wife is my very first fish, I rescued him 11 years ago as my mom was going to flush the 3" bugger for eating her neons, I had no clue what he was back then but he...

Believe me RD I've thought of little else over the past month.....when I got him he was around 3 inches so I'm guessing he must be around 12 or so. But the signs all point to some kind of 'Hexamitta' parasite, the initial erosion now the clear mucous faeces and I know that is curable.....still...

The wormer med is called 'Kusuri' it uses Flubendazole as its active ingredient..meant to add the fish is remarkably not too emaciated after 4 weeks and still stays in his usual position in the middle of the tank, not sitting on the bottom

I have Tilapia Mariae that has been in my care now for nearly 11 years he is in a 60gal tank on his own, he has been healthy all that time, until now....I noticed around 2 years ago some erosion/loss of scales around the sensory pit areas on his head....fearing HITH I initially doubled his w/c...

How is your FH now Zeropilot.....? Can I pick your brains ? You and Neo......I have a Tilapia Mariae in a 60 gal by himself....I have had him 11 years he was my first fish.....around 2 years ago he developed small holes around the eye a head area so I doubled my wc regimine and they didn't go...

Great info RD...just wish I'd came across this sooner....I have a fish that has been in my care for nearly 11 years, he was around 3" when I got him so I reckon he is around 12 years old, he was my first fish and has survived all my stumbles down the fishkeeping learning path. He is a Tilapia...

Yeah more pics please Mustang that tank is amazing...

So relieved she took 2 whole dead Lance fish from my hand tonight....chewed and swallowed she looks so much more animated just for that one meal....so hope I've turned a corner with her....

Fixed the pic links so they are in the thread..... this is the 'good' eye you can see the cloudiness this is the side with the eye that was infected....notice the black pigmentation...this was not there prior to the infection.... one more.....as you can see she is neither bloated or...

Limited in meds here in the UK Tom....only antibiotic med I know off is Waterlife's Octozin which contains metro.... She's never eaten live in 7 years( she's tried.... I've had to remove a 5" Con, 9" Uro, and last time a 12" Delhezi from her mouth that she was choking on over the years....), and...

Ok got a few pics the one of the bad eye with the pigment patch was with the flash on so isnt great and she wont turn round again.....also a close up of her 'good' eye showing the cloudiness... http://s5.photobucket.com/user/Scarysdad/media/003_zps94a33a35.jpg.html?o=2...

Thanks Tom....I thought I was close....with the cerebral infection theory....I was a med student 25 years ago...and still remember reading about tumours in certain endocrine organs and hormone producing parts of the brain which can stimulate over production of the hormone in question...but if...