15 Days Without Food

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Well I'm still convinced that I'm dealing with Hexamita, so once the ick treatment is complete I'll be treating with Metro again.
 
Ick has been eradicated completely. I have started treating with a Metro 250mg/Prazi 75mg treatment per 10 gallons. Treating every other day with a 30% WC. I actually saw him chow a feeder today. He spit it out, but I know he has eaten a couple of the bigger feeders. His stool is also starting to get some color back and to thicken up.
 
hopefully he gets better but if you need to dont be afraid of 400mg per 10gal atleast everyday if not more
 
Vinnielp;3270548; said:
Oh I'm with you dude. Ick is a nasty little bugger and I will keep treating to ensure that it is completely eradicated from my tank. Per your suggestion I researched the ick lifecycle and I now know that there is far too many times when chemicals won't have any effect to trust just one treatment.
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Vinnie, with ich cases, continue treating for 10 days right after ich seemingly disappears completely. The 10 day interval will ensure the remaining protozoans are destroyed. This is a common mistake made by hobbyists. Ich go back to low level infection unless you extend the treatment process wherein every protozoan is subsequently destroyed.
 
Vinnielp;3270139; said:
I used Ick Clear by Jungle Labs. The main ingredients are Victoria Green and Acriflavine. I'm pretty sure that Victoria Green is the same thing as Malachite Green.
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It's funny how most companies cloak the malachite green as "victoria green" or "benzaldehyde". The acriflavine is for bacterial infections. I prefer salt for ich cases as it is not as harsh as the medicines are.

Twistedpenguin is a lady by the way.;)
 
Lupin;3280197; said:
Vinnie, with ich cases, continue treating for 10 days right after ich seemingly disappears completely. The 10 day interval will ensure the remaining protozoans are destroyed. This is a common mistake made by hobbyists. Ich go back to low level infection unless you extend the treatment process wherein every protozoan is subsequently destroyed.
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Yeah, although I have lowered the temp back down to 80 I am still including salt with the water changes to ensure I clear all the ick.
 
Well just when I thought things were getting better I discovered this:

Prolapsed Rectum:
Well I have a picture, but the upload manager says I've uploaded the maximum of 0 files.

At any rate there are lots of pictures of this posted.

Today is day 3 of 5 for the new Metro/Praz treatment. Should I add Epsom Salts again along with the regular salt I'm using for the ick?

He did eat a little bit of market shrimp last night and all of the feeders are gone.
 
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