HITH or just sensory pits? (Midas)
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i think its stress or you give it feeders but stress younds right RD/midas are know for there out going personalitys if it was really shy it must of bun under stressNatalie;1395159; said:
HTTH doesn't really go away after a few years the scares can heal a little but really its all about stoping it from getting worse add a little salt now and make your you keep the water clean large water changes help alot when trying to prevent HTTH
ohh BTW a fish with a serious case of HTTH is dead that buttie has a bad case but its gets alot worse
Yeah I saw an Oscar in a LFS one time that had such a horrible case of HITH I had to keep from throwing up (you could see straight through its head and what was left of his skin was flapping around in the current---ack).
I'm going to ask our fish vet at school what his take on the case is. I remember him emphasizing that he didn't think Hexamita caused HITH, and he's adopted quite a few fish who had HITH so I hope he's seen enough of it to know what/if I've done anything wrong.
I'm going to ask our fish vet at school what his take on the case is. I remember him emphasizing that he didn't think Hexamita caused HITH, and he's adopted quite a few fish who had HITH so I hope he's seen enough of it to know what/if I've done anything wrong.
Wow this little one has really taken a turn for the worst since I last posted. I'm really devastated about it and am actually contemplating euthanizing her.
Okay so she's been skittish since I got her, but since I noticed the HITH she has gotten very depressed. I moved her to a 20 gallon hospital tank and did the following regimen: 85 degrees, aquarium salt, extra filtration, and daily water changes. Her HITH got worse rapidly, to the point of actually seeing white craters in her head that are starting to merge together. She also acted very scared and depressed, wedging herself into a flowerpot cave and flipping out every time I walked by, turned on the room lights, etc. This was such a rapid change in mood that I thought it might be the lack of space causing the problem. So I decided to do the same regimen but in her 55 gallon tank this time. She got even worse....
She's not eating, her HITH is progressing faster than I've ever seen it progress in a fish, and she spends all of her time lying on her side barely moving her gills. It's almost like she's lost the will to live, and she's been like this for a solid week. I hate seeing her suffer like this. Should I euthanize? I have clove oil and vodka ready but am just so sad to put down my pretty Midas.
Okay so she's been skittish since I got her, but since I noticed the HITH she has gotten very depressed. I moved her to a 20 gallon hospital tank and did the following regimen: 85 degrees, aquarium salt, extra filtration, and daily water changes. Her HITH got worse rapidly, to the point of actually seeing white craters in her head that are starting to merge together. She also acted very scared and depressed, wedging herself into a flowerpot cave and flipping out every time I walked by, turned on the room lights, etc. This was such a rapid change in mood that I thought it might be the lack of space causing the problem. So I decided to do the same regimen but in her 55 gallon tank this time. She got even worse....
She's not eating, her HITH is progressing faster than I've ever seen it progress in a fish, and she spends all of her time lying on her side barely moving her gills. It's almost like she's lost the will to live, and she's been like this for a solid week. I hate seeing her suffer like this. Should I euthanize? I have clove oil and vodka ready but am just so sad to put down my pretty Midas.
Natalie;1423655; said:
That is so sad and especially sad that she has gone down hill so fast..with out responding with a little positive note.. i have to say though alot of the fish i have treated in a smaller tank {quarenteen} go through a depression period from the move..i do not try to feed the first few days because of medication and do not want to contaminate the tank while their being medicated.. and also being they are stressed do not eat anyway..Rd's Midas and Oscar kind of lay around while they are being treated.. so not always is this a bad sign.. they kind of shut down and relax so they can heal..But only you can decide what is best for the fish..
The number one thing that I have learned from this site in treating HITH is frequent and large water changes and also a varied vitamin rich diet...has helped alot in one of my cases with my Os.
I euthanized her a few days ago with clove oil and vodka and I'm still not over it.