Please help... Internall parasite infection

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I suggested the parasite clear by jungle only because they said they didn't have to money to buy meds. I know parasite clear is pretty effective plus cheap. It also covers a wide range of ailments. To the op seems inexperienced in this hobby so I figured it would be a little better to do a general parasite clear instead of dosing solely with metro.

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Everyone's jumping to conclusions and I don't want to go buy like 2000 different meds. I want to even know if it has anything.... It seems fine today and the sunken belly is gone with feeding and poop is normal
 
If you just got it yesterday and it has advanced hexamita, I would have taken it back to the LFS and demanded my money back for selling me a sick fish. Unfortunately you can tell by looking at it that it's not well, so they probably would put the blame back on you. Prazi is for flatworms like tapeworm and useless against hexamita, though I suppose it doesn't hurt to do a prazi treatment just to rule out tapeworm. However, the white, stringy feces and lack of an appetite, as well as the wasting away (skinny, sunken look), are usually intestinal flagellates or hexamita. For that I always treat with pure metronidazole powder. I do a seven day treatment, with water changes and redosing every day, as well as keeping the heat elevated to 86F - 88F. I've never tried any of the commercial meds so I can't say how effective they are.

I don't think you need to treat the whole tank if your other fish are eating well and look healthy (not skinny or sunken in), and have black/normal feces. If it's just the one fish you can isolate it into a small QT tank and treat it individually.


The green terrors appetite is fine after he ate his poo was normal

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Funny you say everyone is jumping to conclusions. From what I see everyone is giving you suggestions based off what you said. The only conclusion I see is you saying that you need help with internal parasites and you made that diagnoses.

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Funny you say everyone is jumping to conclusions. From what I see everyone is giving you suggestions based off what you said. The only conclusion I see is you saying that you need help with internal parasites and you made that diagnoses.

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I have to agree, you came here and asked how to deal with IPs gave a description of the issue and asked for advice based off that. So the answers you received were in line with the question asked.

From my experience GTs have a longer digestive system more like that of mbuna than typical South American cichlids and do not digest high protein meaty foods well. It takes a long time for it to break down and they are prone to bacterial infections of the gut if feed these foods too often. The results are white stringy poop (actually the mucosa lining the intestines) that is often misdiagnosed as IPs when infact it is diet related. Since you most likely don't know what it was fed at the LFS, my suggestion would be to feed a staple of something more vegetable based like Omega One Super Veggie Pellets or NLS Thera A+ which is higher in garlic. Garlic acidifies the intestinal tract creating an environment that is not conducive to a proliferation of bacteria. A skinned green pea a couple of times a week is also good for them. Just stay away from meaty foods and lean more towards a veggie based diet and you'll see a big difference.
 
This will be the 3rd time I've asked..... what size tank do you have a pearlscale cichlid, jd, and gt housed in?

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This will be the 3rd time I've asked..... what size tank do you have a pearlscale cichlid, jd, and gt housed in?

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I believe from his other threads it's a 75.

Secondly, Op, you've got 2 "help" threads going about IP's. Nobody is over reacting. They have given you sound advice.
 
I believe from his other threads it's a 75.

Secondly, Op, you've got 2 "help" threads going about IP's. Nobody is over reacting. They have given you sound advice.


correct. it is a 75 and they are 1.5 inches long. I know they aren't all fitting and I will address that problem when it becomes an issue. I did jump to the conclusion as I was overreacting about it. Aquanero probably hit it spot on what I was dealing with. I apologize if my comment sounded as if I was snapping at someone's reply. I worded myself very badly. and the second thread was to help diagnose. I stepped back and thought I should 100% be sure. Thank you guys!
 
quarantine the gt right now, drain and sanitize everything, house the gt in a bucket and try to treat him that way. at least your other fish wont die too.
 
correct. it is a 75 and they are 1.5 inches long. I know they aren't all fitting and I will address that problem when it becomes an issue. I did jump to the conclusion as I was overreacting about it. Aquanero probably hit it spot on what I was dealing with. I apologize if my comment sounded as if I was snapping at someone's reply. I worded myself very badly. and the second thread was to help diagnose. I stepped back and thought I should 100% be sure. Thank you guys!

No problem, how are the fish now? Are they eating? What are you feeding them.
 
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