Skinny Clown Loach

[TangoWRX]

Hi Guys, a week ago I rescued a clown loach from my LFS. He is a nice size but is not well. He is extremly skinny with white horizonal lines on his sides that like almost skelital.

Finding info on this has been harder than I thought, and it seems it could be worms/ other internal paracites/ or bacterial.

He behaves very normally and quickly went from a solo shy loach in the shop to an active hungry fish that schools well with my other clowns.

What action do you think I should take? Please note I am in the Uk so note that if recommending a med.

Cheers
Paul

 

[Sab_Fan]

if he is "active and hungry", then perhaps that is enough for now . . . could be he was stressed and not eating while at the LFS . . .

the #1 concern I always encounter with clown loaches is ich . . . if he doesn't have ich now, it may be that he is recovering from a bout of it while at the LFS, which would explain why he looks sick, even though he is now behaving normally

 

[TangoWRX]

Thanks Sab, I will just see how it goes. Yeah ich does pop it's head up on occation but it has never really been an issue for me.

 

[Lupin]

Do you have access to levamisole hydrochloride or flubenol, Tango?

 

[TangoWRX]

Hi Lupin, today I have treated my tank with a med that contains both metro and levamisole as my GT has suspected hexamita. Getting this stuff here in the UK is very hard due to restictions.

 

[Lupin]

Ahh...Hope it will work with levamisole there. Yeah, I figured it is very difficult to obtain some meds there. Some people in other forums I frequent had to order their meds outside UK. I am wary about suggesting Waterlife and Interpet meds. These ones contain ingredients that are often lethal to fish.

 

[TangoWRX]

I would never hesitate to recommend waterlife. The meds Protozin (ich med) and Myxazin (bacterial med) are the best I have ever found. Protozin is so amazing with ich and doesn't hurt clown loach even at double dose.