ShadowStryder Bronze Tier VIP MFK Member Apr 4, 2007 6,365 971 749 Nunya Sep 18, 2007 #11 I would look for white wormlike attachments on body, patches of fungus or velvet. Maybe some kind of knot or lump that might be a parasite burrowed in. Clouded eye(s). Things like that or not common on a fish.
I would look for white wormlike attachments on body, patches of fungus or velvet. Maybe some kind of knot or lump that might be a parasite burrowed in. Clouded eye(s). Things like that or not common on a fish.
C Cichlaholics Anonymous Polypterus MFK Member May 23, 2006 8,160 16 92 Miami, Florida Sep 18, 2007 #12 quarantine for a month or longer and try to check for signs of internal parasites which are disastrous if they get in the display tank
quarantine for a month or longer and try to check for signs of internal parasites which are disastrous if they get in the display tank
ShadowStryder Bronze Tier VIP MFK Member Apr 4, 2007 6,365 971 749 Nunya Sep 18, 2007 #13 ruben;1137887; said: quarantine for a month or longer and try to check for signs of internal parasites which are disastrous if they get in the display tank Click to expand... How do you check for internal Parasites? Didn't know you could, short of a an autopsy.
ruben;1137887; said: quarantine for a month or longer and try to check for signs of internal parasites which are disastrous if they get in the display tank Click to expand... How do you check for internal Parasites? Didn't know you could, short of a an autopsy.
Modest_Man Polypterus MFK Member Jul 5, 2006 4,668 224 96 40 Washington Sep 19, 2007 #14 Ya gotta watch the feces. Not 100%, but white stringy feces = internal parasite.
ShadowStryder Bronze Tier VIP MFK Member Apr 4, 2007 6,365 971 749 Nunya Sep 19, 2007 #15 I knew the white stringy was sign of sickness, but can't it mean some other type of illness like bacterial?
I knew the white stringy was sign of sickness, but can't it mean some other type of illness like bacterial?