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[Vilardz3190]

This doesn't look good. I have been treating using metro. If anyone knows of anything else please inform me


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[brich999]

HITH? u talking about the small pits opening up around the head? its called hole in the head disease. water xhanges and varied diet will help a lot. tons of weird info out there if u google it tho ive seen people blame everything from windex to carbon for hith.

 

[Vilardz3190]

What should diet consist of and can I mix there foods with crushed vitamins? She's in a big tank. Should I isolate her as well?


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[brich999]

i wouldnt bother isolating. it will heal and it looks bad, but doesnt usually effect fish too much. vitamins should help as some say it is caused by vitamin deficency from feeding the same food. my tilapia had it pretty good and never went away completely but has gone down since i stopped feeding only hikari bio gold. had the fish almost 4 years and never gone completely but seems to be a healthy fish. weirdest disease ive researched but pretty common. can get very ugly if left untreated though, check out pics on google of oscars.

 

[Vilardz3190]

What kind of vitamins should I mix with her food? And what else besides the normal flakes pellets and krill should I give her?


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[Aquanero]

You should up your water changes, gravel vacuming & filter maintenance. Keep your water as clean as possibile at all times. you can use Vita Chem or a vitamin block(s) in the tank if you want to add vitamins both work well for this.

 

[TheGinge5]

metronidazole

 

[Vilardz3190]

I've been using metro. I've been doing more water changes more frequently. I also bought an additional filter and chemi pure in 2 of my eheims. Where can I buy vitamin blocks from? What should I keep my temp at? Any other input would be valuable.


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[Rocksor]

Soaking pellets with epsom salt solution works better than metro if water quality is near perfect. Hoga healed using epsom salt solution.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?486147-Hoga-With-HITH

Another guy who saw rapid results with epsom salt soaked food

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?513300-Does-my-Oscar-have-HITH/page3