Why HITH.... WHY?

[twk1]

Okay... my blood parrot is developing hole in the head... ppl say its from poor water conditions? But i just checked my water parameters and they are all good! And my bp eats mainly NLS pellets.... so what could be causing this...

 

[bigspizz]

How long have you had it? (the BP)

 

[twk1]

I've had the bp for about 5 months now.

 

[jiNRo.]

ive heard that fish can get hith by paracites....usually by feeders but since your using pellets idk??

do you use salt when you change your water???

 

[bigspizz]

That could easily have been a problem before you ever had it....Just keep the water clean, and treat it.

 

[twk1]

That could easily have been a problem before you ever had it....Just keep the water clean, and treat it.

i don't think the bp had it before cause i always look at the bp carefully, and if there was already hith... shouldn't it stop and not get worse like its getting since my water is good? what can i do to treat this?

 

[twk1]

do you use salt when you change your water???

yes... i always add salt when i do a WC.

 

[TwistedPenguin]

What do you mean your water is "fine". What are your NITRATES? When people say 'poor water quality' causes it that translates to "nitrates too high".
So....what are your nitrates? (with an API liquid test kit).

 

[Ash]

Fish can have hith for years before you will ever know it. Again hith is not a diesease and your fish does is not infected with hith (hith is a symptom, I'll explain in a minute)- it has a parastie, bad water, bad diet or a combo of all 3. hith is not the problem in itself it is merely a symptom of the problem. You need to figure out why it has hith, what exactly are your water params? Do you only feed it pellets and not other things? Does it have heximita(sp)? Here is what I mean by hith not being the disease alone. When you get a cold, you develope a cough as a symptom of the cold, hith works the same way. If you have HITH it is a symptom of something else such as bad water quality irritating the sensory system, allowing a parasite heximita which causes the symptom of hith. You can try to do water changes very ofen and keep your water prestine clean. You can treat it with Metronidazole, however I can't say that it will always work - it has in come cases and has not in others.

 

[Miles]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167891&highlight=thiaminase

Might give that link a look..

Low nitrates doesn't always mean good water quality.. nutrients could be depleted.