Well I decided to cull out nearly all of my juveniles in the ich infected grow-out. It was a horrible decision to have to make, and I think there is nothing worse for a breeder of wild bettas, than to have to cull stock that could otherwise have been a valuable asset to a Species Maintenance Program.
I have eleven fish left. I don't believe I have any hendra juveniles at all. They seemed to be the worst affected and along with the ich, had been extremely emaciated. Those left are the biggest (some are nearly fully grown) of the group along with several smaller burdigala females that I wanted to hold onto. They have since been moved to a smaller, more fish friendly hospital tank but I am really at a loss as to how to treat this parasite. I have tried heat, salt, copper treatments, formalin treatments and nothing seems to kill it off. In fact it looks worse now than it did before! I am so hoping that I can find a way to cure this. I would hate to have to cull these remaining survivors after they have put in such a long struggle already.
How awful :( I hope something works for you. I bet a big problem is because the water requirements for them are so soft that most of the medications aren't working properly. Do you think you could try putting them in "normal" water conditions (ph neutral, hardness from out of the tap) and see if that changes the chemistry of the drug? it might be detrimental to the fish, too, though...but at this point...it might be worth trying >,<
Ashlea
4/8/2013 09:22:15 am
I do know copper becomes more toxic at a lower pH but it never seemed to bother any of my previous fish I have used it on. In the past when I did have ich and velvet it took a few weeks but I got them cleared up and none of those tanks have ever become infected since *touch wood*. Comments are closed.
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