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waitaki
Sun May 24, 2009, 02:13 PM
Hi Guys This poor little guy is pooping something that looks chronic.
It looks like his insides. I moved him into the hosiptal tank today but he banged and bumped his way around the tank before I caught him so he could have easily have internal hemmorhaging. The reason I moved him was because he was hanging around the top of the community tank looking really dark. When I checked the water parametres I found the nitrite levels very high at just over 5mg/l. He also was flicking so I have treated the tank hospital tank with prazi. I have also added a little salt to the water.
as always thanks for the help.
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waitaki
Sun May 24, 2009, 09:47 PM
sadly - he didn't make it and died overnight.

ILLUSN
Sun May 24, 2009, 10:44 PM
that looks like a worm not poop

waitaki
Mon May 25, 2009, 08:38 AM
thanks illusn, what sort of worm might it have been?
he didn't show signs of worms until yesterday when he did a clear poop - best get the big tank wormed

ILLUSN
Mon May 25, 2009, 01:51 PM
in all honesty I've never seen anything like that before, it looks like a flat worm so prazi would be the best start.