DiscusMad
Sat Apr 16, 2005, 03:04 PM
I have had a death in the family sad to say and may loose another due to fluke. :cry: But this had myself thinking........
1) I have not introduced any new fish to my tanks or any new plants for about over 6 months now and wondered where they came from
2) Can they be comming from the aged tap water that goes into my tank for water changes
So I have done a little research on the topic and this is what I have come up with as follows
Fluke infestation affecting one or more fish can be due to overcrowding, polluted water, poor water quality, low oxygen levels or high temperatures.
In good water parameters most fish can cope haveing a small amount of flukes and other parasites but a higher temperatures and poor parameters they can mulitply quite rapidly (so it seems that fish that live in the higher temperatures are more prone to get them such as our beloved discus)
Fresh water flukes can survive up to 0.3% in salt solutions
Its best to with hold food for treatment if fish are still eating because they use up four times the amount of oxygen after eating as well as adding more oxygen to the water.
Feel free to correct me if I am wrong but this is from what I had found in my search for answers
why I myself had water problems was that my heater in one of my tanks started leaking from the seal and blew the power to the house (some times thoese powre boards don't always work) and I had to wait untill the next day for somebody to come around and fix the problem. thoese battery operated air pumps you can go through a lot of battries lol :roll:
1) I have not introduced any new fish to my tanks or any new plants for about over 6 months now and wondered where they came from
2) Can they be comming from the aged tap water that goes into my tank for water changes
So I have done a little research on the topic and this is what I have come up with as follows
Fluke infestation affecting one or more fish can be due to overcrowding, polluted water, poor water quality, low oxygen levels or high temperatures.
In good water parameters most fish can cope haveing a small amount of flukes and other parasites but a higher temperatures and poor parameters they can mulitply quite rapidly (so it seems that fish that live in the higher temperatures are more prone to get them such as our beloved discus)
Fresh water flukes can survive up to 0.3% in salt solutions
Its best to with hold food for treatment if fish are still eating because they use up four times the amount of oxygen after eating as well as adding more oxygen to the water.
Feel free to correct me if I am wrong but this is from what I had found in my search for answers
why I myself had water problems was that my heater in one of my tanks started leaking from the seal and blew the power to the house (some times thoese powre boards don't always work) and I had to wait untill the next day for somebody to come around and fix the problem. thoese battery operated air pumps you can go through a lot of battries lol :roll: