Discus Has A Hole In The Head.

[Vin Swords]

Hello,

Recently I Bought A Large Tefe Green With Slight HITH Problem. Fish Was With Importer For Two Months.. So I Thought HITH Would Go Away If I Treat It Right. But The HITH is Getting Big Slowly... I Know Wild Disus Need Higher Temps The Normal Discus( 28c/29c My Temp) But Mine Is Not Stressed.. Fully Coloured And Eating Like A Pig. Always In The Middle Of The Tank With Fins Up.


Anyone Knows How To Sort It Out?

Thanks...

 

[mattshez]

perscribed meds from a vet

 

[fluttermoth]

The drugs you need are a combination of Flagyl (Flagyl is the trade name; the actual drug is metronidazole) and chloramphenicol, although I have heard of Flagyl on it's own working. They're both antiobiotics, so if you're in the UK, you will need a vet's prescription.

 

[shaund]

lovely tank there mate, bit off topic but what size is that and whats the catfish that you have in there, well i think its a catfish lol

 

[Vin Swords]

so.. i can just go and ask the vet to prescribe the drug? and pay the prescription fee... thats it...?

any other treatments available?

lovely tank there mate, bit off topic but what size is that and whats the catfish that you have in there, well i think its a catfish lol

hi, its feather fin synos

 

[england]

HITH
This is a very good article

 

[coldcazzie]

so.. i can just go and ask the vet to prescribe the drug? and pay the prescription fee... thats it...?

Pretty sure you'd have to have an appointment first with an exotic pet vet, they won't just prescribe the antibiotics because you say that's what you need. The vet near me charges £50 for a consultation, then it'd be prescription charges on top.

 

[Vin Swords]

HITH
This is a very good article

very intresting.. thanks

 

[loraxchick]

Go buy some liquid baby vitamins. Saturate dry food he eats ( pellets or flake) and let completely dry. Feed vitamin food to the fish and see if that sorts it. Many times hith is a vitamin deficiency and if that's your case should sort it. Worth a try for a few weeks.
Cheers

 

[Vin Swords]

The vet near me charges £50 for a consultation, then it'd be prescription charges on top.

tell me about it ..

just week ago we paid £2,200 for Lily poisoning on our family cat.

Go buy some liquid baby vitamins. Saturate dry food he eats ( pellets or flake) and let completely dry. Feed vitamin food to the fish and see if that sorts it. Many times hith is a vitamin deficiency and if that's your case should sort it. Worth a try for a few weeks.
Cheers

i am bit worried about putting human vitamins in the fish tank.. should it be ok? any recommendations on brands?

 

[england]

"tell me about it ..

just week ago we paid £2,200 for Lily poisoning on our family cat.

Did you know you can get pet insurance, well worth it, my sister just had her cat go through hell, costing around 2 grand also, which tell bill was paid by the insurance company