Caeruleus with HTH?

[vantgE]

I've got a labidochromis caeruleus who's alittle bit beat up, but not really life or death thing is It has a big nasty looking hole in it's head. I thought it was a wound a first but it seems to be getting bigger. I'l try and get it in it's own tank asap. But I've never specifically heard of HTH on a herbivore. So should I treat for that or just for normal wounds maybe it's pretty much the same medicine I'm not sure what do you think?

 

[spanishguy111]

I've got a labidochromis caeruleus who's alittle bit beat up, but not really life or death thing is It has a big nasty looking hole in it's head. I thought it was a wound a first but it seems to be getting bigger. I'l try and get it in it's own tank asap. But I've never specifically heard of HTH on a herbivore. So should I treat for that or just for normal wounds maybe it's pretty much the same medicine I'm not sure what do you think?

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Put it in its own CYCLED tank. Treat with Jungle Parasite Clear. Works wonders on HITH for some reason. Its cheap crapp too.

 

[Fry Lady]

I don't know, after losing my big Lab after having him for more than a year and a half.........getting a nasty gaping open hole.....I am done with Labs.

Seems this happens to them alot for no reason, or is a parasite thing that they have inside of them.

My other fish were fine and still are, he's the only death I've had from my original fish I started with. Here is my post asking about this...........there is another attached link within and a pic of what the nasty lesion looked like on my Lab. Sorry it's not that clear I took that with my phone.

http/www.malawimayhem.com/phpBB2/viewtop...der=asc&start=0

 

[freddyk]

But I've never specifically heard of HTH on a herbivore

Well, then it might interest you to know that Lab Caeruleus is not a herbivore.

I've kept a lot of these guys in my time and never experienced or heard of this problem with them. I do know that the quality of these fish, due to their extreme popularity, has plummeted over the years (I would never buy any of the ones I've seen lately) and that could be a big contributing factor to the issue. No offense meant, but in that link you can see in the picture of claire's lab the dirty black of the yellow that is a good indicator of a poorly bred specimen.

 

[vantgE]

Thanks

 

[Fry Lady]

Yeah, no offense taken as you can see months before his illness he was 'bright' yellow with perfect black markings.

http/img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Raf..._21955480_0.jpg

He was sick, and he turned with the black/grey due to stress/illness.

Nice stab, you need a do over.