Help!

[kribensis12]

Didnt work. I noticed the not sick angel eating the pellets, but the sick one dosent like them.

 

[SharonCC]

Oh, that's too bad...I can't think of anything else to coax her to eat the pellets...

 

[WILDER]

There nothing you can do if he won't eat you have tryed your best.
You need to concentrate on the ones that will make it.
Internal parasites can cause alot of damage to the organs.

 

[kribensis12]

None of the other fish seem to be affected by the worm. The angel eats regular food, but wont eat the med food. It ate the brine shrimp, but spat out the pieces of med food . I am going to starve the fish till wensday and see if the angel will eat the food then. I really dont want to give up on the angel.

 

[WILDER]

If one fish has worms better off dosing the whole tank.
Worms do alot of damage to the organs, when they waste away the damage has been done, usually the med to late.
Best to worm the whole tank to save the rest.
You might be best issolating him and treat the water instead,.

 

[kribensis12]

It would kill the fish to move it to another tank. This angel is really "sensitive", as in it almost died when i moved it to this tank. Also, i am dosing the whole tank w/ Copper and with the food.

 

[WILDER]

Ok that your choice, didn't know copper treated internal worms.

 

[kribensis12]

It dosent. I am trying to kill the larvae and the eggs in the tank w/ the copper. I am really hesitant on moving the angel because i have 1 unifested tank, and 2 infested tanks, and the angel does not handle travel well, at all.

 

[LauraFrog]

American regulations suck. In Australia you can walk into an LFS and come out with enough prazi to treat 50 gallons of water for $6. It worked really well for me.

If the pellets are just too big for the angel's mouth, have you tried crushing them?

I hate worms, they really suck. I go through a LOT of praziquantel as just about every fish I buy is carrying them and manages to reinfect all the others. At least it's filter safe.

 

[kribensis12]

I tried crushing them. But the angel just wont take them, he/she dosent like them at all. I'll probably take a video when i try to feed them to show you how small teh food is, but its rock hard, and it smells nasty, which is why im sure the angel dosent like it.

 

[LauraFrog]

Yep, prazi stinks, I have to put plastic over the top of my tanks when I treat them because it smells awful when you treat the water. pyrantel does not smell as bad as far as I know but if you can't get it you can't get it.

 

[kribensis12]

The med dosent stink something terrible, but if i were a fish, i wouldnt eat it!

 

[kribensis12]

SHE IS EATING THE FOOD!!!!!!!!!

 

[WILDER]

Thats great news krib, good luck.

 

[kribensis12]

Thanks. The angel is extremely aggressive on eating, it is trying to eat as many at the same time as possible.