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[jinbing0905]

i have this trigger fish about 1 month now. he is eating good i just feel like hebis getting skinny? and his jaw have a infection or not?

 

[4FordFamily]

Oh wow that’s a very thin fish. Does it eat?

I assume the jaw does not close?

I’d say start with some epsom salt (1 tablespoon per 5 gallons) to help with swelling. Don’t dose more than twice. Do this in a quarantine and then treat with the antibiotics below:

Then I’d source acriflavine for a bath, followed by treatment in a quarantine with kanaplex, metroplex, and furan 2.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/bacterial-infections.191511/

 

[jinbing0905]

yes he does eat

 

[4FordFamily]

yes he does eat

I’d also feed medicated food — seachem focus and metroplex soaked foods. I mix, microwave, and strain frozen foods in a a cup and feed for a week medicated foods. Repeat for 14 days total.

I suspect internal parasites as well if he eats and is still that thin.

 

[jinbing0905]

how much? i use frozen mysis , do you have step by step and how much

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Agree on the internal parasites.

Mix metroplex or general cure with focus and frozen food. Feed this for 3 weeks.

 

[Toofattofish]

Sounds like an internal issue is fairly likely. Make sure you also treat with prazi to target internal worms also.

 

[jinbing0905]

i need to internal parasite and prazi for internal worm

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

i need to internal parasite and prazi for internal worm

Prazipro is not highly effective on internal parasites. Metronidazole is a better choice for that. API General Cure combines metro and praziquantel ( the active ingredient in prazipro) together in a powdered form. Mixing this with focus (which binds meds to food) and frozen food is a great choice for internal parasites

 

[Toofattofish]

Prazipro is not highly effective on internal parasites. Metronidazole is a better choice for that. API General Cure combines metro and praziquantel ( the active ingredient in prazipro) together in a powdered form. Mixing this with focus (which binds meds to food) and frozen food is a great choice for internal parasites

Metronidazole - treats internal protists, prazi treats internal worms. I can't find a source that talks about which is more common, but I'd wager that worms are. General cure has both and is an easy go-to though.

 

[wangspeed]

How much are you feeding him? He may very well have parasites, but he’s also a big fish and will require a lot of food.

 

[HotRocks]

how much? i use frozen mysis , do you have step by step and how much

Using the little spoon that comes with metroplex, use 1 measure per tablespoon of prepared frozen food.

I think focus says to use 5 to 1 ratio. I always use in QT so I always just use 1 scoop of focus. If you are treating in a DT I would follow instructions on bottle. Also not a bad idea to run carbon if treating DT with medicated food just in case any leaches out.