Symptoms: White feces, Lack of appetite and visible holes seen around the head.
Cause: Infection caused by hexanita, a type of flagelleated protozoa and also caused by cold water temperature.
Treatment A:
1. Transfer your fish to a 5 gallons hospital tank.
2. Put Furasan Furan 3 into tank. 1 sachet is equivalent to 4 dosage. Put 1 part into 5 gallons tank.
3. Daily water change of at least 20-25%.
4. if you have a heater, set it at 30-32 degrees.
5. After 3 days, if you observed that your fish is eating already, still continue with the medication.
6. If the feces turns into it's original color, then it's time to reduce the dosage. Put Furan 3 every other day for at
least another week.
*** It's best to put your fish in a small tank because it will give more concentration of the medicine, plus you don't have
to use a lot of it.
Where to buy?
- Furassan Furan 3 is available in your nearest pet shop.
Treatment B:
1. If you're using an overhead filter (OHF), remove the carbon if any.
2. Do a 50% water change. Syphon your tank until it's half empty. Replace with 25% chlorinated water and 25% conditioned
water. (must be aerated for at least 48 hours and dosed with Sera Aquatan)
3. Dissolve the Metronidazole tablet/s in a cup of warm water. It works best when dissolved at a temperature of 90+
degrees. A cup with 50%-60% "cofee-hot" water plus 40%-50% tap water would be fine.
4. Let the tablet/s dissolve for 5-10 minutes. Afterwards, mix well.
5. Drop the Metronidazole solution in your tank. the required dosage would be 500 mg. per 10 gallons.
6. Repeat steps 2-5 after 48 hours. You'd need around 7-8 doses of Metronidazole. Usual treatment would be from 10-15
days. Observe the waste of your fish on a regular basis. If your fish shows improvement before 10-15 days, there's nothing
wrong in finishing the entire cycle. extend treatment if neccessary.
7. If you have a heater, set it at 30-32 degrees. Hexamita thrives in cold water. While the medication used to kill them
works best in warm water. For those with no heaters, don't worry. Its not absolutely neccessary to use one. Just be sure
to dissolve the Metronidazole in a warm water.
*** If you've got more time to treat your fish then you could apply the following protocol:
1. Again do steps 1 through 5.
2. After 24 hours, implement a 20-25% water change.
3. Drop your Metronidazole solution but this time at 250 mg. per 10 gallons. Repeat steps 2 and 3 everyday until the fish
recovers.
Where to buy?
- Metronidazole, usually sold as Flagyl. This drug can be bought over the counter (OTC) at any drugstore. Each 500 mg.
tablet would cost around P16-P18.
- Sera Aquatan is available in your nearest pet shop.
Best food for recovering would be frozen blood worms or meal worms.
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