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What puzzles me though is why none of the other species of fish I am keeping are being affected. Is it perhaps that loaches are more susceptible for some reason? No I'm not treating with erythromycin yet. Was waiting for the weekend so I'd have time to catch the fish and put in hospital tank. Probab...

I feel that keeping loaches isn't something one should do without UV and kanamycin/TMP sulfa on hand. If I lived in countries where those antibiotics weren't readily available, I wouldn't keep loaches. Ich and cachexia are very common killers of loaches. You might want to try to track down the vets...

Thanks Diana. I've got Prazi as a wormer too, have tried getting levamisole but thats proved difficult.

I'll be trying this in a small 34 litre tank, as I understand erythromycin may kill off the good bacteria.

So I'm going to attempt to treat for mycobacteria with all I can have, which is Erythromycin aka Maracyn. I'm aware that kanamycin is best for this but this is not available in NZ from fish shops and only on available from doctors or pharmacists, who are generally not too happy about prescribing med...

They get Wardley Shrimp pellets, TetraMin Tropical Flake food, or JBL Nova Pleco chips. Occasionally frozen bloodworm. I've tried fresh foods such as peas and zucchini but they don't seem to be very happy about it.

In my tank I have Glowlight tetras, Black Neon tetras and a Bristlenose in with my Dwarf Chain loaches, Yoyo loaches and Zebra loaches. The Zebra loaches are the only ones that have suffered from this skinny disease. I had to euthanise one zebra after trying to treat with Praziquantel. He seemed to ...

Hey everyone, I'm new here, but not new to keeping fish. Been keeping fish on and off since I was a teenager. I've had my current tank for about 4-5 years now. It currently houses 1 Rainbow Shark, 4 Tiger Barbs, 3 Bristlenoses, a handful of Glowlight & Black Neon Tetras but most importantly 3 Zebra ...