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When I brought one of my loaches to the UC Davis veterinary hospital, mycobacteria came up so I mentioned the wasting syndrome that is relatively common amongst loaches and was told it was nematodes (though mycobacteriosis can cause the same symptoms). The wasting is probably a symptom with multiple...

Where are you located?

It can still be found as Prohibit:

http://www.jefferspet.com/prohibit-solu ... /cp/A2-PI/

There may be some place cheaper/closer to you.

As a side note, it doesn't work if pH is >7. That was debunked and then undebunked. It really works only in acidic water.

Can you elaborate on why you can't take them with you?

I am hesitant to add any de-nitrates or nitra-zorb until I know Nitrates are clearly in 5-range, are there more reliable tests I can get? Any suggestions? Hach DR 890 using the chromotropic acid method. You may be able to find a veterinary hospital that does water testing with a spectrophotometer a...

http://www2.amersol.edu.pe/hs/sciences/ ... tivity.htm

http://www.aqua-magica.com/water-change.html

I have a few clowns with big bellies. It's been an ongoing issue. It used to be just one but now it's several. I think it's worms. I've treated with praziquantel and then levamisole to no effect. I'm going to try levamisole again when the pH is <7.

There is concern about BPA in polycarbonate. I've also read that it doesn't bond well and is therefore unsuitable for aquarium use.

Check his respiratory rate relative to the others and in absolute terms. Many common problems (bacterial gill disease, ich, improper acclimation, ammonia, nitrite, etc.) will have respiratory symptoms. Is it actually spending a lot of time hovering in place, supported by nothing but water currents a...

Is it eating? How is its respiratory rate? When my loaches were sick they would find a spot in the tank where they could glide in the currents with minimal effort. I suspect the increased flow provided them with a bit more oxygen. Also, where are you located? Some areas have much better options for ...

I checked my notes and it appears I used ~7.4 mg/L in the past. This was for a duration of several weeks but with a cichlid. I don't recall him having a reaction bad enough to warrant an immediate water change but I vaguely recall him twitching a little. I used the National Fish Pharmaceuticals quin...

If you removed all the fish from the planted tanks and are careful to prevent re-contamination, the ich life cycle should be broken after a few weeks.

It's very light-sensitive so UV and other lights should definitely be off. I would even try to keep the room dark most of the time, if possible.

It's safe for biofilters.

It's probably safe for plants.

The only things it may harm are invertebrates and maybe corals.

It's popular with marine hobbyists so there's a chance your local reef stores might have it under one name or another. I bought quinine sulfate from here: http://www.fishyfarmacy.com/products4.html#Q But one of their staff had a triple-bypass recently so I'm not sure how rapidly they're fulfilling o...

Ardillakilla- that's very interesting about o2 concentrators. I've seen that some fish farms have used them to help incubate eggs. I'm curious, how did you go about injecting antibiotics and force feeding the loach? I remember reading a few studies where O2 concentrators increased the ammonia toler...

I found that oxygen concentrators are quite useful when a fish is experiencing respiratory distress. There isn't a lot of dissolved oxygen in water so an O2 concentrator dramatically increases levels. Some fish farms use them too. I had a ~10-year old loach that had some kind of bacterial infection ...