Richard Sexton wrote:
In article .com,
Watercress wrote:

Oops, must have missed it. All that small prints. Thanks.

Oh btw, I found an article on the web about Zebra Danios:
http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/fi...l/aa060799.htm

"Zebras are particularly susceptible to Oodinium, or Velvet disease.
When purchasing fish avoid any that have clamped fins, or look
emaciated, as they may be infected."

You know that description about the emaciation is consistent with my
observation that they were wasting away. I looked at my surviving
Zebras and all looked fine. I think the disease may have come in with
the Crawfishes that were temporarily in that tank. I suspect that
wasthe case since I did not buy anything for months. Well, either that
or the disease was lying dormant in them.



Velvet is really east to spot if you shine a flashlight on
them. You'll see very obvious tiny grains of sand looking
dots all over the fish. They're quite small but you'll see
zillions of them like a light disting of icing sugar,
except sand colored.

I use acriflavine but any decent antiparasitic will work. The
but neds light to photosynthesize so even a blackout will cure them.

I was just cruising Untergasser and saw that Oodinium can grow inside a
fish's intestine. They only rely partly on photosynthesis so a blackout
isn't a complete cure. Blackout plus antiparasitic is probably ideal.

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