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From: jea@vaxine.UUCP (John Agapakis)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Need_Advice_on_FFish
Message-ID: <27@vaxine.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 17:43:41 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 13 17:43:41 1986
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I am taking care of the fish in the aquarium of a friend who's on vacation and
I ***URGENTLY*** need some expert advice.

Although water PH, temperature, aeration, and food have been proper, some of the
fish have gotten seriously ill and died.  When I went to feed them for the first
time (36 hours after my friend went away), I found two of them floating upside
down on the top of the tank covered by a layer of white fluffy mold and noticed
little white pimples all over the bodies of two more (who also died the next
day).  They must have actually been ill for a while, because my friend told me
that he also had a fish die two days before he left.

Since I know very little about fish or their diseases, I went to a pet store for
advice. They told me that the fish may have a common parasitic aquarium
infection like "Ick" which may have been brought in the tank from a couple of
new fish that my friend bought a week or two ago.

So, I changed the water, cleaned parts of the tank, and for the past three days
I have been treating them with "Maracide" (for Ick) and "Maracyn" (for potential
bacterial infections).

Any other ideas, suggestions, or things to watch for ?

Thanks in advance

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 John E. Agapakis              uucp: ..!allegra!encore!vaxine!jea
 Automatix Inc.
 Billerica, MA                 Phone: (617) 667-7900 x2363
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