Guys plz i need help

Hi Guys

Can anybody answer this my fish look ok but they sumtimes flicker
And then stop any extra info I normally just add salt to cure this
However not 100% sure that this is the best thing to do plz help...!
And I also normally just do a water change as well.

Any advise will be appreciated.

 

What fish are we talking about?

 

Maybe they swallowed a faulty light bulb? lol!

 

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Thanks for getting back to me,the fish I'm talking about is Malawie chiclids aulonocara's ect...!

 

Hi Zaahier
Could you give us some detail on your water parameters please?
pH
Temp
NO2
NO3
Size tank, how much water are you changing etc

 

What are the symptoms here? What is 'flicker'?

 

I have a 6yr old daughter, and I am well equipped to answer this question. Flicker is a horse.

 

Hahaha, I take it that you are talking about a cartoon or something.

 

Come on people, stop playing around. He asked for help, not jokes.

Could be an internal parasite that's being killed by the salt but the cysts hatch after a while.

Just my 2c

 

Firefly. While we wait for zaahier for further info there is nothing wrong with some lightheartedness.
Zaahier, no disrespect. We await your info.

 

Hi @zaahier... When fish "flick" - turns sideways and scrapes their bodies or esp. their opperculum/gill covers on rocks or your substrate,it is usualy a sign of a parasitical problem..sometimes due to a nitrite spike...

However,i notice that you live in CT,so your natural pH of your water is quite low - to low a pH could make them exhibit such behaviour as well...Do you augment the pH of your tank with things like sandstone,shells or crushed coral sand? Aim for a pH around 8 and keep your salt level round 3kg/1000liters - this will mimic the Lakes natural conditions... If you do and your test readings says your nitrite levels are o.k,then we may safely asume that the problem is parasitical...

Would be a good idea to maybe catch a fish(especialy if you have any wildcaught Malawi's) out and take it to a REPUTABLE koi dealer(PM me - know a couple in CT) and have them check the fish out under a microscope to identify the parasite... Too much hassle? Pick up a bottle of Parazin D by Waterlife from your LFS and dose them with this...

G'luck and let us know how it turned out...

 

I suppose.

 

Im just thinking here. if i think how a flickering fish looks like is see a fish in breeding behaviour. You know that short bursts of shaking.

 

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Hi all

Whn yesterday to my closes pet store and could not find sumthing to measure all those
Things but ill be getting sumthing today and let u know the readings. however let me tell u what I have in my sump well I have about 2kg fine coral chip and about 3kg chunks I also have saramic rings
Filter foam(900l tank) I take 75l to100l out every 5days but I clean my substrate everytime I see it dirty however that only 3-4ltrs and I add that amount back.

Till I do the test add get back to u guys with results maybe tell me what I can add or do to better my sump filtration.

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Short burst yes and sum scrapping against rock agnst the gill area of the fish.

 

Could it be Skin flukes?

 

TM - It could be a host of things... therefor better to have the specific parasite identified and treated acordingly...

If it is Flukes(skin or body) - a mebendazol based treatment should do the trick....

 

tankmaster

Not sure but the fish body looks perfect not flaking see with the eye!

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Where duz 1 get a mebendazol based treatment and what one u recommend however the fish looks firm and steady scales to but just the flicker and the scrapping against rocks!

 

Zaahier. Just look here. Look at the male "shivering", is it not like this.?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lccs7GQvMN8

 

@zaahier - any koi shop will stock it - while you there,take a fish along to have the correct parasite identified... Problem with parasites these days vs 30 years ago is that they have grown SO resistant to treatments that you have to basicly treat each one in a different way
Us koi guys have lots of experince with this...so find a good one and get a fish to them - they can also run the test for you for a small fee...

 

Go BIG

No not like that imagine the fish swimming and his fins flicker at a fast rate then once done with that he would. Flee down the substate srapping his sides and doing it against rock not a breeding flicker at all!