Crap - Please Advise - Black Spots

[bevo5]

THanks Humblefish. I can't be 100% certain there were fewer dots, but she doesn't look as covered as she did in the photos from earlier. I'll go for the prazipro.

My completely amateur theory: The Purigen (I also didn't know to turn off the UV until the 2nd dose) kept the Prazipro levels too low to totally eradicate the bad guys. Once the 2nd dose was over and there was no Prazi at all in the system, the worms were able to multiply more easily.

Hopefully it'll be gone in 72hrs of prazipro. Or - maybe there will be no change at all and it will end up being pigment. I'm just going to hope for those two outcomes!

Thanks again all.

 

[melypr1985]

Good luck and keep us posted! I hope the prazi works as well

 

[bevo5]

Hey all - so it's been 48hrs since I dosed the Prazipro. She didn't seem too affected by it at all and never lost her appetite.

There are still a few spots on her belly but they really seem like just pigment at this point. She has a good amount of black dots along her lateral line....but seem too organized for worms.

I'm hopeful it was just pigment the whole time...

 

[melypr1985]

Great news! Keep us posted and make sure to share a picture

 

[bevo5]

OK only update - she has been doing great. Lots of eating. No dots. No flashing. No anything.

Only issue is that she remains pretty skinny. She's filled out nicely on the bottom but she still pretty thin on the sides. I think I was feeding too much Nori so I mixed in some mysis yesterday. She also eats spirulina brine but I understand there's not much nutritional value there. I also soak the food in Selcon....

Any advice on what to feed to fatten her up? I can load her down with food - that's not a problem. I'll just do more water changes.

 

[Humblefish]

Any advice on what to feed to fatten her up? I can load her down with food - that's not a problem. I'll just do more water changes.

Nasos need a lot of food. I would be giving her nori daily, plus feeding mysis, LRS, Formula 2, etc. at least 2x daily.

 

[melypr1985]

OK only update - she has been doing great. Lots of eating. No dots. No flashing. No anything.

Only issue is that she remains pretty skinny. She's filled out nicely on the bottom but she still pretty thin on the sides. I think I was feeding too much Nori so I mixed in some mysis yesterday. She also eats spirulina brine but I understand there's not much nutritional value there. I also soak the food in Selcon....

Any advice on what to feed to fatten her up? I can load her down with food - that's not a problem. I'll just do more water changes.

Just feed a nice mix of frozen meaty foods and nori along with the selcon that your already doing.

Or what Humble said... lol

 

[bevo5]

Hey thanks y'all. Yeah - she eats nori everyday. Lots of it. But wasn't liking anything else for the past few weeks. Well, she would devour spirulina brine but I was doing that sparingly. I might add in more meaty foods now so she can fatten up.