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hi guys,well the treatment is sort of going ok,out of the 2 albinos that have it ,1 is like 90% healed up,hes colour is bright again and his skin looks great,however the other bigger 1 had a more advanaced case,well he is not healing up no where near the other 1,the holes havent gotten any bigger or worse,but i wouldnt say that they are gettin better ether.its like the metro is just stopping it but not enuff to heal it ether.see my vet is still on holidays.so here i am.i slowed down my daily water changes because i rekon that i mite be taking out more metro than im putting in.im still doing all the stuff i was told execpt the daily wtr chages.im thinking maybe a stronger dose of the metro,but i dont want to do anything till i can get to see my vet,or get sum info from you guys,i just find it strange that 1 responed tp the treatment so good and the other still looks the same.any more help would be great.thanx guys.

Being my that my usual paranoid state would take over in such situations, id be tempted to repeat the treatment just to be sure. Hexamita scars can take a long time to disappear, but equally hexamita itself can be surprisingly persistant, you may still have a sick fish.

Hokese,

Metro and other medications arrest the secondary infections that come with HITH. Diet and great tank cleanliness help the disease symptoms to heal.

As you mentioned in your post, one fish was hit harder by the infection than the other and should take longer to heal. Take a deep breath, step away from the meds and do a couple of water changes. Everything is fine.

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ok thanx guys,ive calmed down now,i will stick it out,and concentrate on the water and food.is a change of diet important,i told my vet what i fed them he just it was ok,but cut the feeds back while they are getting treatment,my tank upgrade and filtration upgrade is not far away,(mid january).i think this will be the final step to getting them back to normal.so untill then ill just keep my water tip top,and keep my gravel vacums going too.one more thing,how is the parasite passed from one fish to the next,is it skin contact,or in the water,or what.ok thanx guys ill let you no how they go.

Yeah, just like people when they are sick, diet is very important. Pea's are a great source of most of the vitamins your fish will be lacking from dealing with HITH and treatment. Just buy the frozen ones, shell them while frozen by 'squashing' them between your fingers, and drop them in the tank about 5 minutes later. My fish (all of them...) love pea's.

Until you talk to your vet just keep doing what you're doing. The scars will probably never fully heal, so the fact the scaring is not going away doesn't mean your fish aren't getting better.

Hexamita - have a read of http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/VM053

Last edited by jester_fu at 28-Dec-2005 05:25