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Treating Bowfin


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Posted 19 December 2010 - 12:51 AM

What should I use to treat a 1-2 inch Bowfin in quarintine? Are they sensitive to certain things?

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Posted 19 December 2010 - 07:37 AM

General rule with all anachronistic fish: If it ain't broken don't try to fix it....

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Posted 19 December 2010 - 10:21 AM

General rule with all anachronistic fish: If it ain't broken don't try to fix it....

Ok, but I've heard that Bowfin often have parasite problems, so I felt it would be a good idea to treat them for it.

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Posted 19 December 2010 - 11:47 AM

Don't medicate anyone, fish or human, unless you are positive of their diagnosis. Overusage of medication is how superbugs get created.

Edited by EricaWieser, 19 December 2010 - 11:48 AM.


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Posted 19 December 2010 - 11:48 AM

Don't medicate anyone, fish or human, unless you are positive of their diagnosis. Overusage of medication is how superbugs get created.

Ok, thank you.

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Posted 19 December 2010 - 11:48 PM

I've never treated any of my bowfin for parasites - the juveniles ARE loaded with them but mine are older fish - maybe start at 6" or so and you'll be OK. The only problem I've had is incipient fin rot in newly collected specimens, and salt does the trick for that. No danger of creating super fin rot by using salt!

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Posted 22 December 2010 - 09:59 AM

I've never treated any of my bowfin for parasites - the juveniles ARE loaded with them but mine are older fish - maybe start at 6" or so and you'll be OK. The only problem I've had is incipient fin rot in newly collected specimens, and salt does the trick for that. No danger of creating super fin rot by using salt!

Ok, but I'm going to have to be getting them around 3 inches so they'll still have space while I'm renovating my pond, so should I just treat with salt and keep other treatments on hand just in case?

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Posted 22 December 2010 - 11:50 PM

I would say yes - but as soon as the first one dies, do a necropsy on it and look for internal parasites (worms in gut/intestine). If found, treat accordingly.

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Posted 26 December 2010 - 12:40 PM

I would say yes - but as soon as the first one dies, do a necropsy on it and look for internal parasites (worms in gut/intestine). If found, treat accordingly.

Ok, thank you!



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