Cure for hole in the head

solar-ton · 09-24-2005, 06:39 PM

the cure that i came up with WORKS the holes on my gourami and male oscar are tiny now but the cure will only work with the pellets though.but anyway i found a proven cure that nobody elese did and im only 13 LOL.

Fishboy93 · 09-24-2005, 06:52 PM

What is the cure?

shev · 09-24-2005, 07:08 PM

I think there are medications out there to actually attack the protozoan hexamita. but its uncertain if hexamita is the cause of hith, or if it is only something that infects the wound.

Other than that the only cure is the obvious one, keep your fish healthy. ie cleaner water, not stressed, bigger tank, and improved diet should clear up hith.

so what was your cure?

cucci67 · 09-24-2005, 07:48 PM

maybe he wants to patent it, so he can't tell you until afterwards.

solar-ton · 09-25-2005, 11:32 AM

go look in the profiles and article section PLEESE its no HITH guard

and the two main causes of HITH are lack of lipids,vitamins A and C and boring diet

Damon · 09-25-2005, 12:17 PM

There is no conclusive evidence that those are the causes other than they do know the bacteria that is responsible for it.
http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/hdhith.htm
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/ar...id=412&aid=675
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/aquariums/1694

**Cichlid Man** · 09-25-2005, 12:29 PM

The only way I've managed to cure hole in the head is by using metronidazole, I've tried so many other remidies but this is the only one that seems to do any good, even metronidazole though isn't always 100% efficient. Also I don't that by feeding your fish fats, oils and vitimins it will make your fish any less prone to HITH.

Georgia Peach · 09-25-2005, 12:57 PM

My oscar had it and I tried lots of things - metronidazole was the only thing that half worked. He still had a hole though - lived with it for about 5 years but it never got any bigger.

solar-ton · 09-25-2005, 03:55 PM

im just saying that the cure i made works really well and since it has metronidazole in it then its even better the vitamins in it upps its immune system and the lipids help repair the holes and its making the holes shrink and their almost gone completly the recipe is in the articles thing and that it works really well

09-24-2005, 06:39 PM	#1
solar-ton guardian of the sea Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: a tree Age: 16 Posts: 683	Cure for hole in the head the cure that i came up with WORKS the holes on my gourami and male oscar are tiny now but the cure will only work with the pellets though.but anyway i found a proven cure that nobody elese did and im only 13 LOL. __________________ minimum oscar tank size: 75 gallon for 2 a 125 goldfish can cause hith diesease! so dont feed them goldfish as a staple diet!

09-24-2005, 06:52 PM	#2
Fishboy93 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ft. Myers, FL Age: 16 Posts: 647	What is the cure? __________________ 29 Gallon Reef

09-24-2005, 07:08 PM	#3
shev Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montana Age: 19 Posts: 1,587	I think there are medications out there to actually attack the protozoan hexamita. but its uncertain if hexamita is the cause of hith, or if it is only something that infects the wound. Other than that the only cure is the obvious one, keep your fish healthy. ie cleaner water, not stressed, bigger tank, and improved diet should clear up hith. so what was your cure? Last edited by shev; 09-24-2005 at 07:13 PM.

09-25-2005, 11:32 AM	#5
solar-ton guardian of the sea Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: a tree Age: 16 Posts: 683	go look in the profiles and article section PLEESE its no HITH guard and the two main causes of HITH are lack of lipids,vitamins A and C and boring diet __________________ minimum oscar tank size: 75 gallon for 2 a 125 goldfish can cause hith diesease! so dont feed them goldfish as a staple diet! Last edited by solar-ton; 09-25-2005 at 11:48 AM.

09-25-2005, 12:17 PM	#6
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,976	There is no conclusive evidence that those are the causes other than they do know the bacteria that is responsible for it. http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/hdhith.htm http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/ar...id=412&aid=675 http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/aquariums/1694 __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

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cucci67 No Longer Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 481	maybe he wants to patent it, so he can't tell you until afterwards.

09-25-2005, 12:29 PM	#7
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,095	The only way I've managed to cure hole in the head is by using metronidazole, I've tried so many other remidies but this is the only one that seems to do any good, even metronidazole though isn't always 100% efficient. Also I don't that by feeding your fish fats, oils and vitimins it will make your fish any less prone to HITH. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

09-25-2005, 12:57 PM	#8
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,706	My oscar had it and I tried lots of things - metronidazole was the only thing that half worked. He still had a hole though - lived with it for about 5 years but it never got any bigger. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

09-25-2005, 03:55 PM	#9
solar-ton guardian of the sea Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: a tree Age: 16 Posts: 683	im just saying that the cure i made works really well and since it has metronidazole in it then its even better the vitamins in it upps its immune system and the lipids help repair the holes and its making the holes shrink and their almost gone completly the recipe is in the articles thing and that it works really well __________________ minimum oscar tank size: 75 gallon for 2 a 125 goldfish can cause hith diesease! so dont feed them goldfish as a staple diet!

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