Hexamita, fish died before treatment, still treat others?

[heppeone]

Title says it. Noticed a problem with one of our 3 stripe damsel today, looked like it was Hexamita. Went and got med my store advised, "API General Kure", unfortunately fish died before treatment started. Should I still treat the tank with two damsels remaining? Side note, water tests show Nitrates high at 80, working on that too.

 

[ginpang]

Did he have stringny poop or just holes in the head ? Could it have been HLLE ? I think angelfish are prone to hexamita not sure about damsels.

For sure deal with the nitrates... Is this a cycling tank? Do you have a qt? Are there any inverts in the tank?
General cure contains metronidazole and praziquantel .... I'm not sure if I would do metro as a preventive . I think would probably do prazipro and vitamins and wait.

? Maybe someone else will chime in!?

 

[heppeone]

ginpang, thanks for the reply. I put meds in last night while doing 50% water change, the fish that died did have the white stringy poop. The tank is not cycling, established with maybe a few small inverts hiding away, small crabs, one or two or none left. Never see them with lights on, well, rarely. Guessing QT is for quarantine tank, no I don't. Read a few articles that say damsels are susceptible to Hexamita.

Have bathtub full of dlr cycling at me moment, ammonia and nitrite numbers are zero but waiting to finish meds before adding rock to avoid extra stress to fish.

 

[ginpang]

If they are eating I know there are medicated foods with metronidazole that you can try. Some may argue that the fish won't eat it, but damsels aren't usually picky eaters... That may be a route you might want to take , makes for a bit less water changes.

 

[Dmorty217]

If they are eating I know there are medicated foods with metronidazole that you can try. Some may argue that the fish won't eat it, but damsels aren't usually picky eaters... That may be a route you might want to take , makes for a bit less water changes.

This but the meds in the food have to be at a high enough concentration in the blood to be effective so that means feeding nothing but that for bare minimum a month, closer to two or three is probably more realistic. Prazi can be administered in less than 2 weeks and is without a doubt effective. Make sure you have fresh Prazi, not some that has been sitting on a shelf for months