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       Wasting Disease 
       By: Austlids Date: February 20, 2015, 12:32 am
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       Has anyone else experienced wasting disease. At first I thought
       my problem was parasites with my Cichlids (treated many times),
       now I am starting to think it's much more. The more I read on
       the net the more concerned I am. Now that my fish have grown
       they seem to be dieing at a very fast rate. Within a day or so
       of showing signs of huge weight loss and also curving spines
       they are dead. All my fish were fine until I bought some
       Electric Yellows from a LFS which died within days of bringing
       them home, so I suspect they were carriers of something. Love to
       hear other peoples thoughts on what I should do. Its killing me
       to watch my beautiful fish suffer one after another. P.S water
       parameters are good and been stable for over a year now,
       frequent water changes also.
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       Re: Wasting Disease 
       By: PaulMartin61 Date: February 21, 2015, 2:04 pm
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       Sorry to hear about your loss Austlids.
       Wasting disease as I know it is typically a description of fish
       tuberculosis.
       Usually when this sets in there's not much you can do to help
       the fish, aside from removing them to a quarantine tank.
       I've read that adding garlic to their diet can help, but I have
       no experience with doing so.
       Keep us informed how your managing.
       Paul
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       Re: Wasting Disease 
       By: Methodical Date: March 5, 2015, 12:43 pm
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       This is scary and making me seriously consider setting up one of
       30 gallon tanks as a hold tank for when I buy new fish or have
       some sickly ones.
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