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Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 15 Dec 2021, 22:14
by fishguy1978
I scored these from my LFS. They were mixed in with striped raphaels.They are pretty skinny so I will need to fatten them up before they join my raphaels.
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 15 Dec 2021, 22:38
by Jools
Mmmmm, not sure. I'd be worried about it being
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Jools
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 15 Dec 2021, 23:11
by Dave Rinaldo
I'll put my two cents on
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Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 15 Dec 2021, 23:19
by fishguy1978
Jools wrote: ↑15 Dec 2021, 22:38
Mmmmm, not sure. I'd be worried about it being
.
Jools
The Megalodoras is mottled while the O. eigenmanni is striped. The 2 fish I obtained are striped with no mottling.
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 16 Dec 2021, 15:24
by fishguy1978
Thankfully, these guys were feeding within minutes of being released into quarantine.
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 16 Dec 2021, 20:04
by fishguy1978
Hopefully some power feeding will get some flesh on these guys.
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 18 Dec 2021, 05:53
by fishguy1978
Fed the new O. eigenmanni some blood worms and they have nice round bellies.
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 01 Jan 2022, 01:09
by fishguy1978
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 01 Jan 2022, 01:10
by fishguy1978
Shared hide with a half dozen banjo cats.
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 28 Jan 2022, 04:26
by fishguy1978
Moved the O. eigenmanni into the 120g now that they have healthy looking bellies. One dove into a bamboo cave with one of the striped Raphaels so we will see how communal they are.
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 14 Feb 2022, 19:41
by fishguy1978
Some more exciting news to come but for now..What is going on with this orinocodoris? Meds on hand are prazipro, paraguard, polyguard and kanaplex I do have salt as well. Theses did go through a week or so of paraguard when I first brought them home.
https://youtu.be/W3MFiLOBpKw
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 15 Feb 2022, 00:31
by fishguy1978
The patient is out of surgery and in recovery. Seems to have worn of the clove oil. Swimming normally. I removed the entire skin sack so there is now a round patch of missing skin. I will dose paraguard for the next week and see what happens.
Removed parasite
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 17 Feb 2022, 14:03
by fishguy1978
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 18 Feb 2022, 07:39
by Jools
Glad to see, these are tough fish, but that looked rough.
Jools
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 18 Feb 2022, 15:16
by fishguy1978
Jools wrote: ↑18 Feb 2022, 07:39
Glad to see, these are tough fish, but that looked rough.
Jools
Yes, they are. I was amazed when my spotted raph survived getting skinned.
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 18 Feb 2022, 15:43
by characinkid
Can I ask how you removed this? Did you use a scalpel to cut it out?
Great surgery by the way!
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 18 Feb 2022, 17:01
by bekateen
Amazing success (so far) on the surgery. In the future, if you're ever short of clove oil, you can buy at local drug stores like Walgreens, etc., (and even most grocery stores and department stores with baby sections) the 20% benzocaine used for teething pain. A few drops (how many drops has to be determined by trial and error - I found 3-4 drops per 100 ml was pretty safe) in water then immerse the fish; it's safe for sedating fish, then transfer to clean water for recovery.
I wouldn't say it's better than the clove oil, but last summer I couldn't find clove oil in local stores so I resorted to the benzocaine.
Good luck with the recovery!
Eric
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 19 Feb 2022, 02:19
by fishguy1978
characinkid wrote: ↑18 Feb 2022, 15:43
Can I ask how you removed this? Did you use a scalpel to cut it out?
Great surgery by the way!
Thanks. I used a pair of mustache scissors.
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 19 Feb 2022, 02:21
by fishguy1978
bekateen wrote: ↑18 Feb 2022, 17:01
Amazing success (so far) on the surgery. In the future, if you're ever short of clove oil, you can buy at local drug stores like Walgreens, etc., (and even most grocery stores and department stores with baby sections) the 20% benzocaine used for teething pain. A few drops (how many drops has to be determined by trial and error - I found 3-4 drops per 100 ml was pretty safe) in water then immerse the fish; it's safe for sedating fish, then transfer to clean water for recovery.
I wouldn't say it's better than the clove oil, but last summer I couldn't find clove oil in local stores so I resorted to the benzocaine.
Good luck with the recovery!
Eric
Thanks. I was surprised that GNC carried the clove oil but I will keep the benzocaine in mind.
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 25 Feb 2022, 03:31
by fishguy1978
- Healing nicely
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 25 Feb 2022, 20:59
by bekateen
Looking much better!
Cheers, Eric
Re: Orinocodoras eigenmanni?
Posted: 11 Sep 2022, 19:40
by fishguy1978
