Maybe no relevance, just thought it was interesting! So whats goin on with my ailing Julies?
Mysterious death of cichlids Hi Chuck First, thanks for getting back to me so fast and glad you enjoyed your visit to the Lake. Malawi’s a very small world and, having lived here for 11 years, we know Stuart Grant very well. All our original fish came from his place, though many have bred prolifically since then. Since writing to you, I went to a local pharmacy to look for Metronidazole, which they didn’t have. When I explained to the pharmacist what it was for (expecting raised eyebrows), it was she who told me to take the tetracycline – on the grounds that Stuart Grant buys it from her in large quantities! We finally got hold of Stuart’s right-hand man yesterday and followed his instructions, which were to add half a kg of salt per 1000 lts and empty the contents of 50 x 250mg Tet capsules into the water. We did all that and, although it turned the water dark red, the fish seemed undisturbed and cheerfully demanded food. Thanks for all your other advice on food (we use the same as St
