Metro to Prevent bloat on tropheus

[augusto9605]

Do you guys use metro to prevent bloat on tropheus? If so how often and how do you use it on water or food?


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[Austy16414]

Metro to Prevent bloat on tropheus

Yes, metro is great for bloat. You only use it when you notice bloat symptoms. Once you start, you use it until the fish start to eat, but I've never gone over 7 days straight. Just dose in a cup of tank water and add to the tank. Small water changes daily. Kensfish makes a tropheus flake with metro and garlic, which is a great preventative and alternative treatment, but only if they're eating


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[moganman]

In order to prevent bloat you need to be consistent and consistent with the right practices. Regular water changes and good quality food. Don't move rocks too often because often times it disrupts the hierarchy which makes aggression increase as a result of males fighting for alpha status. One on issue that causes bloat is food. If the fish are eating a certain food and you suddenly change it without a slow transition, it could cause serious issues.

As far as treatment, I use bifuran with metro. Metro is no longer effective or potent after 8 hours so using it twice a day along with 25-50% daily water changes is my preference. Keep lights off and only feed minimal food if you feed at all. I also use Epsom salt as a preventative method and also during treatment. It helps with the digestive system.

[ptran]

Do you guys use metro to prevent bloat on tropheus? If so how often and how do you use it on water or food?


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LOL I see somebody has crossed to the dark side. Congrats man!

[augusto9605]

Thanks guys for the feedback. I'm about to get some small colony of dubosi juvies 2" (around 20 ) but I've been reading and searching about this pretty guys and all site recommend to have metro before you get them.

The group that I'm thinking to get, they have been feeding with some homemade food so I may have to ask him give some of that food to make that transition to NLS slowly. moganman suggested.

I remembered Austin trophs (red bishop) were getting bloat, Austin did you find out the reason?

[augusto9605]

did you mean by dark side, buying trophs or getting bloat on some fish? but It's really hard to avoid getting some of these guys when you keep seeing bunch of people talking and showing off their tanks with these pretty and awesome fish, dude!! hahaha

[ptran]

I agree. Trophs are very tempting, but it's a territory I have yet explored. I will get there one day. LOL

[Austy16414]

Thanks guys for the feedback. I'm about to get some small colony of dubosi juvies 2" (around 20 ) but I've been reading and searching about this pretty guys and all site recommend to have metro before you get them.

The group that I'm thinking to get, they have been feeding with some homemade food so I may have to ask him give some of that food to make that transition to NLS slowly. moganman suggested.

I remembered Austin trophs (red bishop) were getting bloat, Austin did you find out the reason?

I had one that was physically bloated and a few others showing symptoms, but treated with Metro for 5 days and all of the fish recovered. Probably caused by excessive change in environment between major tank changes and adding/removing fish, just stressed them out too much. I follow a regimen similar to Moganman's: 30% WC daily feeding metro/garlic flakes every other day, but with no bifuran. Epsom is a great preventative, I dose around a tablespoon per 5 gallons at each water change and it's actually semi-difficult to bloat the trophs I have now

did you mean by dark side, buying trophs or getting bloat on some fish? but It's really hard to avoid getting some of these guys when you keep seeing bunch of people talking and showing off their tanks with these pretty and awesome fish, dude!! hahaha

Just make the jump man, they really aren't that difficult to keep. With primo filtration, a stable environment/parameters, epsom salt, meds on hand, and a solid diet, you'll be golden :emt_thumbs:

[hungvanvo]

I just play trophies in few years so I still learning to take care them better and I have some to share with you. As First, Bloat is not all about the food they eat or need prevent bloat by med. Bloat come from stress like long hour transport, Ratio, the size of colony...... and these will get tropheus stress and the sign they will hidden, stop eat, and their pup white string... as this time their digest system not working well and now it call bloat. Bloat will kill the fish in few days if you not treat right time. so prevent bloat is hard to know when need to treat, but you can help your tropheus healthier on the digest system by the food their eat have garlic like NLS Thera A or have pea like HBH Veggie flake or you can buy garlic liquid spray on the food before feed them. By the way Metro and clout are great med to treat bloat plus Epson salt is big help for clean out their digest system ( by direct to mouth of mix liquid Epson salt ) Hope it help answer your question.

[ptran]

So they are getting sick in the stomach because of stress? Stress mess up their digestive system and that results in bloat.
(I need to eat more garlic in my diet too then. Too much stress at work that sometimes I feel bloated. No kidding!!!)