My hypothesis of a new method for treating Amyloodinium.

[Terry B]

Some of you may be aware of my modified transfer method for treating Cryptocaryon irritans. I outlined this method in the current issue of Advanced Aquarist Online magazine. I have a new hypothesis for treating Amyloodinium with the transfer or “hyposaline-transfer method”. I decided to consult with Dr. Edward Noga, author and professor of Aquatic Medicine at North Carolina State University, and Dr. Angelo Colorni of Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research about my idea. Both of them told me that my idea is at least theoretically feasible and worth investigating. Doctors Noga and Colorni thought that the idea would work, but it is untested. While neither of them volunteered to perform experiments using this method they did encourage me to do so. I am wondering if someone that works at a public aquarium or that handles a large volume of reef fish might consider experimenting with this method.
Terry B

 

[Kalkbreath]

Why a large volume of test fish ? What if it doesnt work? :wink:

 

[Terry B]

I am not suggesting that someone try it on a large number of fish at once. I just thought that someone that has access to a large volume of fish could easily come across some fish infected with Amyloodinium.
Terry B

 

[Anonymous]

Go to any LFS, you'll find it a lot quicker then a most wholesalers.

 

[Terry B]

I believe that many fish infected with Amyloodinium don't make it as far as a retailer. I think this is part of the reason that hobbyists encounter Amyloodinium less frequently than Cryptocaryon. Amyloodinium kills fish pretty quickly, especially when they are badly stressed by handling and transport. Besides, few retailers would even recognize what they are dealing with soon enough to treat the fish. They are also less likely to examine a sample under a microscope to confirm a diagnosis.
Terry B

 

[Anonymous]

wouldn't it be possible to 'inoculate' a few fish w/oodinium under controlled conditions?

 

[Terry B]

You would have to start with at least one infected fish so you could expose any other fish that you wanted to include in the experiment. I doubt that the fish could be innoculated any other way.
Terry B

 

[Kalkbreath]

Is the treatment a secrete?

 

[Terry B]

What do you mean by a secret?
"I have a new hypothesis for treating Amyloodinium with the transfer or “hyposaline-transfer method”. "
Terry B

 

[Anonymous]

My point being, most wholesalers have a pretty damn good disease protocol in place, where as most LFS don't. Why not put out a call in the general section for Amyloodinium infected fish and do the expirement yourself?

 

[clarionreef]

Terry,
Go to PETCO on Hamilton Ave in San Jose, Calif...They always have a nice variety of marine diseases percolating any day of the week.
Steve
PS. Could be a goldmine for researchers

 

[Kalkbreath]

What do you mean by a secret?
"I have a new hypothesis for treating Amyloodinium with the transfer or “hyposaline-transfer method”. "
Terry B

I understand what the words mean......but can you be more descriptive? Is there somewhere in this post that I missed where you explained how your hypothesis differs from all the others ? Or is it a secret?

 

[Anonymous]

I don't think its a secret Kalk, just gonna be published in the future (advancedaquarist).

 

[Kalkbreath]

I understand now. I will wait in line like the rest. :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

Theres three lines, the one for Franks data, the one for the CDT results and the one for Terry's new hypothesis for treating Amyloodinium, which line are you standind in? Guess we'll need some proxies for this one, huh?

 

[Terry B]

Kalk,
I believe my idea for treating Amyloodinium with the transfer method is original so I don't know of any other hypothesis for it. You can read about using my new or modified version of the transfer method that I call the hyposaline-transfer or "Hypo-Trans method" in part five of my series on Cryptocaryon irritans (March 2004 issue of Advanced Aquarist). When treating Amyloodinium the fish may need to be transfered every other day rather than every third day. I am not sure at this point. I have no plans at this point to perform the trials myself unless I come across a local supply of infected fish. The problem here is that most of the LFS wouldn't recognize an infection with Amyloodinium, at least not until it was too late.
Terry B

 

[Kalkbreath]

I will read your work in AA .........then return ....... Sounds interesting!