Houston the HLLE Tang - One Year Later

[islandreef]

How did you turn it around?

 

[jennm]

Nothing special really. Good water quality, good diet. He had neither where he was brought from.

Jenn

 

[patrick]

Nice job. You've worked wonders on that fish.It is great to see them come around. You might be pleasantly surprised how much it will heal.

My hippo had it about half that bad when I got him and it took about 4 1/2 years for him to come all the way back. He even has freckles again.

 

[gregoryleonard]

Did you use Selcon in his recovery diet? I have heard that soaking their food in Selcon will help prevent and cure HLLE.

 

[jeffmuse]

Great post Jen, awesome job nursing him back to health!

 

[jennm]

I didn't use Selcon specifically. We feed a wide variety of foods, use Vitamin C, and garlic routinely. Selcon is HUFA and a lot of the foods we use are also a source of HUFA (Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids).

Houston is a pig - he eats everything and anything. 2 years of Spirulina flakes he was probably good and ready for some variety.

Jenn