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  1. That’s because of an awesome mentor your associated with (Tim).   I just wish he was a part of my veterinary education back then. I do happen to pick up notes from here and there.  

    Sounds like a future topic for a meeting:  aquatic marine diseases and current treatments.   

    Scott

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  2. Sorry to hear you and the Tang are having to deal with this.  As you probably have researched, HLLE is often multifactorial.  Stressors such as overcrowding, poor water quality, or poor nutrition may predispose fish to HLLE. The exact etiology of this syndrome is unknown. Proposed causative agents include hexamitid parasites, activated carbon/carbon dust, heavy metals such as copper, stray electrical voltage, ozone, ultraviolet (UV) radiation products, nutrient deficiencies of vitamins A and/or C and minerals, and various other stressors.  It can be treated, although it requires good water quality, varied nutrition and use of a topical medication:  0.01% becaplermin (Regranex®, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc., Raritan, NJ).  This is an expensive medication and it requires anesthesia to the specimen being treated. 

    I think we all have been in this vote sometime during our “quest to have a piece of the ocean.”

     

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  3. Unfortunately, I spent considerable time in the Bay Area during the Fall for my sons hospitalization/treatments.  The good news, I did go around “coral” shopping between visits.  Aquatic Collection was good.  I really liked Bay Bridge Aquarium in Oakland.  Super Nice and knowledgeable.  

     

     

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