Bluefin getting very thin
#1 Guest_HelenB_*
Posted 19 September 2008 - 09:15 PM
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Helen
#3 Guest_butch_*
Posted 20 September 2008 - 02:19 PM
Move to the large aquarium won't be help with it, I've kept a pair of bluefin in 5.5gal in past and I never had problems...so space isn't issue in here, its parasites.
#4 Guest_HelenB_*
Posted 20 September 2008 - 07:29 PM
She's been like that for about a week. I thought that she had had it last weekend, but she seemed to rally, then weakened again. I didn't think that the male's behaviour had caused the problem, I just thought that it was rather touching the way he changed from being a pest to showing what appeared to be gentle affection for a sick mate.
Thanks,
Helen
#6 Guest_HelenB_*
Posted 20 September 2008 - 09:37 PM
They have been spawning, though not profusely. I removed three eggs from the hornwort, which hatched OK. Two or three young fish have appeared in the tank from eggs I didn't see.
Thanks,
Helen
Edited by HelenB, 20 September 2008 - 09:38 PM.
#7 Guest_topminnow_*
Posted 21 September 2008 - 02:45 PM
#8 Guest_butch_*
Posted 21 September 2008 - 05:46 PM
Did you collect the plants yourself? I've come across harmful bacteria and parasites which hitch-hike along with snails/plants. You might try adding some salt to the aquarium though it will melt the hornwort. Java moss would work well in your situation. It sound like your females been spawning pretty frequently which could lead to a sunken-belly.
Its doesn't sounds the spawning frequently resulted into sunken-belly. They don't lay 50 eggs everyday, just 2-3 eggs. Its mostly likely that plants carried some tasty snacks just happened to be infected with parasites.
#9 Guest_HelenB_*
Posted 22 September 2008 - 09:25 PM
I put some salt in the tank, and started treating it with Chem-Marin 'Stop Parasites'. Maybe the female seems to be rallying a little. I guess that my main concern is that the symptoms partly resemble 'fish TB' though the female has no signs of ulcers.
Thanks for all your help.
Helen
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