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| Re: Help Me if you can [message #8809] |
Wed, 20 February 2008 17:10   |
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its an egg spot. normal for them to have usly the males have more egg spots then females... thus the way they breed the male swings it tail in front of the female and she thinks she lost eggs and she follows him and he releases sperm in to her mouth to fertilize the eggs...
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| Re: Help Me if you can [message #8811] |
Wed, 20 February 2008 18:07 |
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aaah i didnt even notice it... looked like the fin was like folded over or light hit it different, im not sure of that sorry.
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| Re: Help Me if you can [message #8814] |
Thu, 21 February 2008 09:14 |
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You say it's bubbled? Gee that's a tough one. It could be fungus, parasite, or even an injury. My first thoughts are to isolate said fish in a hospital tank and treat with aquarium salt. In the mean time, do a water change in first tank. If it is an injury, you will notice it getting better in just a couple days. If it is fungus, it will spread and if it's a parasite, you will notice other symptoms. I will be honest, my fish have had parasites, fungus, and bacterial infections as well as injuries and have not witnessed anything that was bubbled. Doesn't mean it can't be. I would watch if for a couple days though and see if there are any changes to give us better heads up on what it could be. In the mean time, I will pass this on to LeeAnn, she is the owner of the site. Lets see if she has any clue on the matter.
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| Re: Help Me if you can [message #8818] |
Thu, 21 February 2008 16:01 |
 dalton 
Messages: 12
Registered: February 2008
Location: AZ |
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Definitely not a fungus. True fungi don't occur very often in fresh water let alone hard rift lake water.
Could be a parasite. Are there eyes? Has the spot moved? If it is a parasite you'd probably be able to tell pretty easily.
What was the cause? Has this particular fish been scrappy with some of the other tank mates? Usually an infection like this is a result of an injury. Just like if you cut your hand and don't wash it. It may become infected.
Sounds, and looks to me like a good ol fashioned bacterial infection.
If that is the case, and you have the ability to determine weather or not the bacteria is gram positive or gram negative (via a gram dye test), then I'd say you are well on your way to fixing the problem!
If not, then that's ok, too. Just treat your fish with a broad spectrum antibiotic which will usually treat for both gram positive and negative.
I would personally recommend a product sold byNational Fish Pharmaceuticals called Sulfa 4 TMP. It combines four different sulfide based antibiotics with trimethoprim which allows each drug to work to their fullest. You would probably be successful with some common aquarium meds, too. Like tetracycline, amoxicillin, kanamycin sulfate, etc. Just follow the manufacturers directions.
If it's not a bacterial infection at all, then what else could it be?
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