cowabonga
Member
well i post this yesterday on reefcentral and havent got much response. Hopefully someone on here can help me:
"I woke up this morning and found my male blue jaw trigger spinning/rolling in the qt tank. Hes currently in the qt tank with the female which to appear normal. I have no clue on what is wrong with him. I purchased him a week ago, and hes been very shy and hiding since. What is this disease? Bladder infection? Help Thanks-Mike'
the only respponse i got was this:
"First Mike, I'm very glad you're using a qt.
Swimming disorder symptoms are challenging to diagnose. I don't know how much I can help.
Water quality in quarantine is hard to maintain. Make sure all your analyses result in acceptable levels.
In general I've only had two fish (less than 0.1%) with a symptom you have described. They died. I only autopsied one of these two. I found some sort of attachments to two of its internal organs. Perhaps best described as cysts. I didn't identify it, nor am I sure it contributed to the fish's symptom or death.
I would treat the symptom with internal medications. I have no idea which one(s) to recommend. No treatment is going to be friendly to the unaffected fish, which is usually a good reason to qt one fish at a time.
The down side to this recommended treatment is that such medications need to be swallowed. I assume your fish not interested in eating at all, at this time.
I'm sorry I don't have better news. "
The blue jaw is still doing the same thing and his body seems to be bent. Im treating him with marcyn 2 rite now but doesnt look like it will help. Any suggestion? Its a sad sight.
:nope:
"I woke up this morning and found my male blue jaw trigger spinning/rolling in the qt tank. Hes currently in the qt tank with the female which to appear normal. I have no clue on what is wrong with him. I purchased him a week ago, and hes been very shy and hiding since. What is this disease? Bladder infection? Help Thanks-Mike'
the only respponse i got was this:
"First Mike, I'm very glad you're using a qt.
Swimming disorder symptoms are challenging to diagnose. I don't know how much I can help.
Water quality in quarantine is hard to maintain. Make sure all your analyses result in acceptable levels.
In general I've only had two fish (less than 0.1%) with a symptom you have described. They died. I only autopsied one of these two. I found some sort of attachments to two of its internal organs. Perhaps best described as cysts. I didn't identify it, nor am I sure it contributed to the fish's symptom or death.
I would treat the symptom with internal medications. I have no idea which one(s) to recommend. No treatment is going to be friendly to the unaffected fish, which is usually a good reason to qt one fish at a time.
The down side to this recommended treatment is that such medications need to be swallowed. I assume your fish not interested in eating at all, at this time.
I'm sorry I don't have better news. "
The blue jaw is still doing the same thing and his body seems to be bent. Im treating him with marcyn 2 rite now but doesnt look like it will help. Any suggestion? Its a sad sight.
:nope:
