Re: Dwarf Problems

[Rik Vandiver <mrriketts@ynn.com>]

Hey David  Sanchez etc. any ideas on this one ??????

John McCrone wrote:

> [Chris Jewell]
> I've recently had problems in the last few months that appear only to be
> effecting my dwarf cichlids, resulting in the loss of Bolivian rams, Blue
> rams, Opaline Apistos, Kribs and a few others.
> It only appears to effect the fish singularly, with one  half of a pair
> being
> struck down at once, allthough the other can sometimes follow a few  days /
> weeks later. The sysmtoms are the fish become listless, loos colour and
> generally darken, start to shimmy and  stay on the tank bottom. Thsi is
> followed by heathy breathy, loss of appetite, and death, in about 24-48
> hours.
>
> [John McCrone]
> I didn't see any responses to your post. I suspect this is because this is a
> very puzzling picture. Bolivian rams and Kribs I would consider pretty
> bullet proof. And if you keep discus successfully, you must have a fair idea
> of what you are doing.
>
> One thought, do the fish that die all come from the same shop? I'm in the UK
> too and I used to buy at a particular place. Then staff changed and every
> apisto pair I bought seemed to go black and die after a few days. Not
> through any obvious disease but simply as if shocked or gill damaged by poor
> husbandry at the shop.
>
> Cheers
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> from John McCrone
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