Re: Dwarf Problems

[Rich Grenfell <rgrenfell@snet.net>]

do you notice any abdominal swelling? The symptoms you are dexcribing
sound like bloat to me.

Rich 

 
> 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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