Re: Dwarf Problems

["Chris Jewell" <chris@jewell68.freeserve.co.uk>]

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

It is possible there could have been a small amount. What is bloat in the
contect of appisto's, I've only heard of in the context of milawi /
tanginikans?

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: <rgrenfell@snet.net>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 2:32 AM
Subject: Re: Dwarf Problems


> >
> 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
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > from John McCrone
> > >
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