Re: Really Skinny Fish

["David Soares" <apistodave@bendcable.com>]

Patricia souns like worms to me
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia Ceger" <pc6@acpub.duke.edu>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 10:48 AM
Subject: Really Skinny Fish


> Hi Everyone.
> I just wanted to ask for your advice regarding some fish that were given
to
> me by a friend who is moving out of town.
> He gave me a pair of rams and an A. trifasciata.  All three fish are VERY
> thin, with concave bellies rather than convex.  They are very pale, with
the
> rams in particular almost completely lacking their normal black markings.
> They are also swimming strangely, as if their caudal areas were very
heavy,
> so that their lower bodies hang down.
> The 3 fish are currently in my 10 gallon quarentine tank, which has a well
> established filter, pH 6.3, nitrites and nitrates below the limit of my
test
> kits ability to detect them.  All three fish are feeding heavily,
attacking
> food as soon as I put it in the tank.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what may be wrong with these fish?  Their
swimming
> has improved a little in the 2 weeks since I got them, but they still look
> pretty poorly.  Suggestions, as always are welcome.
> Thanks,
> Patricia
>
>
>
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