Fwd: Re: oh no!

["Ed Pon" <edpon@hotmail.com>]

>>Regarding the your case of "dropsy", is the male gaping at the mouth 
or
>is there any heavy breathing. About a month ago I had an outbreak of 
this
>with my apistos specifically with a female biteaniata and a few 
nijsseni.

The symptoms sound very close to the disease that I was describing 
regarding my pandurini in earlier mailings with subject "lockjaw".
I have seen this in numerous wild caught pandurinis, mostly males.  I 
have a f1 nijsseni who is exhibiting this symptom now.  I keep many 
other types of apistos under identical conditions, and even in the same 
tank without losing any to this mysterious disease.


Ed Pon
Milpita, California 95035