Re: [GSAS-Member] Dario dario

[haika@drizzle.com]

I'd be interested in any suggestions that Steev might have. I've been
thinking about parasites as well, but think I may have waited too long
with this female. My male Darios are so healthy looking I guess I didn't
think this female would be a problem....just need lots of live food to
plump up to breed (shrug). She only takes live food and has been in a
quarantine tank the whole time. She's gotten live daphnia and whatever
small bloodworms I can find twice a day. At least it's a nice little java
fern and rocks tank so I'm making potential Dario breeding habitat, since
the java fern has filled out nicely while she's been in there <G>.

I haven't had any of my male Darios balloon up. My 6 are still happy and
healthy....they are in a well-planted tank with a couple male honey
gouramis, 2 otocinclus and several red cherry shrimps. They've even been
taking frozen adult brine (the honey gouramis get the large females....the
little Darios take the male brine), some freeze-dried brine and
bloodworms. It kind of worries me that your female would do this over the
weekend without food...makes me worry about bacterial dropsy.

Steev???

Betty Goetz

> Betty,
>
> Sorry to hear about the female - isn't a hollow belly a sign of an
> internal
> parasite or something?
>
> I have a potential female that seems to have swelled over the weekend to
> twice it's normal width.  It doesn't seem to be in distress and they were
> not fed over the weekend as the fish are at work.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: haika@drizzle.com [mailto:haika@drizzle.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 3:01 PM
> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] GSAS meeting on Tuesday
>
> Well duh.....I blew it and this was supposed to go to Paul...not to the
> whole world <G>. But I suppose it helps to ask for more eyes to stay open
> re: female scarlet Badis. The one I have isn't probably gonna contribute
> genes to another generation. We'll see.
>
> Betty
>
>> Paul:
>>    I'm gonna miss this one as well. I just have absolutely no room for
>> plants right now.
>>    By the way, if you happen to see another female scarlet Badis at The
>> Fish Store, let me know. The one I have is still hanging in there, but
>> her gills have always been red and now she's getting a hollow belly
>> despite live food every day (shrug). I don't think she's gonna be a
>> 'breeder'. She never did make it in with 'the boys'....I always worried
>> about the red gills. Maybe when I start getting mosquito larvae, and if
>> she's still with me, that might help fatten her up. We'll see.
>>
>> Betty Goetz
>>
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