Re: [GSAS-Member] Bloated Ancistrous

[Shango Los <shango@shangolos.com>]

Thanks.   I switched to zucchini and moved him to the hospital tank.  He
looks much worse today.  I'm glad I moved him before he passed.  I never
knew about cleaning up the poo.  Thanks for that.


On 8/20/08 8:02 AM, "Laurel Larsen" <laurelthequeen@gmail.com> wrote:

> Steev brings up a good point.  I'd either not feed him or feed him a
> veggie diet.  I remember reading somewhere that shelled peas (usually
> frozen, thawed, with the outside skin removed so it separates easily
> into halves) have some ability to clean fish out.  Might be worth a
> try, and my ancistrus LOVE peas!
> Laurel
> 
> On Aug 19, 2008, at 9:56 PM, Steev Ward wrote:
> 
>> Shango-
>>    Sorry to hear about that Ancictrus. I've seen them get bloated
>> before and I can't
>> really say why it happens. They usually don't survive that. I think
>> it is a good sign
>> that it has hung in there for several days.
>>    I think the Epsom Salts would be a good idea - that's usually
>> what people do with
>> bloated fish. You can probably go as high as one Teaspoon per gallon
>> (I know that
>> sounds like a lot). You should keep him separate. I would put him in
>> a 5 gallon bucket
>> of new dechlorinated water with an airstone in it. It's warm enough
>> these days you
>> shouldn't have to worry about a heater, and cooler temperatures
>> might even be good for
>> him.
>>    I would try feeding him some zuccini, on the chance that there is
>> some nutritional
>> problem or something else in the intestine that could be cleared up
>> by a big veggy
>> diet. Don't allow the water to get polluted.
>>    I would say go ahead and use Metronidazole if you have it (as
>> Laurel suggested) but
>> I have never found in intestinal flagellates in an Ancistrus (yet).
>>    If you have any fish antibiotics on hand it might help him, if
>> the bloating is
>> caused by a bacterial infection.
>> 
>> Good Luck
>> Steev
>> 
>> --- Shango Los <shango@shangolos.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello Friends,
>>> 
>>> I have a non-albino ancistrous who is looking very bloated and may be
>>> breathing slowly but not really heavily.  He is also not in his
>>> usual hiding
>>> place.  He has moved to hang out in the heavier flow attached to my
>>> Vortex
>>> CO2 reactor and then on the substrate in the corner below where the
>>> flow
>>> returns to my circulation pump.
>>> 
>>> He has been looking bloated for about 4 days.  I do 50% water
>>> changes every
>>> Sunday.
>>> 
>>> Any feedback regarding potential causes and prescriptions would be
>>> helpful.
>>> I see no spots or discoloration on him.  Whatever is going on is
>>> internal.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for any feedback or advice.  My web research has turned up a
>>> lot of
>>> mush.
>>> 
>>> Shango
>>> 
>>> 
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