Another BSJF Issue?

[kyley]

Hi All,
After my BSJF's recovery from (apparently) Ich and Brook about 9 weeks ago, I'm afraid I may have another situation with "Spot"... Could he have some type of worms? If so, is there anti-worming food that can be fed to him in the DT (reef safe)?

His stomach is swollen / protruding. I'm assuming this isn't normal... Here are some pics (not very good ones - hard to get the right angle):
Left side:

Right side:

Middle (sorry, blurry):

Thoughts?

I've also suddenly noticed a few bare spots (?) in his scales. I don't think this looks like his previous "white blotches" from the disease he had before (though I could be wrong). Could some critter have hurt him? I noticed my cleaner shrimp "cleaning" him recently - could that have pulled off scales or something? Here's a pic:

Thanks in advance,
--Kyle

 

[leebca]

Cleaner shrimp usually pull off only dead tissue. However, if the shrimp is hungry enough, it can consume some (very nutritious) mucous coating. Eating actual living flesh is rare on any fish that can swim away.

If you are concerned about there being internal/intestinal worms, then de-worming is the thing to do. Info is given here for that:
http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums...worming-marine-fish-super-pooper-snooper.html

 

[kyley]

Thanks Lee - do you think the bulging stomach would be due to worms? Or do you have any other idea what this might be? I have no idea what to suspect it may be - worms was just the first thought I had. Maybe it ate something big that it shouldn't have? I haven't found much when searching around for enlarged stomach...

I looked at your de-worming thread after posting this. Looked for those meds locally and couldn't find any, but I do have PraziPro. I have a fish in my QT that's been in there 4 weeks, and I could swap fish and treat in there. Or I could just try the PraziPro in the DT. I read a thread where people had no negative results with PraziPro in the DT, but I don't like the idea of using it. Thanks,
--Kyle

 

[leebca]

I've only de-wormed with meds that go into the fish's normal diet/foods. In this case, they don't need to be moved. Whatever the instructions say on the product is what you should do.

Bulging is sometimes a sign of internal problems which include infections, worms (in the very general sense of the term), and blockage.