| Re: Unknown Sickness
Ok, I still don't know what is going on with my Kole and my blenny I have been reading up on a lot of diseases lately and their symtoms and the flukes/worms have stood out the most. The symptoms are very similar with heavy breathing, scratching mostly by their gills, BUT they don't look emaciated at all and are still eating well. Other than the mentioned their are no outward signs of anything The clownfish don't seem to have any symptoms of anything except I did notice that the female has had some stringy poop, but this could be from a very large cut that she had go right through her anal opening from a tang a couple of months ago but she has healed up fine. I'm just running out of ideas. If you could give me signs to look for or possibly recommend a good book that could help me decipher what is going on. I have been reading The Marine Fish Health & Feeding Handbook by Bob Goemans & Lance Ichinotsubo and it has been very informative of treatments for different ailments, but the flukes are the only thing that really stands out and I was wondering if I should try Praziquantel possibly. I plan on getting some anyway as a de-wormer for all new fish anyway, or any other recommendations on fluke treatments. I just don't get it and I don't want to put them back in the DT until it's solved.
As for any water quality problems the water is still stable and as a side note my clownfish spawned last monday and the eggs are due to hatch tonight and are fertile so I would think that this would mean the water quality is good. I also hate to see this because obviously they have been in QT waaaaay to long to feel that comfortable.
Thank you in advance
Kirby |