lateral line disease

erawling · 03-07-2008, 09:27 PM

I have a sick fish it feeds well but looks awful. anyone ever had a fish recover from a bad case on lateral line disease? like this

I have changed the food and checked for any stray voltage in the tank and added a grounding probe

rlcline76 · 03-07-2008, 09:31 PM

Wow. Have you noticed any improvements since making the adjustments?

elliottb · 03-07-2008, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by erawling

I have changed the food and checked for any stray voltage in the tank and added a grounding probe

grounding probes are very important!

CATALYST · 03-07-2008, 10:18 PM

Have you tried adding vitamins to the food and water? Soak the food in something like selcon and maybe add some to the water once in awhile. They have Vit C you can add to the water too just watch the alk and ph.

erawling · 03-07-2008, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by rlcline76

Wow. Have you noticed any improvements since making the adjustments?

yes i have but iam doubtful that the fish will recover

rlcline76 · 03-07-2008, 10:33 PM

At the very least, you may be looking at permanent disfigurement. You didn't mention the cause, just that you made some changes, what did you pinpoint the cause as?

erawling · 03-07-2008, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by CATALYST

Have you tried adding vitamins to the food and water? Soak the food in something like selcon and maybe add some to the water once in awhile. They have Vit C you can add to the water too just watch the alk and ph.

selcon is not all that its cracked up to be I did not have much luck with it

CATALYST · 03-07-2008, 10:42 PM

There are other kinds but vitamins in general. I used vita chem with some luck for a chewed fin. Some of the Kent vitamins work well too.

zy112 · 03-07-2008, 10:44 PM

Garlic!

erawling · 03-08-2008, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by rlcline76

At the very least, you may be looking at permanent disfigurement. You didn't mention the cause, just that you made some changes, what did you pinpoint the cause as?

The cause was a broken heater,I lost almost all of my corals and most of my inverts .The fish got stressed to say the least.
I was just wondering if it would grow its fins back now that everything is back up to proper levels.

rlcline76 · 03-08-2008, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by erawling

The cause was a broken heater,I lost almost all of my corals and most of my inverts .The fish got stressed to say the least.
I was just wondering if it would grow its fins back now that everything is back up to proper levels.

I have a feeling it will be up to its nutrtion here on out. You mentioned that you are using a vitamin supplement. I read in a study that Vitamin A helps form those little bones for the fins.

Dentoid · 03-08-2008, 09:24 PM

That looks pretty severe! I'd recommend posting something about this in the Sub-Forum "Fish Diseases and Treatment" under the "Saltwater Fish" forum. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...es-treatments/

Perhaps, Leebeca can give you some pointers! All the best my friend!

lReef lKeeper · 03-09-2008, 03:52 PM

they say that there are a lot of contributing factors to MHLLE, from nutrition to stress. most have been mentioned here, but i would suggest reading this Steven Pro article ... i had a Chevron Tang and Sohol Tang that had an, almost as bad as your case, outbreak of MHLLE. now, though, you can barely even tell they ever had it. mine was due to the 2 fish being kept in a tank that was to small for even one of them. i do not have any pics of before but here he is after a long healing time and being moved from a friends small tank to 1 of my bigger tanks ...

you can still barely see the lateral line scar on his side, but when i got him ... he had very little fin left. the Sohol made an excellent recovery and has since been sold.

here is the article that i refered to earlier, it really helped me to understand a lot of the factors that are believed to contribute to MHLLE ...

Marine Head & Lateral Line Erosion: A Description of the Syndrome and a Review of its Speculated Causes by Steven Pro - Reefkeeping.com

erawling · 03-10-2008, 10:26 PM

Thanks for the link its a good read.

03-07-2008, 09:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
erawling Bryozoan Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: ma Posts: 55 View Gallery Karma Komment	lateral line disease I have a sick fish it feeds well but looks awful. anyone ever had a fish recover from a bad case on lateral line disease? like this I have changed the food and checked for any stray voltage in the tank and added a grounding probe

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rlcline76 Manta Ray Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,646 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: lateral line disease Wow. Have you noticed any improvements since making the adjustments?

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CATALYST Reef Lobster Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,442 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: lateral line disease Have you tried adding vitamins to the food and water? Soak the food in something like selcon and maybe add some to the water once in awhile. They have Vit C you can add to the water too just watch the alk and ph. __________________ _.:Bonni:._

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rlcline76 Manta Ray Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,646 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: lateral line disease At the very least, you may be looking at permanent disfigurement. You didn't mention the cause, just that you made some changes, what did you pinpoint the cause as?

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CATALYST Reef Lobster Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,442 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: lateral line disease There are other kinds but vitamins in general. I used vita chem with some luck for a chewed fin. Some of the Kent vitamins work well too. __________________ _.:Bonni:._

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zy112 Elegance coral Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,225 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: lateral line disease Garlic! __________________ Zach

03-09-2008, 03:52 PM	#13 (permalink)
lReef lKeeper Tunicate Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 21 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: lateral line disease they say that there are a lot of contributing factors to MHLLE, from nutrition to stress. most have been mentioned here, but i would suggest reading this Steven Pro article ... i had a Chevron Tang and Sohol Tang that had an, almost as bad as your case, outbreak of MHLLE. now, though, you can barely even tell they ever had it. mine was due to the 2 fish being kept in a tank that was to small for even one of them. i do not have any pics of before but here he is after a long healing time and being moved from a friends small tank to 1 of my bigger tanks ... you can still barely see the lateral line scar on his side, but when i got him ... he had very little fin left. the Sohol made an excellent recovery and has since been sold. here is the article that i refered to earlier, it really helped me to understand a lot of the factors that are believed to contribute to MHLLE ... Marine Head & Lateral Line Erosion: A Description of the Syndrome and a Review of its Speculated Causes by Steven Pro - Reefkeeping.com

03-10-2008, 10:26 PM	#14 (permalink)
erawling Bryozoan Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: ma Posts: 55 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: lateral line disease Thanks for the link its a good read.

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