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Re: sick female Notho

Steve,

I am afraid that the prognosis is poor for that fish. You did the right 
thing to remove her to separate quarters. My first guess at a diagnosis 
would be a systemic bacterial infection, most likely due to Mycobacteria 
spp. Another possibility, although the redness would not be typical, is 
infection by Glugea spp. In either case there is little you can do to treat 
it. If the fish dies, you could consider fixing it in formalin and sending 
it to a pathologist for diagnosis. I can put you in touch with a lab if you 
want to go that route. It is worth knowing, at least about Glugea, as the 
latter is a potential big problem in a fishroom.

Barry

At 10:16 PM 7/31/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I'm not sure what's going on, but something is really wrong with my female N.
>eggersi.  I figured i'd try the group before just doing anything as i'm not
>sure what it is.  As of now, I have 2 guesses in mind.  1) Either a bacterial
>infection as i've been feeding only live blackworms, or 2) she's eggbound and
>not being bred by the male.
>Background info:
>Tank:2.5g
>Temp:75
>Fish: Pair of Nothobrancius eggersi Ruhoi Red
>pH:I just use straight tap water that I age for atleast a few days before use,
>generally pH is about 6.8.  I'm adding a teaspoon of jungle aquarium salt to
>every gallon of water.  I've only had the fish for a week, but all the other
>killies I got at the time are doing fantastic (N. rachovii, N. flammicomantis,
>and N. rubripinnis).  They're all being fed the same diet (live blackworms for
>now) and getting the same care.  No tank has a filter as i've been doing water
>changes.
>I just did a test of the water using the tests I have..
>ammonia=0
>nitrite=0
>nitrate=5-10ppm
>Symptoms: She is hanging near the surface, tail down.  Seems to be breathing
>normally, so I don't think it is anything with the water or low O2 content.
>She is very fat (bloated).  The right side of her stomach is real red, and the
>left is red as well but no where near as bad as the right.  I scooped her out
>of the tank and she put up no fight.  I looked at the bottom of her stomach
>and it almost looked like she was slit open.  The male is absolutely fine if
>that makes any difference.
>I have a small dish of fine sand because the peat wouldn't cooperate and some
>plastic floating plants for cover.  My idea was to do a water change and try
>and get them to breed in a soda bottle (2 litre probably).  I'd really
>appreciate any help and if anymore info is needed, say the word and i'll
>provide anything else I can think of.  Thanks in advance.
>Steve
>
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