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Re: Rachovii

im sorry I just noticed this chat but, you had eye fungus too? my 
australe gold female has it, and she's lost her eye and I don't know 
what to do with her. what worked for you?

thanks,

kristi

Morris, George wrote:

>Thanks RJ.  The eye fungus has cleared up, whether due to anything I did or
>not I can't say.  I have broken up the group into two additional 10s.  They
>are 1/2 inch long and just starting to color up.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tranquility Base [mailto:TranquilityBase at NetZero_Net]
>Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 10:40 PM
>To: killietalk at aka_org
>Subject: RE: Rachovii
>
>
>The maximum stable density for adult RAC is 1 fish per gallon. I have just
>run a test to that effect. The population will die back to that level if
>nothing is done. Then the remaining fish grow and color up very well.
>Unexplained deaths just stop.  The bad news is that the sex ratios will
>favor males which are stronger and larger over females which will grow more
>slowly when overcrowded. Water changes, medication and plant cover will
>postpone the inevitable and will permit a slightly higher density.
>
>Peace,
>
>~RJ~
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
>Behalf Of Morris, George
>Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 12:34 PM
>To: 'killietalk at aka_org'
>Subject: RE: Rachovii
>
>
>Barry,
>No the eyes are not protruding, just covered with white fuzz.  The tank is a
>ten and I change 25% once a week.  The fish just starting to color up, I
>don't think they are over crowded.
>George
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Barry Cooper [mailto:bjc3 at cornell_edu]
>Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 11:26 AM
>To: killietalk at aka_org
>Subject: Re: Rachovii
>
>
>George,
>
>I assume these fish are manifesting "pop-eye". This is typically caused by
>bacterial infection. In my own expereience, where I've looked at affected
>fish histologically, it is usually due to mycobacterial infection and
>reflects more widespread disease (in other words other tissues are
>infected). The inflammatory exudate behind the eye causes it to protruce,
>hence the common name.
>
>I would cull the infected fish and look carefully at the conditions they are
>housed in. How big is the tank housing them. How often is the water changed.
>The most common situation in which one gets these infections is where
>organics from wastes have built up.
>
>Barry
>
>At 07:20 AM 1/31/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>
>>Good morning everyone.   I have a tank with about 30  month-old N. rachovii
>>and several of the males have developed a bactereial or fungal infection on
>>one eye.  I don't know if this is something I've never seen before or an
>>unusual manifestation of columnaris or something.  Have any of you had
>>experience with this?
>>Regards,
>>George Morris
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