Animal Mother
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Okay, I don't have a pic, don't have a digital camera...
I bought an Antennarius Hispidus (looks like Striatus but has a pom-pom lure) on Friday last week. I believe it was a brand new arrival, probably hadn't been at the store more than 24-48 hours. I did see it hunt... unfortunately guppies. It was a VERY active hunter. Perky. Alert. Active.
Got it to eat a couple of tiny thawed silversides, though it was hesitant to accept them, naturally. Got a 1 inch Pictus too... that thing is a glutton and has no issue eating frozen! I am keeping them seperately in plastic critter keepers inside a 75 gallon with skimmer and refugium.
Today when I got home from work the little Hispidus (it's about the size of my thumb) has a pink/red film on one side. I redirected a powerhead to blow on it for a second, and looks like the film is gone. There seems to be some limit to the motion of the fin that was covered, as opposed to the other side which is fully functional. Now that the film has been blown off the skin looks wrinkled.
Now, I realize it's possible the film was only cyanobacteria, considering these guys like to hang out motionless in one place like a rock. But I am concerned because I bought a Striatus a while back, with the same issue, thinking it was only cyano, and later that day it was dead (no idea why but I think the LFS employee catching it with a net and raising it out of the water might have something to do with it being bloated...)
Does anyone here have any experience treating Anglers for bacterial or fungal infections? I haven't seen anything about reddish cyano-like films on fish, so until someone says it's a fungal/bacterial issue I will continue to assume it's just cyano.
I have read in Coral Magazine that they are hard to keep for any length of time (I have had an A. Multiocellatus for 11 months with no issues) and even harder to treat for diseases as they supposedly don't respond well to antibiotics.
Any experience/thoughts/insight would be greatly appreciated!
Ammonia - 0
Nitrites - 0
Nitrates - 20
78 degrees.
I bought an Antennarius Hispidus (looks like Striatus but has a pom-pom lure) on Friday last week. I believe it was a brand new arrival, probably hadn't been at the store more than 24-48 hours. I did see it hunt... unfortunately guppies. It was a VERY active hunter. Perky. Alert. Active.
Got it to eat a couple of tiny thawed silversides, though it was hesitant to accept them, naturally. Got a 1 inch Pictus too... that thing is a glutton and has no issue eating frozen! I am keeping them seperately in plastic critter keepers inside a 75 gallon with skimmer and refugium.
Today when I got home from work the little Hispidus (it's about the size of my thumb) has a pink/red film on one side. I redirected a powerhead to blow on it for a second, and looks like the film is gone. There seems to be some limit to the motion of the fin that was covered, as opposed to the other side which is fully functional. Now that the film has been blown off the skin looks wrinkled.
Now, I realize it's possible the film was only cyanobacteria, considering these guys like to hang out motionless in one place like a rock. But I am concerned because I bought a Striatus a while back, with the same issue, thinking it was only cyano, and later that day it was dead (no idea why but I think the LFS employee catching it with a net and raising it out of the water might have something to do with it being bloated...)
Does anyone here have any experience treating Anglers for bacterial or fungal infections? I haven't seen anything about reddish cyano-like films on fish, so until someone says it's a fungal/bacterial issue I will continue to assume it's just cyano.
I have read in Coral Magazine that they are hard to keep for any length of time (I have had an A. Multiocellatus for 11 months with no issues) and even harder to treat for diseases as they supposedly don't respond well to antibiotics.
Any experience/thoughts/insight would be greatly appreciated!
Ammonia - 0
Nitrites - 0
Nitrates - 20
78 degrees.
