Golden Rhomboid Wrasse- Buoyancy Issues?

flying53brian

flying53brian

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Hi,

I just receuived a beautiful Golden Rhomboid Wrasse from LA and it lived about four days in my tank and then started to swim funny like in circles. It almost looked like swim bladder disease, his stomach got real inflated and then yesterday it died.

Can anyone tell me if they have had these problems. Maybe it was delayed swim bladder or something else.

Thank you
 
I had one about a month ago... Same thing!!! Several people were reporting the same issues. Maybe it's how they are collected, maybe...
 
Same exact thing happened to a labouti that I got from LA, except it hung on for about a month in that state before dying. LA actually gave me a hard time about it.
 
The one we had at the store that developed the same thing held on for a while and then unfortunatly died. This will be the 7th time I have heard this come up in the last 2 months all with rhomboids
 
Thanks for the info guys, I find it kinda weird that it would have this delayed action but will be carefull about buying one in the future before further observance.

Yeah, maybe it is the way they are collected, now I will be more paranoid to purchase such an expensive fish like this.
 
Yup, Mines was fine until about a week in... like I said, several people were reporting the same thing, all w the C. Rhomboidalis. Im hesitant to get one again, because it wasnt one wholesaler of LFS, this was all over the map, which must mean its the way they're collected IMO.
 
I don believe it, I bought a pair 6 weeks ago that was shipped from the us, and after 2 weeks the same exact thing happened to the female, blown up stomach, funny swimming and than died.

But the male is doing well till now, hope he will be fine
 
they are deep water, and need to be treated for internal parasites. Almost all the ones i receive doing very well. I feed a lot to make sure they are always fat, and i haven't had a problem in a long time.

Try prazipro for the internal parasites. Usually swim bladders happen pretty soon after collection (not weeks)

How hot is everyone's tanks running???

blown up stomach is sign of internal infection/swim bladder exploding.. not cyanide
 
Mine just started doing this yesterday. I was thinking swim bladder or internal parasites. Glad I found this thread. Prazipro is being added now. Hopefully not too late. My tank usually runs at 77-78, but my chiller isn't working right so it's jumped to 80 the past couple days. Mine still eats just as much, it's takes a lot more effort though seeing as how he is swimming upside down. He gets upright in short bursts. He's also still very alert.
 
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One of my LFS had 3-4 golden rhomboids a few months back. Two of them developed the same thing within a few days and died. The 3rd one developed it a week later, and died within 2 days. The last one actually never got it and last week it was still there with a sold sticker on the tag.
Must be with how they're being collected. I can't imagine internal parasites could be that coincidental.
 
Zemuron114 has good points. It may be warm at the water surface, but deeper where these guys live it is much cooler. I keep my tanks in the low 70's and always treat with Prazipro when I get deep water wrasses.
 
My tank is kept at a constant 77 Degrees and I have pretty docile fish. I saw no signs of parasites but then again unless you are looking under a microscope that's not always possible to see.

pecaco34: Good luck with yours, I hope you caught it in time to treat.
 
but the prazipro should only be used in a QT, right? otherwise you loose featherdusters and bristleworms.....
 
Sorry to bring up a old thread. I have a Rhomboid for about 1 month and it started doing the same thing about 5 days ago. Swimming upside down and belly is a little bloated. It's still eating, but I don't think it will make it.
 
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