Sick Bangaii W/ PICTURES. Please need advice.

[rcypert]

Ok I'm looking for help with this fish and through all the reading I have done the best guess I can come up with is intestinal parasites. Medicine the fish is to be treated with Parasite Clear made by Jungle. What do you think? Good Idea? Any other suggestions? Fish has been like this for 6 days. I have had this fish for several months very healthy even bred. Fish was never feed raw wild seafood.

 

[Percula9]

The med in the picture looks like for fresh water use not salt. Can you clarify this. What symptoms is the fish suffering from?

 

[rcypert]

It says safe for freshwater use. It does not say that it is not for saltwater. It doesnt mention it at all. Ingredients are praziquantel; diflubenzuron; metronidazole; acriflavine.

 

[rcypert]

The only symptoms are the fish is bloated and there is stringy white stuff that has been hanging out of his bottom for days.

 

[Percula9]

Good luck I hope it works out for you.

 

[DocJim]

I would not use that medicine in your reef tank. It will kill your biological load. I doubt seriously it will help the fish, but you could try it in a QT.

 

[rcypert]

I was not going to use it in the reef. I was going to treat for several hours in a 5 gallon bucket. What do you think would be a better treatment DocJim? Please I am open to any and all suggestions. I have never dealt with this before.

 

[rcypert]

An owner of a fish store Sea In the City Orlando. Suggested I use the edible version of this medication. The edible version made by the same company is in a pellet form and the Bangaii will not eat pellets.

 

[JHemdal]

The fish may have a prolapsed cloaca. If its a female, egg binding and subsequent pressure to release the eggs can cause a prolapse. There is also some thought that internal parasites (Hexamita - like protozoans) can also cause prolapses. A food with metronidazole in it might help in those cases. The prolapse itself will either resolve on its own, or not - there is no treatment for that symptom.

Jay

 

[rcypert]

Well it is most certainly a breeding female. And she was separated from her mate so he could regain weight between broods. So the egg thing makes perfect sense. The parasite was confusing me because I know it didnt come from the tank and I was wondering where the heck it could have come from. So should I treat in case of a parasite or let the fish be? I'm not even sure the medication that I have is a good option but it is the only thing I could find for internal parasites.

 

[JHemdal]

I would agree with the others that the medication seems to be designed for freshwater. However, the ingredients you listed have been used in marine aquariums. I've even used Jungle's Ick Guard in marine tanks in some instances.
That said, I would just let the fish be. It seems more likely now that it is egg binding. Sometimes, when water enters the cloaca, the eggs harden (vitreosity or some such term). Once that happens, they are locked in place and there is nothing you can do. In other cases, the fish expells the eggs and recovers. I know "wait and see" seems like lame advice, but it is what I would do.

Jay

 

[rcypert]

Ok so here is an update. The protrusion is gone. I just noticed this morning. I have no idea what this means.

 

[JHemdal]

Well,

That's good news - sure sounds like a prolapse to me - it probably released some eggs and then it took some time to draw the tissue back into the cloaca.


JHemdal