OK, so bit of a delima and I have little to go on, but the basic jist.
Symptoms:
1) Stops eating
2) Starts gasping
3) Dies
4) Only have had fish affected (so far) that have been in direct contact with each other
4) Have seen white stringy poop on one (and only one of 9) of the fish that died.
No visible symptoms of any sort. Read below for more details.
I breed bangaii, among other fish, I have a few paris that are in my breeding system and seem to be doing just fine, popping out babies.
I bought some wild caughts awhile back to try to form some new young pairs. They went into QT and did fine, kept them in there for roughly 4 weeks. I lost one in the first few days, but I am pretty sure that was my fault, as his reaction going into the QT was not good, and was down hill from there.
In any event, after the QT, they Bangaii were moved into the breeding system to pair up. About a week later, one stopped eating and started spending his time in the corner. After a few days he began 'gasping', then died within a few days.
This concerned me, but he was removed and all seemed to be going fine. So I added some captives in with the wilds to add to the possible mix. Then about a week later, antoher bangaii (a wild one) had the same thing happen, then a week later, another. This repeated until all of the wilds were gone and I was left with my Captives.
Everything seemed to calm down for a few weeks. Then one of my captives had the same thing happen, and now I am down to my last captive that was introduced with the wild. He is still alive, but not doing well. Expect him to die tonight.
So big issue, these fish have been in both my breeding system (with many other fish..so far no signs of issue with any...except for one baby, i.e. 3 months, in another tank that appears to have stopped eating today...so I am watching)
I have treated the breeding system with PraziPro, as the symptoms seemed to fit an internal parasite.
For those who have bangaiis, you know that when they are undergoing a body stress they tend to turn brownish. This is prevalant during acclimation & breeding. All of the fish that have died have had this happen as well, usually about one day before they stopped eating.
Any help, would be very much appreciated.
Symptoms:
1) Stops eating
2) Starts gasping
3) Dies
4) Only have had fish affected (so far) that have been in direct contact with each other
4) Have seen white stringy poop on one (and only one of 9) of the fish that died.
No visible symptoms of any sort. Read below for more details.
I breed bangaii, among other fish, I have a few paris that are in my breeding system and seem to be doing just fine, popping out babies.
I bought some wild caughts awhile back to try to form some new young pairs. They went into QT and did fine, kept them in there for roughly 4 weeks. I lost one in the first few days, but I am pretty sure that was my fault, as his reaction going into the QT was not good, and was down hill from there.
In any event, after the QT, they Bangaii were moved into the breeding system to pair up. About a week later, one stopped eating and started spending his time in the corner. After a few days he began 'gasping', then died within a few days.
This concerned me, but he was removed and all seemed to be going fine. So I added some captives in with the wilds to add to the possible mix. Then about a week later, antoher bangaii (a wild one) had the same thing happen, then a week later, another. This repeated until all of the wilds were gone and I was left with my Captives.
Everything seemed to calm down for a few weeks. Then one of my captives had the same thing happen, and now I am down to my last captive that was introduced with the wild. He is still alive, but not doing well. Expect him to die tonight.
So big issue, these fish have been in both my breeding system (with many other fish..so far no signs of issue with any...except for one baby, i.e. 3 months, in another tank that appears to have stopped eating today...so I am watching)
I have treated the breeding system with PraziPro, as the symptoms seemed to fit an internal parasite.
For those who have bangaiis, you know that when they are undergoing a body stress they tend to turn brownish. This is prevalant during acclimation & breeding. All of the fish that have died have had this happen as well, usually about one day before they stopped eating.
Any help, would be very much appreciated.
