eschaton
Fishaholic
My tank readings in my new tank are fine, and everyone seems to have settled in well, with two exceptions.
1. My male peacock gudgeon has symptoms which seem like they may be fish TB. Around one month ago, he apparently scraped up against something and lost a few scales off one side (saw him right after when they were hanging on by a thread. This has healed up, but he has two odd patches on that side, where the skin looks okay straight on but seen from an angle the skin looks a bit whitish. The same side also has a slight caved-in look to it. He also hasn't had too much interest in eating the past few days, but I did put him into a breeding trap and got him to eat a bloodworm, so he does still have some appetite.
2. One of my male Pseudomugil gertrudae has gotten really bloated looking (like he had a really, really huge meal) literally overnight. They are always slender fish, and I can tell by his finage he is a male (eg, not gravid). He seems pretty distressed, and is swimming by himself near the surface, and not displaying to the females. He shows no signs of raised scales, so I don't think it's dropsy...possibly just constipation.
I now have a quarantine tank, and would isolate these fish, except I currently have ten Corydoras habrosus sitting in the QT tank. I just got them last week, and they should be in there for another week or two so as not introduce anything new and dangerous to the community tank.
So, is it better to introduce those ten corys now, and move the potentially sick fish into the QT tank?
1. My male peacock gudgeon has symptoms which seem like they may be fish TB. Around one month ago, he apparently scraped up against something and lost a few scales off one side (saw him right after when they were hanging on by a thread. This has healed up, but he has two odd patches on that side, where the skin looks okay straight on but seen from an angle the skin looks a bit whitish. The same side also has a slight caved-in look to it. He also hasn't had too much interest in eating the past few days, but I did put him into a breeding trap and got him to eat a bloodworm, so he does still have some appetite.
2. One of my male Pseudomugil gertrudae has gotten really bloated looking (like he had a really, really huge meal) literally overnight. They are always slender fish, and I can tell by his finage he is a male (eg, not gravid). He seems pretty distressed, and is swimming by himself near the surface, and not displaying to the females. He shows no signs of raised scales, so I don't think it's dropsy...possibly just constipation.
I now have a quarantine tank, and would isolate these fish, except I currently have ten Corydoras habrosus sitting in the QT tank. I just got them last week, and they should be in there for another week or two so as not introduce anything new and dangerous to the community tank.
So, is it better to introduce those ten corys now, and move the potentially sick fish into the QT tank?
