Sick Blue Ram

[smoothvirus]

I've got a sick Blue Ram. He's got some kind of slimy, mucousy discharge coming from his anus, almost like there's a blockage there. Also, he's a little bit bloated up - he's getting a little bit of the "pinecone" look described with dropsy. Other than that he's active and seems to be hungry. I went ahead and took him out of the tank and put him in a 5 1/2 gallon hospital tank with a well seeded sponge filter.

Water parameters are normal and the other fish all seem fine.

I'm thinking it's either malwai bloat or dropsy.. ideas? I don't see anything about an anal discharge with either one of those diseases though so it's a little confusing. Treatments?

I raised this guy from a tiny little try almost too small to see.. I'd hate to lose him!

 

[WILDER]

Ok bless him issolate him.
Once scales stick out organ failure and they never seem to make it once scales stick out.
The mucas poo can also be a sign of internal parasites.
I would still issolate him to see if when he passes the mucas stuff the swelling goes down.

Signs of internal parasites are.
Long stringy white poo, or clear mucas poo.
Being bloated or looking skinny.
Inflamed red anus to enalarged anus.
Worms prutruding from the anus.

http/www.fishjunkies.com/Diseases/dropsy.php

 

[smoothvirus]

Thanks.. he's isolated, I put a half tablet of Clout in there with him, we'll see how it goes.

Hang in there buddy...

 

[WILDER]

Good luck bless him.

 

[smoothvirus]

(1) DO NOT FEED ANYTHING during this process.
(2) Start this procedure as soon as the fish shows symptoms (spitting familiar food, hiding during feeding, etc.)

Medication required: Clout (Aquarium Products)

Day 1: Move fish to quarantine tank and treat with Clout at full strength (1 tablet / 10 gallons--remove carbon from filter)

Day 2: No water change. Treat again with Clout at half strength.

Day 3: Do nothing

Day 4: Do an 80% water change and treat with Clout at full strength

Day 5: Do nothing

**Day 6--?: Return fish to main tank only after symptoms have subsided and the fish has been healthy: (eating, swimming, breathing normally) for at least a week.
Resist the urge to try feeding the fish until after the treatment is over and do not cut the treatment short regardless of whether the fish looks better or not. If at any time during the treatment your fish seems to be experiencing stress as a result of the medication then do an immediate 75% water change.

This is the regimen I am following. Today is day 3 so I won't do anything. For the first two days he was on the bottom of the tank looking listless.

However this morning he was swimming around so I've seen a little bit of improvement.

Tomorrow I will do an 80% water change and treat with a half tablet of Clout.

 

[WILDER]

Good luck.