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I have a yellow lab that measures approx 3-4" body length. She has been in my malawi tank for about 4 months now and today i needed to move her as i am having a major shuffle around.
So i moved her to my 4ft mixed african tank, along with a couple of my other larger mbuna. She was in a bucket for about 2 ours, covered with a towel to keep it dark, quiet and warm, then i drip intorduced her to her new water, re-arranged the rocks in the african tank to confuse the inhabitants and left them in the dark.
After about 20 minutes, i noticed it looked as if her scales were coming off, 1st thought was uh oh, dropsy, but for some reason it just didn't look like dropsy.
After observing for a while was struggling to find a cove, getting booted out by all the other mbuna in there and even the non-rock dwelling africans were booting her out. Then i observed my male Venistrus having a go with her, but i just guessed that there would be some niggling for a while then all would calm down.
Three hours later i lifted my towel to find her on the floor in the corner of the tank looking like she was gasping her last, and a few more scales on the way off.
So i thought it was time to set up a hospital tank.
Water upto temp, hardness and pH ok, thin layer of coral gravel as substrate, filter venturi on to allow aeration of the water, i made a cove for her out of ocean rock (pinched from my shellies tank) so she has cover. I've added the recommended dose of melafix and covered her with a towel for tonight. She headed straight for the cove and is just sitting there at the moment.
All i want to know is, have i left anything out??
As labs are not too boistrous, I'm presuming she has been bullied after being transferred, either that or she is on her way out with a nasty scale rotting disease which i've prolly just infected all my african with
TIA for your thoughts.
I have a yellow lab that measures approx 3-4" body length. She has been in my malawi tank for about 4 months now and today i needed to move her as i am having a major shuffle around.
So i moved her to my 4ft mixed african tank, along with a couple of my other larger mbuna. She was in a bucket for about 2 ours, covered with a towel to keep it dark, quiet and warm, then i drip intorduced her to her new water, re-arranged the rocks in the african tank to confuse the inhabitants and left them in the dark.
After about 20 minutes, i noticed it looked as if her scales were coming off, 1st thought was uh oh, dropsy, but for some reason it just didn't look like dropsy.
After observing for a while was struggling to find a cove, getting booted out by all the other mbuna in there and even the non-rock dwelling africans were booting her out. Then i observed my male Venistrus having a go with her, but i just guessed that there would be some niggling for a while then all would calm down.
Three hours later i lifted my towel to find her on the floor in the corner of the tank looking like she was gasping her last, and a few more scales on the way off.
So i thought it was time to set up a hospital tank.
Water upto temp, hardness and pH ok, thin layer of coral gravel as substrate, filter venturi on to allow aeration of the water, i made a cove for her out of ocean rock (pinched from my shellies tank) so she has cover. I've added the recommended dose of melafix and covered her with a towel for tonight. She headed straight for the cove and is just sitting there at the moment.
All i want to know is, have i left anything out??
As labs are not too boistrous, I'm presuming she has been bullied after being transferred, either that or she is on her way out with a nasty scale rotting disease which i've prolly just infected all my african with
TIA for your thoughts.
