Bought a breeding pair of parachromis la ceiba from one of the main guys everyone buys from. The female ended up showing signs of Lymph within a week of it arriving. He also tried to cut the lymph off prior to shipping (I have strong belief in this accusation) and this is where the lymph started to grow back.
After trying to treat with salt for 4 weeks and polyguard for nearly a week with no changes i decided i had nothing to loose and remove it myself.
I included pics of the tail i cut off with all the tumor (cauliflower) lymph growths below.
The fish is now in qt which will allow me to closely monitor her and swab the area to keep it clean along with water changes continue the polyguard and melafix.
Im not making this to cry about the $237 i spent on diseased fish because the female was replaced with a much smaller 4" fish which is not what i paid for... or the fact i now have a 150 gallon contaminated with the lymph virus im in the process of taking down to start over.
Im making this post to let everyone know QUARANTINE YOUR NEW FISH!!! prior to putting them in a large permanent home no matter who your buying from. I made the mistake of just dropping them right in thinking i was ok because i bought from one of the big guys.
Very disapointed...but i did learn 2 very valuable lessons from this experience. Always quarantine and never buy from this vendor again.
Not going to publicly bash this vendor as he did replace the female (with a much smaller one) but if you must know who it was pm me.
After trying to treat with salt for 4 weeks and polyguard for nearly a week with no changes i decided i had nothing to loose and remove it myself.
I included pics of the tail i cut off with all the tumor (cauliflower) lymph growths below.
The fish is now in qt which will allow me to closely monitor her and swab the area to keep it clean along with water changes continue the polyguard and melafix.
Im not making this to cry about the $237 i spent on diseased fish because the female was replaced with a much smaller 4" fish which is not what i paid for... or the fact i now have a 150 gallon contaminated with the lymph virus im in the process of taking down to start over.
Im making this post to let everyone know QUARANTINE YOUR NEW FISH!!! prior to putting them in a large permanent home no matter who your buying from. I made the mistake of just dropping them right in thinking i was ok because i bought from one of the big guys.
Very disapointed...but i did learn 2 very valuable lessons from this experience. Always quarantine and never buy from this vendor again.
Not going to publicly bash this vendor as he did replace the female (with a much smaller one) but if you must know who it was pm me.
