Over the past two weeks I’ve noticed one of my bass has been becoming progressively more lethargic. He started just eating slightly less than normal at feedings then got to just a few pieces of tilapia every feeding. Today he completely passed up on food though noticeably interested at feeding time. He has not lost too much mass during this time but compared to his tank mate he is definitely not as beefy any longer. Today I also noticed finally some white, kind of “fuzzy” looking poop strings floating around before being sucked into the filter.
Other than being a bit leaner than my other brokopondo, he looks and acts fine as far as I’ve seen but I’m worried he might have a protozoan or tapeworm infection and wanted to get thoughts on treatments. I’ve already been using salt for the last 3 days. Based on his symptoms what do you guys think he could have? I added and removed 2 fish from a LFS to that tank in the last month so it’s possible something hitchhiked in but I wanted to home in on what it is and what to use whether it be prazipro, cupramine, Paraguard, or whatever else I have in my med stocks.
here is a picture of the lethargic broko as of today:
Not too bad, but compared to my other
big broko you can see the difference in bulk.
heres the best pic I could get of the feces before it got sucked into the filter
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
Other than being a bit leaner than my other brokopondo, he looks and acts fine as far as I’ve seen but I’m worried he might have a protozoan or tapeworm infection and wanted to get thoughts on treatments. I’ve already been using salt for the last 3 days. Based on his symptoms what do you guys think he could have? I added and removed 2 fish from a LFS to that tank in the last month so it’s possible something hitchhiked in but I wanted to home in on what it is and what to use whether it be prazipro, cupramine, Paraguard, or whatever else I have in my med stocks.
here is a picture of the lethargic broko as of today:
Not too bad, but compared to my other
big broko you can see the difference in bulk.
heres the best pic I could get of the feces before it got sucked into the filter
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!