BGK Help

[pwmin]

So, I've had this girl (pretty sure it's a female) for probably 10 years at least and she only got up to about 10 or 11 inches. She's been acting really funny lately (as in she quit defending her spot, which she has always been adamant about and just not moving like she used to) and the top of her head on both sides is starting to "cave in", but I don't see anything external and she still eats. Is this is a sign of old age or what? She's never been a very good eater and still pretty much only eats bloodworms after all these years, but sometimes shrimp. It's by far my oldest fish and the one i've had for longest and i fear the end is nigh. It's going to be a huge loss. I thought they lived longer than this, but I'm not sure what else it could be.

 

[MeiTnerium109]

Try checking here...

 

[benzjamin13]

Hmmm...pics might help. If it's still eating normal, then it might be age. Does it still stay in it's spot or does it get pushed out?

 

[pwmin]

Try checking here...

thanks...looks like a great site

Hmmm...pics might help. If it's still eating normal, then it might be age. Does it still stay in it's spot or does it get pushed out?

considering my photography skills, it probably won't help, but I can try tomorrow night

it got moved and doesn't try to get back to it. I decided to move it into the 75 w/ the tigs. It's not actually on the top of its head, but right behind it.

 

[MeiTnerium109]

Now that I've read your symptoms, it sounds like hole-in-the-head. I, however, cannot give a good diagnosis without a picture, and am unsure of whether or not BGKs can even get it.

Your knife probably hasn't been getting enough nutrients. That being, I'd check for hexamita too.

 

[pwmin]

It's def not HITH. They are more like indentations, not holes.


I doubt it's nutrients, either at's it's lived for over a decade without problem on the same diet.

thanks for the input...i'll geta pic by tomorrow definitely