Just thought that I would bump this one up for those that may have missed it the first time around.
Bloat in CA/SA species
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LOL or even for those that dont know what a search function is or how to use one
I will say that i have used this technique and it has worked almost every time to heal my fish.. as long as i was paying attention and caught it at an early stage. I would recommend that if we all want to maintain healthy fish that we pay more attention to the details of our fish and then we will realize that it isnt that difficult to raise them!!Thanks for the info as always RD. This is definitely something people need to know and be aware of.
I missed this the first time around. Thanks for bumping it back up. I always enjoy reading your post very informative as always, good info.
I came back from my vacation and found that the smallest of my Istlanum has been hiding all the time behind a heater and developed what looks like bloat. It's not possible that this is a food belly because I haven't fed em today at all. His siblings look fine and he's the only one hiding.
Can someone please confirm?
Can someone please confirm?
He's indeed bloated. Personally I would isolate that fish & treat with Clout. It looks pretty advanced & he may or may not recover at this point.
Thank you. I will move it to a 10 gal tank and treat it there. Hopefully the rest of them remain healthy.
Didnt work like that with my istlanum pair. Out of about 30, 1 pair systematically took them all out, 1 by 1.
It wasnt until that pair had fry and i saw that batch of fry doing the same thing that I realized what happened.
If it were me, with istlanum or beani again, in a tank smaller than 7 ft, Id separate them with NON see-thru dividers until at least 3" for istlanum & 5" for beani. Its the only way I was able to get them past the weak stages of a smaller size...but then keep them divided until youre able to sex them and try and pair them up unless you want nature to take its course and let a pair (if one forms) take everyone out on their own.
IME with groups of istlanum, when a pair didnt form, a female was the last one alive, 3 different times.
If the rest are still eating & acting normal, I would highly recommend feeding them some epsom soaked pellets for a few days - just to be on the safe side. It won't hurt, and may prevent any further outbreaks in the main tank. You can find a link to that treatment in my initial post on page 1.
I would also heed VRWC's advice.
Good luck.
I would also heed VRWC's advice.
Good luck.
Yeah they are starting to get aggressive. At first they seemed to school together but now the bigger ones are bullying the rest. Right now I can't set up 7 different tanks and they're too small to use egg crate so I will just put the 3 big ones in the 150 tank and leave the other 4 in the 120.
I will also follow your advice and feed them epsom soaked pellets just to be safe. The bloated one is already out of the tank.
I will also follow your advice and feed them epsom soaked pellets just to be safe. The bloated one is already out of the tank.
