Couldn't figure this one out

[fallin49er]

So I bought a trio of Yellow Labridens a couple months back, these guys came in very healthy. I had them all alone in a 55 gal with an albino pleco. The big male killed the Pleco the first night and about a week later started showing symptoms of bloat. I immediately put him in a quaranteen tank and started treating with salt and metro. Water change every three days, salt, then metro. I tried straight metro, jungle parasite clear, API general cure, nothing. His bloating would decrease for a couple days then come back. I felt that it had suffered enough so today I euthanized it. Clove oil then Vodka bath. After it had expired I cut it open. When I cut into it's stomach a very yellow mucousy substance came out....that was it...I didn't see any worms or anything. The guy was a fighter til the end....just too bad he had to suffer so long...should have put him down sooner. Anyone have any experience with something like this?

 

[Lupin]

So where were the photos of your necropsy activity? How did you cut the abdominal area? I am wondering if you speared any vital organ while doing the necropsy. It would not be accurate if any organ got damaged as you speared accidentally any of it. I am intrigued if this case somehow involves renal damage rather than actual parasitic infections.

 

[fallin49er]

So where were the photos of your necropsy activity? How did you cut the abdominal area? I am wondering if you speared any vital organ while doing the necropsy. It would not be accurate if any organ got damaged as you speared accidentally any of it. I am intrigued if this case somehow involves renal damage rather than actual parasitic infections.

I used a razor blade and cut from the anal opening up to the jaw. I didn't cut into any organs. When I opened the cavity, there was a yellowish substance pooled around all the organs..and man it stunk...It seemed that once I got the cavity cut opened the abdomen area visibly shrunk...like it was just full of gas...I didn't cut into any of the organs to check for parasites...don't have a microscope.

 

[Lupin]

This sounds like organ damage to me. There's no way to reverse this once this happens. This makes sense though. You mentioned the fish in question had a scuffle with a pleco. Very unusual for yellow labs. I've never had a single yellow lab that acts this violent.

 

[fallin49er]

This sounds like organ damage to me. There's no way to reverse this once this happens. This makes sense though. You mentioned the fish in question had a scuffle with a pleco. Very unusual for yellow labs. I've never had a single yellow lab that acts this violent.

I have one in my tank right now that ate the eyes out of 2 melanurus juvies...and killed a small bristlenose plec..right now it is in a 55 gal tank with a 7" blue tex...and isn't afraid of it...

 

[Lupin]

The pleco or the lab?

 

[fallin49er]

The pleco or the lab?

The Labriden...mean little SOB!

 

[Lupin]

I still find it unusual your labs are this violent. I'd rather confine the aggressors separately to avoid risk of physical damage among your other fish.

 

[fallin49er]

I still find it unusual your labs are this violent. I'd rather confine the aggressors separately to avoid risk of physical damage among your other fish.

That's why it is in the 55 gal with the Blue Tex...I had it in a grow out tank but didn't realize it was such a killing machine until I did a water change and noticed dead bodies everywhere...

 

[Lupin]

I wasn't discounting your blue tex. If it is a killing machine and already has quite a surprising record, your blue tex may not stand a chance with a psychotic fish like that. Physical damages are quite fatal to fish even to cichlids.