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[Wiggles92]

Were they always swimming like that or did it happen recently? You got pictures?

They started doing it shortly after developing ich and have continued to do so despite the treatment that I have them on for ich (added salt and bumped up the temperature).

I don't have any pictures because my camera is crap, but I'll try to take some decent pictures later today.

 

[Wiggles92]

Well, bad news: I went to check on the little guys and feed them, and I immediately noticed that the one with the most ich was spiraling and defecating now instead of swimming normally or even on its side. I'm wondering if it was going into a death spiral of sorts, but I'll find out soon...

The other mono with ich seems to be improving now; the ich appears to be receding now and it's swimming better now. The final healthy fish is doing well, so hopefully it will stay that way. Both of these fish are still eating well. They were both hanging out on top of the under-gravel filter outlet next to the heater when I checked on them instead of hiding in the fake plants; is this normal or could it be related their health?

I'm not sure what the deal is with these fish. I've never had this much trouble with fish before, but I want to get these guys back to being in good health.

 

[Wiggles92]

Two of the fish are still swimming kind of goofy, but they are making improvement. I dropped some frozen bloodworms in a few minutes ago, and all three of them are going to town on them. Their future is looking brighter now that they're swimming better and still eating a bunch, so hopefully they'll be back to perfect health soon.

 

[Wiggles92]

Alright, I took a bunch of pictures of the little peacock bass, but only these few turned out even half-decent:

As you can tell from the pictures, two out of the three peacock bass are doing well, but the third is having difficulty maintaining its posture. This particular fish tends to stay along the glass and will actually swim sideways along the glass as shown rather than swimming normally. Luckily, it does still get plenty of food and does swim correctly on occasion. The other fish are doing well; the one peacock bass that was swimming weird is swimming normally most of the time now.

 

[Wiggles92]

All three peacock bass have little to no visible ich now, and they are all swimming normally for the most part. They are still eating like little piglets and have grown a little bit despite being sick. The arowana hasn't caused any problems with them, so I will continue to house them together for at least the duration of their grow-out period in the 29 gallon aquarium.

 

[Chizzle]

thats good news man, the two orinos I have developed ich two days after i purchased them. I cranked up the temp + added more aquarium salt and it did the trick.

 

[Wiggles92]

The three peacock bass are doing very well now.

Only one of them is swimming a bit weird now: it's slightly tilted to one side but still swims fine. This fish appears to have taken some damage to its right eye from the ich, but I'm hoping that it will heal and go back to normal.

All three of them are eating well and greatly appreciate my frequent feedings of frozen bloodworms. I add tiny pieces of pellet periodically, so hopefully they'll take pellets soon.