The Amazing Red Festae
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They are all 3 doing pretty good. One of the smaller ones had a little relapse but nothing like it was before. The top pics is of the one that relapsed and the the rest are of the other two.
The female seems to be suffering from Lymphocystis. You probably should quarantine her if you haven't already.
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Wow I hope they all survive and make it back to good health.
Good luck!!
^^Umm...ok. If you say so but I don't believe you.
Wow I hope they all survive and make it back to good health.
Good luck!!
^^Umm...ok. If you say so but I don't believe you.
The female has only been out of quarantine for 3 days since we brought her home and it was at the end of the 3 days that she suddenly relapsed . She has been battling illness for weeks. At one point her eyes looked like they were going to fall off they were sticking out so far. She has finally started healing it is almost like you can see it as it happens. When she is in a tank with other fish she stresses but as soon as she is alone she heals quickly. I think she is just going to have a tank to herself till she is bigger.
I agree with FWP that its a male, but an extremely stressed and malnourished female isn't going to display her typical red/orange (courting/mating/dominant) coloration when in this kind of shape. This fish looks like it has a parasitic infection. Probably has secondary infection(s) also. Prophylatics will be a waste of time. You're taking a risk putting it with your other fish before its health shows significant improvement. It's usually best to treat it in a sick/quarantine tank before introduction to your other prized specimens. A good appetite is great but won't accomplish anything if the infection hasn't been eradicated.
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Congrats on your pick up and hopefully it will eat and come around for you. But i must say that this looks like a male.....At 8" females should be showing plenty of orange, yellows, and reds. And if this is a male then your in luck and will get a chance a trying to pair him out with one of your femalesGood luck and cant wait to see them once they fully recover.
Ok so the small female is doing good and flashing color. The large one is a male for sure and has finally started showing color. He is still a little on the thin side but doing much better. The other small one is better but seems to have permanent damage around it's eyes and still has problems with telling how far away food actually is so it will go into a tank with some non aggressive Africans and a very non aggressive Green Terror in about a week also it has decided that it is also a boy. Now that it is better it is more obvious. We have decided that these three will just be display fish and that we are going to get 12 Red Festae fry to try and get a pair.
And before anyone says anything about the SA's mixing with the Africans I already know and we keep the tanks parameters in between where they each prefer it and have never had an issue other than the Africans will not stop breeding.
And before anyone says anything about the SA's mixing with the Africans I already know and we keep the tanks parameters in between where they each prefer it and have never had an issue other than the Africans will not stop breeding.
If your sick Festae is suffering from Lymphocystis, which I think it is, you shouldn't keep it with any other fish. There's no cure for it. It's a viral disease that can be spread to other fish. It would be better off in its own tank. Being kept alone will also be less stressful on the Festae and its symptoms could go into remission. I'd just hate for you to have multiple fish suffering with this disease. BTW good luck with your incoming batch of Festae.
