In other threads I've posted about the recent incident with my Severum. Long story short, his head was bitten by my Oscar. Severum has been a major ass for months. Chip hasn't been the same since, to put it straight. He was healing well, even showing some of his @hole fiestyness with the Chocolate Bobo. However he was jittery and protective of his head. More recently he's stopped eating or barely eats. He's clearly afraid to contest for food or expose himself. Most of the day he would stay in the upper column (forced there by the BP) or sit in the plants. So after initially improving its gone in the other direction. I think he's a mental wreck by his body language. If he sees the slightest motion or a shadow in his side vision he takes off.
More importantly his scars from the bite have opened up. He can't shake his lympho dots and two new spots are on his nose where his face was 'scrubbed' during the time of the bite. The scars from the bite itself enlarged again. I noticed today he has one eye slightly swollen...the 'white ring' around it drew my attention. I checked it closely and its clearly swollen from a recent injury (likely a scrape since he has one on that side). The only good news is that he swims much more normally now and has stopped the 'head standing' he would do for hours.
I haven't seen any outright aggression to the Severum recently, and this includes watching the tank when they were unaware. Just small posturing, no real fighting.
Right now he's in quarantine in a weak salt dip and has perked up, returning to his silver/stripe appearance (he's been black for weeks). I will start treating him with Tetra Life guard tonight and continue for 6 days to see his progress. At my wits end with this fish.
More importantly his scars from the bite have opened up. He can't shake his lympho dots and two new spots are on his nose where his face was 'scrubbed' during the time of the bite. The scars from the bite itself enlarged again. I noticed today he has one eye slightly swollen...the 'white ring' around it drew my attention. I checked it closely and its clearly swollen from a recent injury (likely a scrape since he has one on that side). The only good news is that he swims much more normally now and has stopped the 'head standing' he would do for hours.
I haven't seen any outright aggression to the Severum recently, and this includes watching the tank when they were unaware. Just small posturing, no real fighting.
Right now he's in quarantine in a weak salt dip and has perked up, returning to his silver/stripe appearance (he's been black for weeks). I will start treating him with Tetra Life guard tonight and continue for 6 days to see his progress. At my wits end with this fish.
