What is it?

[Stab]

I recently moved my 2 jade gobies (dormitator maculatus) to a larger tank. While both seemed to settle down nicely, yesterday I have noticed one acting and looking strange...

Here are the symptoms:
- inflamed fins, especially unpaired. Poor guy must be rather uncomfortable because he is keeping them almost constantly clamped (those who know jade gobies can tell that their dorsals and anal are ALWAYS up). Fin memberains are actuallu looking reddish in color. There are also some "bumps" on the fins -- nothing like ich, they look more like pimples. The fish is eating but seems to be most comfortable when resting on the bottom, and so doesn't move unless provoked

Specs of the tank are as follows:
- Freshwater 125G. Substrate of fine sand, some rocks and driftwood caves. No aggressive tankmates. Temperature is 80F, PH is at 6.5, Nitrate 0, Nitrite 0, Amonia 0. No other fish shows any sign of distress

What could this be? what should I treat with? He is looking worst today than he did yesterday and so I would like to start dealing with this ASAP. BTW, the fish in question is roughly around 4.5"

 

[Stab]

Anyone?

 

[Lupin]

Sounds like septicemia. If you have a picture of your fish, the faster it is to know what exactly is happening. Pics are worth a thousand words. Identification alone will not be sufficient enough to help your fish.

 

[guppy]

Agreed, the reddish and clamped fins, oiften with leaking blood at the bases are usually a sign of hemmoraghic septicemia usually caused by an aeromonas infection, one recomended treatment is oxytetracycline in the food and forma-green in the water. I prefer Binox and a widespectrum antibiotic food such as the one made by Jungle.
Septicemia is often brought on by a high bacterial load and stress or injury.
Due to the recent move, especially if the fish were netted your bacterial load is probably okay, however, the Jade gobies prefer a slightly alkaline water, not acidic, so 7-8pH, and a temp that is a bit lower, 72-78F. they also do better with a little salt (1- 1 1/2 tbs/5 G.) and also should have some vegetation in the diet, algae, nori, or elodea will work. All of these will act as stressors, when coupled with the move, lowering resistance.