| Re: mystery fish ailment - can anyone help? |
Subject: Re: mystery fish ailment - can anyone help? by longhairedgit on 11/10/2007 16:29:56 Id cut the bloodworm for now, nice treat though they are and useful for breeding conditioning, they are too high in calories for regular use with most goldies, and especially for pearlscales. Presoaking foods , both flake and granular is a great idea it really will help with avoiding expansion of the gut in an organ compressed fish.In fact I might discontinue flake in favour of a low calorie granular food. Before you feel too guilty about starving your fish, take some comfort in the fact that an already chubby pearlscale could probably go without food in water sub 70f for around a month with no ill effects. Twice a day for a goldie isnt needed. Makes you laugh when it comes to holiday feeders. Ive left my entire collection of tropicals for two weeks or so, small fish and large for over 10 days with no food whatsoever when Ive gone on holiday. Never lost a fish doing that yet, although they do eat rather well on my return ;) Most people feed their fish four times more than they need to. Id cut your fish's food intake by 90% for at least a couple of weeks , just giving him a tiny taster once in a while to keep fecal transit healthy. Hepatic lipidosis can take many months to correct, even if youve caught it early enough, so you really do have to stick with the diet. Obviously, if its already too late , liver damage can be permanent,it depends on the degree of fat clogging the liver, but then there isnt a great deal you can do about that, but I'm hoping he turns around for you. Does sound like the other fish died of the complications of organ compression too. Dropsy is a common symptom, as is swim bladder failure. Keep us updated. |