RE: NANFA-- Wasting o-spot.

Nick Zarlinga (njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com)
Tue, 27 Jan 2004 08:37:07 -0500

I'd go the quarantine route with some kind of medicated food if it is
eating. You can make a gel diet and add some kind of wormer in it.

Nick Zarlinga
Aquarium Biologist
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
216.661.6500 ext 4485

><)> -----Original Message-----
><)> From: owner-nanfa_at_aquaria.net
><)> On Behalf
><)> Of Todd Crail
><)> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 10:45 PM
><)> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
><)> Subject: NANFA-- Wasting o-spot.
><)>
><)>
><)> Greetings...
><)>
><)> I've got an orangespot sunfish that is in the
><)> worst way. I don't know what
><)> the deal is... He's always chowed down since I've
><)> had him, but dorsally, he
><)> looks like an emaciated saltwater Tang, he has
><)> flare ups of ich and fungus,
><)> his eyes bulge sorta exopthalamusy (is that a
><)> word? :) now and then, with
><)> minimal opacity.
><)>
><)> He's just a mess.
><)>
><)> I'd usually say it was system stress and try and
><)> troubleshoot it and correct
><)> it... But there ain't nobody else in there with a
><)> single problem. Among
><)> those enlisted are redside dace, blacknose dace,
><)> blackstripe topminnows,
><)> tadpole madtoms etc that would buy the farm on
><)> whim and seem to be very
><)> succeptable to ectoparasitic "blooms" when system
><)> stress is present. So
><)> I'm pretty convinced it's just him.
><)>
><)> This time he's flared up with the external
><)> parasties two days _after_ the
><)> waterchange. I don't know if he prefered whatever
><)> the nitrates were at
><)> before the waterchange, but they're undetectable
><)> now. I wouldn't be
><)> suprised if I went down and saw him floating on
><)> any given day... But he's
><)> looked this bad before and somehow pulled back out
><)> of it. Never gained any
><)> weight back tho. Just gone through this ebb and
><)> tide of "looks like crap"
><)> to "looks hopeful".
><)>
><)> Put 'em down and cut 'em open and take a looky?
><)> Put him in a quarantine and
><)> metronidazole the crap out of him? Hey that was
><)> kinda punny... ;)
><)>
><)> I'm getting nervy about intestinal parasites,
><)> though I've seen no evidence
><)> of them. No bloating or anal irritation, no
><)> discharge or clear "feces".
><)> But his wasting and imunosuppression seem to be right on.
><)>
><)> I didn't want to waste him if there were other
><)> options. Or if that was the
><)> best option, I guess get some suggestions to do it.
><)>
><)> I hate nuking fish I've had for awhile :(
><)>
><)> Todd
><)>
><)> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
><)> http://www.farmertodd.com
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