John
>
> From: "Nick Zarlinga" <njz_at_clevelandmetroparks.com>
> Date: 2004/01/27 Tue AM 07:37:07 CST
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Subject: RE: NANFA-- Wasting o-spot.
>
> 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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