Julidochromis health concerns! - Page 2

HeavycomestheAx · #11 (**permalink**) 02-19-2010, 10:16 PM

Guys, no luck, it WAS bloat (or an ailment similar to that of bloat). She was active this morning, however sometime mid in the afternoon I found her upside down floating lifelessly along with the current. I then promptly removed her from the tank and took a knife to her belly to check the cause. Wouldn't you know it, as soon as I opened her up along her abdomen, out popped a large (for her size) air bubble. No eggs whatsoever. Disappointing!

Thanks for all of the help though. I will be sure to keep an extra eye on the tank over the following weeks to make sure that no other fish begin to exhibit these say traits.

gerald · #12 (**permalink**) 02-20-2010, 03:07 PM

So sorry to hear that Chad - She had us all fooled with what sure looked like pre-spawn behavior. Must have fooled her mate too; she didnt look like she was in any distress. The air bubble may have been from bacterial action after she died, since there wasn't any evidence of a buoyancy problem in the video. Did you look at her liver and kidneys? Were they blotchy colored and lumpy (possible infection), or smooth and evenly red-brownish (normal)?

fiupntballr · #13 (**permalink**) 02-20-2010, 03:54 PM

Im really sorry to hear that

sometimes your gut reactions are the right ones and sounds like you were on the right track.

:-(

HeavycomestheAx · #14 (**permalink**) 02-24-2010, 08:46 PM

Thanks guys. Well Gerald, my dissection of the fish only went so far as to ascertain whether or not the fish was carrying eggs. I did not even think to bring it home and check it out under my microscope. I'll keep that in mind if the need ever arises again.

Some good news had come out of this loss. As it is, I have had a single Julidochromis from the same group of juvies as the pair mentioned above, that has been kept in another tank since it was out-casted from the others. Testing my options I went ahead and threw, not literally, him/her into the main tank with the original male Juldiochromis. They only spent the first 24 hours harassing each other, but for the last two days the two of them have been seen swimming throughout the tank side-by-side. I can only hope that this will eventually work out for the better and I get a new pair from it. Keeping my fingers crossed.