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hi everyone.....over the last couple days I have been dealing with some sort of illness in my demasoni tank....so far 3 have died of it (all within 2 days), (the last one died last night) and the remaining ones are fine...eating well, very active, etc.
at frist, I thought it was bloat...the fish were being reclusive, not eating, and in the late stages (near death) their stomach began to swell....... upon closer inspection I realized that it was only one side of their stomach that would swell (looked kinda like a tumor)....then, within about 12 hours of when this swelling first becomes apparent, a hole forms (it kinda reminded me of the movie AVP
opcorn: when the alien lays eggs in the persons stomach and they swell up and the baby alien pops out and the person dies) I looked at the hole and I could seen the insides of the fish... a couple hours after noticing this hole the fish dies....
when the first one died I didnt think much of it, because I have seen the same thing before in one of the kenyi I used to have...it died after a couple days, and then nothing else happened to any of the other fish......then 2 more started to get the swelling right before this first one had the hole form....and about a day later these other 2 died.
parameters are:
Temp: 80 F
pH: 8.2
gh: 180 ppm
kh: 250 ppm
nitrates: 20 ppm
nitrites: 0 ppm
ammonia: 0 ppm
tank is a standard 35g
thanks for any help you can offer in identifying what this is
at frist, I thought it was bloat...the fish were being reclusive, not eating, and in the late stages (near death) their stomach began to swell....... upon closer inspection I realized that it was only one side of their stomach that would swell (looked kinda like a tumor)....then, within about 12 hours of when this swelling first becomes apparent, a hole forms (it kinda reminded me of the movie AVP
when the first one died I didnt think much of it, because I have seen the same thing before in one of the kenyi I used to have...it died after a couple days, and then nothing else happened to any of the other fish......then 2 more started to get the swelling right before this first one had the hole form....and about a day later these other 2 died.
parameters are:
Temp: 80 F
pH: 8.2
gh: 180 ppm
kh: 250 ppm
nitrates: 20 ppm
nitrites: 0 ppm
ammonia: 0 ppm
tank is a standard 35g
thanks for any help you can offer in identifying what this is