jolliolli Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 All of my blues either died with increased resperation or what resembles tumours (maybe hole in the head? I hope that isn't what has happened to yours? Any chance of a pic? ditto, call me crazy but i bought another male today after deciding severalmonths ago not to bother any more with them again... just so hard to resist! if i spot a nice looking female i mght try the breeding in a separate tank for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 My recomendation would be to breed them and keep at least one batch of babies asap don't give them a chance to raise them, I tired patiently with mine and ended up loosing the parents before I raised a spawn because they kept eating them etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 good luck - mine did the same thing as ryans with the same thing on their head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 im thinking of starting him on medicated food (metro) from the start to hopefully knock out any internal parasites. I had the same problem last year with my pair laying but i wasn't quick enough getting the eggs out and the female ate them, both died soon after of the head tumours etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannahbell Posted May 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 She had the tumor with my last lot of fry. It just seems to be spreading now I will get the breeding tank set up in the weekend and give them another go. I have a sponge filter now, so will try really hard and raise them so that they live. Will try and get a pic later on today of her. Seems to be a problem with them this tumor thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Have any of you inspected the tumors with a microscope? It will help if you can ID the problem properly. Mark and Felicity at World of Water in Hamilton have a great scope which can record what you see. they are also very knowledgeable. I'd freeze one when it dies and get it over to them, they could get some pics of the tumour and provide a positive ID. I'd be happy to help out as the middle man, as I'd get to play with their scope and learn something too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 I had the same problem. I treated it with PP daily, took it out put a bit on the sore and put back in tank. I've also had Apistos with the same problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 did you find it affected any other fish in the tank, don't really want any sort of tumour causing disease transferring to my discus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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