blueether Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 What's wrong with my Bully? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 does it actually HAVE a pectoral fin?! Is the red a raw injury or something under the skin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 does it actually HAVE a pectoral fin?! Is the red a raw injury or something under the skin? Good spot. I was wondering how long it would take for someone to see (or not see in this case)the obvious. I'm guessing it is a birth defect along with the red mark, or it was the lucky one that got away from a trout/cray. Got this one last weekend with another 3 to make the bully count upto 6. Unfortunately one of the other new arrivals has got whitespot - just a single spot so far. treating with salt, as per what I read in some random book I found Oh... Dobsonfly don't like salty water - one of them up and died after only half the salt had gone in, at least one has survived though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 So is there even a bump or stub? How well does it swim? Bullies don't do much body movement, more pectoral movement (or maybe it is so fine it is hard to see?) I know a site that is teeming with banded kokopu, eels and koura. The bandeds are often missing fins (or are DENTED!), the eels have bite marks and the koura missing legs. Everyone seems robustly healthy though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 No lump/stub, might be a slight dip. It swims well enough but does favor the end of the tank with less current. It uses its pelvic fin a lot and is always on a slight lean in the water and at rest. The pelvic fin on the damaged side is always held a lot more vertical than the other side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 fascinating! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkelboy Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 A single white spot usually means dead fish in the future. Do you quarantine your new arrivals? I always do. Bullies from the wild are just about certain to have white spot disease. A bare tank is the best way to quarantine and also treat the dreaded white spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted December 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Will keep an eye on the new arrivals, no they weren't quarantined as I don't have enough kit and I was feeding live invertebrates from the same stream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Live inverts are unlikely to bring in much by the way of diseases. Most fish diseases are either opportunistic things are are in the water all the time and only can infect when a fish is immunologically vulnerable. inverts are often carriers for parasites, but given that in the wild the fish would be eating these inverts every day of their lives, parasites are rarely problematic. It is much much easier to quarantine all new arrivals than risk all your fish with an outbreak. Hopefully since you saw that spot early and are treating then there won't be too much risk this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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