Odd Behaviour

[gems]

Hi everyone,

this morning I noticed one of our honey gouramis swimming near the filter looking as if he was playing in the outlet. This seemed fine, and I thought no more of it. This afternoon, he is making the same rapid swimming movement, but not anywhere near the filter. It's a rapid back and forth motion, with his fins beating furiously, but he isn't going anywhere, just staying in the same place. On closer inspection his fins look clamped and there is a strange patchy white sheen over his body.

Tank stats are fine, tested this morning: Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10, Ph 7.4. No sudden changes recently, only one new addition - a Bolivian Ram who is thriving.

What's wrong and what do I do about it?


Actually thinking about it I think it might be Velvet, his movement could be shimmying and the strange sheen shows up green/yellow under bright light.

 

[WILDER]

Sounds like velvet then as you can get velvet in like a talc dusting, and yellow varnish, turn tank light out and get a torch and shine it on the patch if it is yellow yes it velvet.

 

[gems]

Thanks Wilder,

I went with my guess and bought some Velvet meds, Interpet No. 7, at the lfs earlier today. It might help, although we haven't had any success at treating ill fish yet, they always die

 

[WILDER]

Velvet worse then whitespot and hardier to get rid off, remove black carbon from the tank if you use it.
Read instructions carefully with the fish you keep.
Increase aeration in the tank as the high temp and med reduce 02 in the water, good luck.