Sick Mbuna

[Stargazee]

Can someone help diagnose this fish, she's not eating and has a white growth and a red sore. We do have a pleco she could have got scratched by but do not think that's it. She is not eating and all water parameters are normal.

 

[Stargazee]

The fish is dead so no need to reply.....but does anyone know how to contact a fish vet in the AR area?

 

[GaryE]

I can't, but I can tell you the sore presents as an internal bacterial infection she could have carried for most of her life, and that flared up under stress. The fish appears like a female who had several broods in succession and burned out. They can't eat when they are carrying eggs or larvae in their mouths.

 

[Stargazee]

I quarantined her and treated her/him with Maracyn 2 but it was too late. She/he was never holding babies. Other fish have been holding and we have Mbuna at several stages of life. Should I treat the entire tank...if a bacteria is in all of them? It is a well established tank and biological filter. The GH, PH, nitrites, nitrates, etc are all spot on.