Since you seem underwhelmed by the response to your posting, I'll have a
shot at it.
Since they were guppies that started it ( serves you right :)) I think you
could almost consider Camallanus until proved otherwise with Trifasciatas
being the most prone to "everything" in rainbowfish ( of course this means
if they don't respond to Ivermectin then consider the wasting form of TB as
a good starter).
sorry I can';t be more helpful
Cheers
Bruce Hansen
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> From: rhondawi at sprynet.com
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: [RML] Strange affliction
> Date: Saturday, 21 June 1997 3:35
>
> I've been meaning to ask about this for some time. I had one tri that as
an
> adult fish has started to get really misshapen. She's a real mess now
though
> she was fine before. Now I found another that seems to be getting a
little
> bit of the same problem. I removed both fish from the main tank because
> these seems very much like a problem I had with my guppies last summer.
> While I was gone on vacation this same affliction hit my guppies and
almost
> every single one of them ended up with a bent back. I've finaly got
guppies
> going again and the fry of the bent ones did not come out bent.
>
> Because of the speed at which this has occured both in the bow and the
> guppies last year, I'm thinking this is some sort of horrible disease. I
> would think if it was a vitamin deficiancy it would be happen more
regularly
> and occur in fry and the other adults. I don't know how I could possibly
> feed my fish a much more diverse diet as it is.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Rhonda
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