Re: [RML] Ghostly

Dennis Holmes (dhdesign at onthenet.com.au)
Fri, 01 Sep 2000 21:52:58 +1000

I Had been attempting to breed with her and her mate he had lost his colour
also, but he has got allot of his colour back and is looking better, it's
been around a week now.

> From: "Tyrone Genade" <12860379 at narga.sun.ac.za>
> Organization: Stellenbosch University
> Reply-To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:15:04 +0200
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] Ghostly
>
> On 1 Sep 2000,, Dennis Holmes wrote:
>
>> I have a fish lot has lost all its colour and is swimming in
>> continuous circles, any ideas? Dennis
>
> There are a number of possiblities but all lead to the death of the
> fish. Some (bacterial or parasitic options) will lead to the death of
> others.
> Cull the fish NOW!!!
> It may well also of just bumped its nose. I had a female praecox
> that rammed itself into the glass (I was chasing it with a net) and
> then went into a spasm with its body curling to the right and
> swimming very unbalanced. She came right eventually. She had
> lost colour on one side of her body and her right side of her head
> wnet black. The fact that your fish has totally lost colour suggests
> other more sever problems, such as stroke or infection.
>
> Sorry, but I don't see much hope.
>
> Bye
>
>
>
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