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Shubunkin health advice
I have a 5-6 year old Shubunkin that has become listless and sits just
below the surface and hardly moves - drift would probably be best description. I can't see any signs of disease on it but am concerned by its behaviour, the other fish are ok. Any advice please? I wouldn't want to lose him if there is something I could do. thanks Bob (UK) |
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Shubunkin health advice
wrote in message ... I have a 5-6 year old Shubunkin that has become listless and sits just below the surface and hardly moves - drift would probably be best description. I can't see any signs of disease on it but am concerned by its behaviour, the other fish are ok. Any advice please? I wouldn't want to lose him if there is something I could do. thanks Bob (UK) Could be an internal bacterial infection or else there is something in the water. Has it been eating normally or not? Are its gills and mouth area blood red or else inflamed? If so, it needs to be quarantined and treated with antibiotics. If not, you may want to check all your water parameters. I think Jan has a sick fish form posted here in the newsgroup you can fill out that might help you diagnose the problem. Good luck and keep us posted. George |
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Shubunkin health advice
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:51:03 GMT, "George"
wrote: Thanks George, I put it in a container with salt bath for the day keeping a careful eye on it and returned to pond last night as I had nothing to aerate the water. Expecting the worst this morning I was happy to see it swimming around and not lingering on the surface. It's not as lively as the others - but significantly better than yesterday. rgds Bob Could be an internal bacterial infection or else there is something in the water. Has it been eating normally or not? Are its gills and mouth area blood red or else inflamed? If so, it needs to be quarantined and treated with antibiotics. If not, you may want to check all your water parameters. I think Jan has a sick fish form posted here in the newsgroup you can fill out that might help you diagnose the problem. Good luck and keep us posted. George |
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Shubunkin health advice
if your water is just warming up it could be aeration problem if you arent running an
air pump. but a little salt in the pond is a good thing. esp. in spring. Ingrid wrote: I have a 5-6 year old Shubunkin that has become listless and sits just below the surface and hardly moves - drift would probably be best description. I can't see any signs of disease on it but am concerned by its behaviour, the other fish are ok. Any advice please? I wouldn't want to lose him if there is something I could do. thanks Bob (UK) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
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Shubunkin health advice
wrote in message ... On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:51:03 GMT, "George" wrote: Thanks George, I put it in a container with salt bath for the day keeping a careful eye on it and returned to pond last night as I had nothing to aerate the water. Expecting the worst this morning I was happy to see it swimming around and not lingering on the surface. It's not as lively as the others - but significantly better than yesterday. rgds Bob Glad to hear. George |
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