Tropical Fish Forum
Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => The Emergency Room => Topic started by: Big_PP on August 08, 2024, 11:34:13 PM
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Hello, we would be grateful for any help. We have 4 dwarf neon rainbow fish that were introduced to a fresh tank on Saturday. 1 male and 3 females. The 125L tank has been running for a couple months. One of the female fish has become sick in the last day or so. She has become withdrawn from the others and only comes out to eat. She has a pinched looking belly when compared to the others with a brown bump around her bum. Before this she was very active and looked normal. Any help would be appreciated.
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I'm not vey good with disease but she could possibly have an intestinal prolapse (intestine protruding through the anus). Given the numbers of fish bred in far east fish farms these days, she could possibly have worms which caused the prolapse. If this is the case, the whole tank will need to be treated.
If any other member has any ideas, listen to them as well, as I say I'm not very good with identifying diseases.
If the consensus is worms, there are few medications to think about.
There are two types of worm, round worms and flat worms.
eSHa ndx kills round worms and eSHa gdex kills flat worms. These are both safe in a tank with shrimps and snails. Because of the way they are dosed, with two or three courses and water changes after a couple of days, these two can be used with the second between the courses of the first.
NT Labs Anti Fluke & Wormer and Maidenhead Aquatics own brand AquaCare Anti Fluke & Wormer kills both types but also kills shrimps and snails.
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Thankyou for the advice. The female rainbow is still the same. Her breathing is very fast and she is still mostly keeping out the way at the back. She has eaten and passed a stool so I guess that's good news. I'm keeping a look out for signs of worms as per your advice but nothing so far. As she is quite young I'm hopeful its a small prolapse that will sort its-self out in time. I'll post an update in the future either way.
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Keeping my fingers crossed for the beautiful fish (and sorry that I can't advise further beyond what Sue has helpfully done).