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Article #241help with sick fish
From: Kathy Thompson
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:10
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:10
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I hope someone can help, I need some advice on what to do with a sick fish. The fish in question is a Sunfish. On Friday I noticed that the fish had a white, perfectly round circle on his bottom lip. It looked like he might have scraped or bruised his lip on something. Last night the fish was swimming a little crooked, sort of leaning to one side. The fish has been hanging around under the filter so the water has been hitting him. I added some anti-fungal medicine last night, and I also looked in the fish book, but did not see anything that looked similiar. On Friday, I did a partial water change and also removed part of my UGF. After removing it I noticed bunches of small worms, that were living under the filter. (They were rolled up in bunches). The worms were a whitish color. Could this be the cause of the white circle? Does anyone know what those worms are? Are they dangerous? Please help! I'd appreciate any advice. BTW, the other fish in the tank are Cichlids, and 2 plecs. Thanks, Kathy
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!isi.edu!kathyt From: kathyt@next2.isi.edu (Kathy Thompson) Newsgroups: sci.aquaria,alt.aquaria Subject: help with sick fish Message-ID: <23126@venera.isi.edu> Date: 29 Dec 92 22:10:59 GMT Sender: news@isi.edu Distribution: usa Lines: 21