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Edith Hobbyist Posts: 105 Kudos: 30 Votes: 0 Registered: 10-Aug-2006 | My angel has her breeding tube down has been for a week and half but the last to day's dan and are seeing that it red. It look's like her poop when we feed her blood worm's. He go's up to her and not shure if he try's to clean it or if he niped it.any idea's what to do. She was do for laying egg's last wed didn't do it edith edith |
Posted 10-Feb-2007 00:49 | |
Calilasseia *Ultimate Fish Guru* Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003 | I've been spending time pondering this, and asking around among people who are familiar on a regular basis with Angelfish breeding, and thus far, sadly, I've not alighted upon anything that strikes me as immediately and obviously helpful. Hence the long delay in answering this thread. To me, not having an immediate clue as to what the problem might be, a reasonable solution would be isolation of the affected female with Melafix medication to keep any secondary infections at bay until the ovipositor shows signs of healing. It could well be that the male has accidentally bitten the ovipositor, in which case isolation would be a good idea, followed by pairing the fishes up again once the female has healed. In the meantime, I would examine the female VERY carefully, and make sure that what you are seeing is in fact a haemorrhaging ovispositor, and not something of greater concern such as an infestation of Camallanus parasitic nematodes. If THIS turns out to be the problem, then it's time for a serious de-worming course in a hospital tank followed by extremely careful segregation of live foods if you use them. This is because Camallanus has a life cycle that takes advantage of the fact that numerous fishes eat Cyclops - the parasitic nematode spends some time inside a Cyclops host, and can live exclusively within a Cyclops population for three generations before the descendants need to find a fish to parasitise. After three generations without access to fishes to parasitise, the nematodes die. So, check for Camallanus, and if an infestation is diagnosed, keep the fishes away from Cyclops (which frequently turn up in Daphnia shipments as the two creatures live side by side) unless you are absolutely sure of the provenance of the live food source (e.g., it's a purpose built pond with no fishes in it). Other than that, the ovipositor problem remains something of a mystery, and I've yet to encounter anyone else who has had a similar problem. |
Posted 05-Mar-2007 14:47 |
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