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	Venustus - Major Flashing & Other Symptoms (w/ video)
-VilmeR- Hobbyist Posts: 119 Kudos: 23 Registered: 05-Mar-2003	Edited by -VilmeR- Hello everyone, I am really worried about my male Venustus... the past few days he's been flashing ALOT and today I noticed he has some blood near one of his gills and his scales are going funky... As well his fin on the left side is totally clamped... I'm really not sure what this is as I've never encountered it... To be more clear, I took a short video of his current condition.. http://www.fishdude.ca/videos/venustus.wmv Water has been steady at 78 degrees with a ph of 7.8. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, I'm really worried, but I don't want to start dumping meds in there until I can pinpoint it... if it's not too late
Posted 30-Jan-2006 05:09
fishyhelper288 Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	it looks as if it was attacked strange, i would medicate with atleast melafix for the time being
Posted 30-Jan-2006 22:19
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	Parameters? Ammonia, nitrate, nitrites? ><>
Posted 30-Jan-2006 22:47
-VilmeR- Hobbyist Posts: 119 Kudos: 23 Registered: 05-Mar-2003	Edited by -VilmeR- Ammonia = 0 Nitrites = 0 Have to pick up a new Nitrate kit... The tank is a 75 gallon, and it has been set up for approximately 3 years. Tankmates at the moment are a female Venustus, 2 Blue Dolphins, 2 large plecos and an Algae Eater.
Posted 30-Jan-2006 22:53
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	It looks bacterial to me. I would put him in quarantine and treat with antibiotics. ><>
Posted 31-Jan-2006 18:11


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