What's wrong with this leuc?

WDLV · #1 (**permalink**) 06-07-2009, 07:48 AM

Sometimes I get a fish in that doesn't pass the DLR test. No ick, no brook, etc. It just doesn't look right. This fish eats like a champ, but has clamped fins and it's eyes stay fixed all the time. What is this about?
Is it just freaked out by the new environment?

Dan · #2 (**permalink**) 06-07-2009, 12:58 PM

May have been collected....err....badly. Should still treat for brook. You know how clownfish are. Nice pattern on that one. Similar to Clownfishking's that he had spawning a few years ago. Good luck with it.

Dan

WDLV · #3 (**permalink**) 06-07-2009, 03:57 PM

I dosed formalin this morning B/C it was also breathing a little fast. I figured it wouldn't hurt.

Planet Macro · #4 (**permalink**) 06-07-2009, 04:07 PM

I had a tomato clown that acted like that and it turned out to be blind. It was still able to eat.

WDLV · #5 (**permalink**) 06-08-2009, 06:35 AM

This one is definately not blind.

REEFBRONCOS · #6 (**permalink**) 06-08-2009, 08:01 AM

Get him an anemone, i could almost garuntee anythig will clear up. My nigripis did that till i put a bubble tip in, they were so nervous.

Share some Leucs with me man!!!! :)

WDLV · #7 (**permalink**) 06-08-2009, 11:19 AM

He's still in quarrantine. Judging by his breathing, rightfully so. I did a second dose of formalin today following a 50% water change.

Arati · #8 (**permalink**) 06-08-2009, 04:05 PM

I have a verry hard time with BZ fish. I know they pack them great and they look great in the bag, but they expire over the next few days.

I lost 6 Crysopterus in 2 orders from them all seemed perfect on arrival. I QT'd the first 3 all died in 4 days. The second order I QT 2 , but 1 I put directly into my system. again all 3 died within a few days. Then I lost a pair of Polymnus and a pair of Skunks aswell as my 4-5 other non clownfish. Whatever that fish had it was mean and nasty! I had to QT my whole system, the ones I couldnt catch died. IMO it was brooke but I dunno? It dropped my wrasse and anthias over night!

Im not sayin anything about BZ they are alwasy 100% nice and pack top notch. They really seem 1st rate to me, but thats my experiance with them.

Good luck with your fish, I hope your experiance is better then mine. I really wanted to order that guy when I saw him go up, but its just to big a risk for my track record with them.

WDLV · #9 (**permalink**) 06-08-2009, 04:24 PM

My experience with BZ is limited to two chrysopterus a latezonatus and this leuc. All did well until this one. The others died some time after arrival by my own stupidity.... I did not use proper quarrantine measures with other fish and introduced a nasty cocktail of disease to the systems they were in.

WDLV · #10 (**permalink**) 06-10-2009, 02:32 PM

OK, so I'm an idiot. I figured out that part of the problem was a heater setting issue. The tank was 90 degrees. I found this out when I stuck my fingers in there to do a water change. So, over the course of several hours I dropped the temp back down to 78 and in the process also dropped the SG down to 1.009. He's breathing slower and is looking around like a normal fish would.

However, I did see stringy poop. I need to find a good deworming food. He's already getting pellets with garlic, which may have helped the process of getting some of it out, but I think it would be good to use a proper deworming medication.