Miraculous or expected recovery?
Hi all,
About 10 days ago I noticed my male apistogramma agasizzii was hiding a lot and very subdued.
About a day later I noticed he had a white enflamation around his anus. He was still feeding fine but he became more and more timid.
The enflamed area became worse and worse and started to look like dropsy so I assumed there was nothing I could do for him. I feared the worst but he kept on eating. After a further 3 or 4 day he couldn't swim properly and was swimming vertically (head down).
By this time the enflamed area was very puffed up with the scales protruding a lot. I didn't treat him in any way as I have come to realise this can do more harm than good unless properly diagnosed. I just made sure that my water params were excellent!
With a lack of a decent camera - I've drawn this sketch of how he looked.
Anyway I continued to monitor him and he is now chasing the females again and showing to them constantly. He is no longer timid or hiding and is eating frantically. He seems to have fully recovered on his own.
Has anyone got any ideas what was wrong with him?
Cheers,
Drammy
Hi all,
About 10 days ago I noticed my male apistogramma agasizzii was hiding a lot and very subdued.
About a day later I noticed he had a white enflamation around his anus. He was still feeding fine but he became more and more timid.
The enflamed area became worse and worse and started to look like dropsy so I assumed there was nothing I could do for him. I feared the worst but he kept on eating. After a further 3 or 4 day he couldn't swim properly and was swimming vertically (head down).
By this time the enflamed area was very puffed up with the scales protruding a lot. I didn't treat him in any way as I have come to realise this can do more harm than good unless properly diagnosed. I just made sure that my water params were excellent!
With a lack of a decent camera - I've drawn this sketch of how he looked.
Anyway I continued to monitor him and he is now chasing the females again and showing to them constantly. He is no longer timid or hiding and is eating frantically. He seems to have fully recovered on his own.
Has anyone got any ideas what was wrong with him?
Cheers,
Drammy