Figure Eight with sacs
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:01 pm
I purchased two figure eights last Saturday (four days ago). They didn't appear to have any marks at the fish store that we saw, but by the time we got home I had noticed a small abrasion on one - it kind of looked like a bit of a pimple. I thought it might be from the netting at the store at first.
The state of the reddish, raised area didn't change until yesterday (Tuesday) when we woke up to find a cluster of clear, fluid(?)-filled sacs hanging from the red area. The raised pimply looking part was gone and replaced by these.
This is the best photo I could get of "her" last night. You can see the sacs in the mid-belly region.
This morning most of the sacs had burst, leaving behind one. By this evening, a new batch started to grow. This is a photo from about 20 minutes ago (it was the best I could get from the wrong side).
Parameters are good - salinity 1.007, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 10, pH 8.2.
She is in 31 US Gallons with one other figure-eight and a black molly. The tank is planted and has been running (starting with a fishless cycle, then the addition of the molly), since May 14, 2006 with almost zero fluctuation in parameters (except for a gradual increase in salinity). She is eating and very inquisitive.
Has anyone run into this before or know what it could be? Thank you for your help in advance.
The state of the reddish, raised area didn't change until yesterday (Tuesday) when we woke up to find a cluster of clear, fluid(?)-filled sacs hanging from the red area. The raised pimply looking part was gone and replaced by these.
This is the best photo I could get of "her" last night. You can see the sacs in the mid-belly region.
This morning most of the sacs had burst, leaving behind one. By this evening, a new batch started to grow. This is a photo from about 20 minutes ago (it was the best I could get from the wrong side).
Parameters are good - salinity 1.007, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 10, pH 8.2.
She is in 31 US Gallons with one other figure-eight and a black molly. The tank is planted and has been running (starting with a fishless cycle, then the addition of the molly), since May 14, 2006 with almost zero fluctuation in parameters (except for a gradual increase in salinity). She is eating and very inquisitive.
Has anyone run into this before or know what it could be? Thank you for your help in advance.