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All,
My beautiful old Jack Dempsey Jabrobro has fallen ill and need some guidance from the community. I purchased him and his mate Eloise from Chad "Hawkman2000" 4.5 years ago and confirmed from Chad recently that they were both around/at least 3 years old when I got them, so they're getting up there. Anyways, about Jabrobro:
Ailing Jabrobro
He's been acting odd for the past 2 weeks or so, and I've copied the above video link that will do my description justice. He's been laying on his side down by the substrate or on top of live plants, swimming a little labored, kind of wobbly and ending up kind of sideways while swimming. In the past couple of days he's definitely gotten a little bit worse: ending up sideways and generally it looks like he's having some difficulty swimming upright, and seems to show some kind of bend to his body. Some positives are that he is rather alert, has been eating pretty normally, has decent color, and will show some courtship behavior with Eloise (e.d. gill flaring, circling around, etc.).
I did a 40% wc last night and added 5 teaspoons of epsom salt (all I was willing to put in) which I recall doing for sick tanks back when I worked in a pet store in Austin a decade ago and it always seemed to help. I havent upped the heat, though we used to do that as well. They're sitting at 80-81 degrees right now. Also, the tank lights will remain off to de-stress.
Anyways, I need some guidance here. It certainly doesn't look great, but I'm hoping he's treatable. He doesn't appear physically bloated, but that's the only concrete disease that seems to kind of match his behavior. I unfortunately have to travel for the weekend tomorrow night and wont be back til Monday night. I will likely do another small wc tonight (10-20%) and add some more salt, which will be the last aid I can administer. I can direct my roommate to act if need be in my absence.
I'm definitely a little distressed over this and could certainly use any ideas from all of you who have been so helpful in the past. Any ideas what's ailing him, and more specifically, how to treat, would be greatly appreciated. I can make a run to petco to grab any suggested medicine if you all think I need to go that route. I also have some melafix but don't really think that can help in this scenario.
Thanks for your help and here's to hoping Jabrobro recovers!
David
https://youtu.be/2tWtFAtx0CU
My beautiful old Jack Dempsey Jabrobro has fallen ill and need some guidance from the community. I purchased him and his mate Eloise from Chad "Hawkman2000" 4.5 years ago and confirmed from Chad recently that they were both around/at least 3 years old when I got them, so they're getting up there. Anyways, about Jabrobro:
Ailing Jabrobro
He's been acting odd for the past 2 weeks or so, and I've copied the above video link that will do my description justice. He's been laying on his side down by the substrate or on top of live plants, swimming a little labored, kind of wobbly and ending up kind of sideways while swimming. In the past couple of days he's definitely gotten a little bit worse: ending up sideways and generally it looks like he's having some difficulty swimming upright, and seems to show some kind of bend to his body. Some positives are that he is rather alert, has been eating pretty normally, has decent color, and will show some courtship behavior with Eloise (e.d. gill flaring, circling around, etc.).
I did a 40% wc last night and added 5 teaspoons of epsom salt (all I was willing to put in) which I recall doing for sick tanks back when I worked in a pet store in Austin a decade ago and it always seemed to help. I havent upped the heat, though we used to do that as well. They're sitting at 80-81 degrees right now. Also, the tank lights will remain off to de-stress.
Anyways, I need some guidance here. It certainly doesn't look great, but I'm hoping he's treatable. He doesn't appear physically bloated, but that's the only concrete disease that seems to kind of match his behavior. I unfortunately have to travel for the weekend tomorrow night and wont be back til Monday night. I will likely do another small wc tonight (10-20%) and add some more salt, which will be the last aid I can administer. I can direct my roommate to act if need be in my absence.
I'm definitely a little distressed over this and could certainly use any ideas from all of you who have been so helpful in the past. Any ideas what's ailing him, and more specifically, how to treat, would be greatly appreciated. I can make a run to petco to grab any suggested medicine if you all think I need to go that route. I also have some melafix but don't really think that can help in this scenario.
Thanks for your help and here's to hoping Jabrobro recovers!
David
https://youtu.be/2tWtFAtx0CU