spleenharvester
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Hi everyone,
I've got 4 tanks with probably about 50 otocinclus macrospilus between them. After lots of trial and error my survival rate is really good - about 90%~ after two months (though not gotten them to breed yet!) - but lately something seems to be spreading in my main tank and I'm not sure what it is.
When I come to do the weekly change I always find there is one that has bloated up really large (below). The affected otocinclus always dies within two days of being spotted, and floats to the top rather than the usual sinking to the bottom. It's gotten to the point that I am euthanising them as soon as I spot them to try and stop it spreading.
I took some samples from inside the belly of the latest one I euthanised. Only consistent finding is these egg-like things under microscopy, but I'm not entirely sure whether they are just bubbles to be honest.
Any ideas?
Cheers
I've got 4 tanks with probably about 50 otocinclus macrospilus between them. After lots of trial and error my survival rate is really good - about 90%~ after two months (though not gotten them to breed yet!) - but lately something seems to be spreading in my main tank and I'm not sure what it is.
When I come to do the weekly change I always find there is one that has bloated up really large (below). The affected otocinclus always dies within two days of being spotted, and floats to the top rather than the usual sinking to the bottom. It's gotten to the point that I am euthanising them as soon as I spot them to try and stop it spreading.
I took some samples from inside the belly of the latest one I euthanised. Only consistent finding is these egg-like things under microscopy, but I'm not entirely sure whether they are just bubbles to be honest.
Any ideas?
Cheers