OutOfFocus
New Member
Hello all,
One of my Cherry Barb females has fallen ill rather suddenly and I lack the experience to diagnose or cure the problem. For a couple of days I'd been noticing her regularly resting on the substrate and rubbing her belly against plants, then yesterday I noticed a red blemish on the underside of her head. She could still swim fine, and was very camera shy so I struggled to get any photos of her, but at feeding time I saw her resting on her side instead of her belly for the first time and snapped some pics before she darted off. After returning home from work today I found her on her side again and while she did swim away she's definitely having some problems.
Some other info, let me know if you need more:
Three weeks ago I dosed the tank with NTLabs' Anti-worm/fluke medicine due to my Pearl Gourami showing signs of worms and while I have done larger water changes and added carbon to the filter I'm a little concerned that it may have caused some kind of reaction in her. All my other fish seem fine, water tests have come back with no ammonia/nitrites and I'm using London tap water. The tank's been running with few issues for about two years though when I bought the barbs I did have a case of gill flukes that I'm not sure they ever 100% recovered from as they still flick occasionally.
Thanks for any help.
One of my Cherry Barb females has fallen ill rather suddenly and I lack the experience to diagnose or cure the problem. For a couple of days I'd been noticing her regularly resting on the substrate and rubbing her belly against plants, then yesterday I noticed a red blemish on the underside of her head. She could still swim fine, and was very camera shy so I struggled to get any photos of her, but at feeding time I saw her resting on her side instead of her belly for the first time and snapped some pics before she darted off. After returning home from work today I found her on her side again and while she did swim away she's definitely having some problems.
Some other info, let me know if you need more:
Three weeks ago I dosed the tank with NTLabs' Anti-worm/fluke medicine due to my Pearl Gourami showing signs of worms and while I have done larger water changes and added carbon to the filter I'm a little concerned that it may have caused some kind of reaction in her. All my other fish seem fine, water tests have come back with no ammonia/nitrites and I'm using London tap water. The tank's been running with few issues for about two years though when I bought the barbs I did have a case of gill flukes that I'm not sure they ever 100% recovered from as they still flick occasionally.
Thanks for any help.