Reeferhead
10/17/2011, 12:01 PM
On October 8th, I added three yellow headed jawfish to an well established set of five. Both sets came from the same source but spaced several months apart. I did not QT or do any prophylactic treatment on either set. As a species tank, there are corals and inverts but no other fish species in this tank.
The new set of three were dead within the first four days. I was not able to note any symptoms as the new fish were in hiding, I only found their bodies once near death or dead. At the time, I just assumed the stress of transport killed them, as the bag they came in had been puntured during shipping and a fourth fish was found DOA in the bag.
A couple days after the new set died, the established set of five began to show some symtoms. There were no outward signs of disease, no spots or ick like symptoms. There may have been a mild film (Velvet) but it was difficult to tell on the pearly colored body of the Jawfish. From what I could tell symptoms started as mild labored breathing and loss of appetite. By the next 24-48 hours the fish were out of their holes and having difficulty swimming, then found dead 12-24 hours later. I did notice mildly flared out gills and a sucked in lower jaw on one of the fish about 24hrs before I found it dead.
As of last night, I had one fish left alive but it was showing the initial symptoms. Whatever it is it works super fast; what could this be?
The new set of three were dead within the first four days. I was not able to note any symptoms as the new fish were in hiding, I only found their bodies once near death or dead. At the time, I just assumed the stress of transport killed them, as the bag they came in had been puntured during shipping and a fourth fish was found DOA in the bag.
A couple days after the new set died, the established set of five began to show some symtoms. There were no outward signs of disease, no spots or ick like symptoms. There may have been a mild film (Velvet) but it was difficult to tell on the pearly colored body of the Jawfish. From what I could tell symptoms started as mild labored breathing and loss of appetite. By the next 24-48 hours the fish were out of their holes and having difficulty swimming, then found dead 12-24 hours later. I did notice mildly flared out gills and a sucked in lower jaw on one of the fish about 24hrs before I found it dead.
As of last night, I had one fish left alive but it was showing the initial symptoms. Whatever it is it works super fast; what could this be?