Achilles tang anus protruded

[mmarro99]

I don't know what gives. I've had him for 7 months now. currently swimming around eating no signs of stress but his anus looks terrifying. anyone know why this happens? will it go back to normal? will he be ok? BTW please excuse the white specs everywhere its debris :/

 

[4FordFamily]

That is very strange, I wonder if it has internal parasites.

[HASHTAG]#humblefish[/HASHTAG] is your best bet

 

[Bubbles_B]

do you dose vitamin c and garlic into your system? maybe soak your algae strips in some of it. his immune system needs to be strengthened

 

[mmarro99]

That is very strange, I wonder if it has internal parasites.

[HASHTAG]#humblefish[/HASHTAG] is your best bet

But where would the internal parasites come from? I've had him for 7 plus months. Last fish was introduced maybe a month ago. No other fish show symptoms. fish hernia? Really bad case of constipation? What's Humblefish?

 

[mmarro99]

do you dose vitamin c and garlic into your system? maybe soak your algae strips in some of it. his immune system needs to be strengthened

I recently stopped dosing vitamin c in the system but i was dosing the tank with roughly 2000 mg of vitamin c once a day.

 

[mmarro99]

From when I originally posted to now it's retracted almost completely. what the heck?

 

[e-man5252]

That's weird

 

[mmarro99]

just took this shot right now

 

[mmarro99]

Too much meat in his diet maybe?

 

[Humblefish]

That looks like blockage to me. I would feed something high in fiber, such as peeled boiled peas, to help push things out. Nori contains iodine, so that should help as well. Epsom salt in a natural laxative, and can be safely used in a reef tank at a dosage of 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons. HTH

 

[143MPCo]

That looks like blockage to me. I would feed something high in fiber, such as peeled boiled peas, to help push things out. Nori contains iodine, so that should help as well. Epsom salt in a natural laxative, and can be safely used in a reef tank at a dosage of 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons. HTH

Always a wealth of knowledge my friend[emoji106]

 

[Cleo642]

Poor thing! That must be the fish version of hemorrhoids.

 

[mmarro99]

That looks like blockage to me. I would feed something high in fiber, such as peeled boiled peas, to help push things out. Nori contains iodine, so that should help as well. Epsom salt in a natural laxative, and can be safely used in a reef tank at a dosage of 1 tablespoon per 5 gallons. HTH

I was hoping it wasn't anything too serious. I just doubled their daily nori feedings from one sheet to two sheets and dropped the meaty foods from 6 cubes 3 x per day to 6 cubes 2 x per day. Will get some green peas and feed some tomorrow. Thank you!

 

[mmarro99]

Poor thing! That must be the fish version of hemorrhoids.

I was thinking more like the fish version of a hernia[emoji43]

 

[Cleo642]

I was thinking more like the fish version of a hernia[emoji43]

Poor baby.

 

[143MPCo]

I was thinking more like the fish version of a hernia[emoji43]

more in this area: Rectal prolapse is a condition in which the rectum (the last part of the large intestine before it exits the anus) loses its normal attachments inside the body... whatever it's called not fun to see it on ones beloved pet.

 

[mmarro99]

more in this area: Rectal prolapse is a condition in which the rectum (the last part of the large intestine before it exits the anus) loses its normal attachments inside the body... whatever it's called not fun to see it on ones beloved pet.

It does go back to normal doesn't it? Is it what we are thinking though, constipation? Too much meat?

 

[143MPCo]

only ever seen this on bigger animals, and each time a vet was needed to push the prolapse back in and stitch it in place until it reattached. This is not to say it can't recover on it's own.

 

[mmarro99]

only ever seen this on bigger animals, and each time a vet was needed to push the prolapse back in and stitch it in place until it reattached. This not to say it can't recover on it's own.

Dang. Well it went down quite a bit. Almost looked normal last night. What causes this?

 

[143MPCo]

Dang. Well it went down quite a bit. Almost looked normal last night. What causes this?

I really couldn't say what would cause this in a fish as all animals would have different triggers but, this is what causes it in dogs...

A dog may develop rectal or anal prolapse if it strains while passing stool, or if it undergoes surgery to the lower digestive organs. Other contributing factors for these two conditions include:

• Disorders of the digestive system that cause diarrhea, straining while passing stools, presence of worms or other parasites in the digestive system, and inflammation of the small or large intestines
• Disorders of the urinary and genital systems, such as inflammation or enlargement of the prostate, inflammation of the bladder, urinary stones, and abnormal labor or birthing process
• Chronic constipation, presence of sac-like protrusions in the intestine, rectal or anal tumors, or deviation of the rectum from its usual position

Diet is a big root cause in larger animals so one could theories that fish diet could be to blame as tang need a good amount of greens to stay healthy.