Nicksal
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I bought this fish about a month ago and he was doing fine but I seen him today and his coloring was off can anybody help me and tell me if he is sick and if there is anything I can do to help him?
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Oh, that is a REALLY bad case of what they call "blue spot jawfish disease" or BSJD.
I don't think anyone has come up with a cure, I only hear lots of people guessing as to the cause. Without doing a skin scrape and sending tissue in for histopathology, I don't think we'll ever learn what the issue is.
That said, it is most likely protozoan or bacterial. Uronema gives similar symptoms in chromis and wrasse. The trouble is, the lesions usually develop further down on the fish's body, and they are hidden in the burrow. The aquarist doesn't see the issue until it gets worse and the fish stops feeding and leaves its burrow.
BSJ prefer cooler temperatures, and tend not to survive long term above 75 degrees F. They also get mishandled a lot during collection and shipping. Personally, I stopped acquiring them. I had a small group in a tank at 68 degrees that did well for a few years, but otherwise I've had terrible success with them.....sorry.
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I don't think anyone has come up with a cure, I only hear lots of people guessing as to the cause. Without doing a skin scrape and sending tissue in for histopathology, I don't think we'll ever learn what the issue is.
That said, it is most likely protozoan or bacterial. Uronema gives similar symptoms in chromis and wrasse. The trouble is, the lesions usually develop further down on the fish's body, and they are hidden in the burrow. The aquarist doesn't see the issue until it gets worse and the fish stops feeding and leaves its burrow.
BSJ prefer cooler temperatures, and tend not to survive long term above 75 degrees F. They also get mishandled a lot during collection and shipping. Personally, I stopped acquiring them. I had a small group in a tank at 68 degrees that did well for a few years, but otherwise I've had terrible success with them.....sorry.
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Nicksal
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Thank you for your help. I appreciate the info
