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LMOUTHBASS
01-09-2004, 10:35 PM
ok i bought the rams i posted about earlier - the store had special ordered them but no one ever came to pick them up so i got four of them - they look very healthy - small lil ones though -
however i'm a little stressed now - my q tank is undergoing ich treatments so i didn't want to q them in there - so after examining them best i coul i decided to put them into my big tank -uggghhh prob a mistake i know - after obsessivley staring at the lil fellas i notice one of them has a pink spot on his spine (internally) because they are gold you can sort of see into them - you can easily see their spinal column - all the others is clear white color - then this one it is white then 1/4 of the way away from his tail it gets pinkish - but this fish is acting very normal eating swimming etc - is this something to worry bout?
is it TB? i hope not - i've been very nervous ever since i read a magazine piece about TB - how you have to break your whole tank down n sterilize everything - what are signs of TB in the fish -i heard curvature is the symptom - i was then thinking of just taking him out and putting him and one other ( for company) in my q tank - but then i thought well if it's TB they all woul have it cause it's so contagious - he's been in my tank for about 6 hrs - so even if i take him out then my tank woul have it by now anyhow right?
maybe it's not n i'm freaking out - i don't think it is but i guess i don't really know they symptoms - i'm such an idiot i shoulve put em' in q - shoul i move them now?
none of the others have this pinkish splotch inside them ?
help thanks lmb :shake:

LMOUTHBASS
01-09-2004, 10:46 PM
just found this as TB symptoms on a google search
Lethargy.
Shows little or no interest in food.
Wasting.
Pop Eye.
Loss of colour.
Physical deformities.
Numerous secondary infections.

don't think any of these apply
but shoul i worry
woul you? i know im a nut - thanks

LMOUTHBASS
01-09-2004, 10:54 PM
you can only see this pinkish part of the spine from one side of the fish the other sde you can't see it from
maybe why i never noticed before

~*LuvMyKribs*~
01-10-2004, 12:25 AM
I wouldn't worry about it too much. my gold angel i can see right through and it has a dark pink section around the spinal column. If it grows or gets darker maybe it might be a cause for concern.

Tim Bo
01-10-2004, 6:44 AM
I wouldn't treat for anything until you're sure what the disease is. It is not uncommon to be able to 'see through' some parts of the fish, especially when they are young.

LMOUTHBASS
01-10-2004, 9:02 AM
hopefully it's not disease - maybe it's just the way this fish is - it is a very small area of the spine that has pinkish coloration to it -
i might move him to another tank but he really seems healthy otherwise - if it were illness i woul imagine he woul be sluggish and shy and not wanting to eat but he seems ok -
i hope i'm just over nervous - i know i am because i didnt q them