Both of my prized Rams are now dead due to a disease that I cannot find any information on at all.
Here's the deal:
Not all fish get it, as many fish have passed through my Q-tank without any problem. My Rams are the only fish to have ever displayed sypmtoms, and have spent their life in my Q-tank. The Rams developed a bubble, kind of like a blister you might get on your hand, around their eyes or the forehead region. The bubble was clear, but you could see a tiny "worm-like thing" curled up at the bottom of the bubble. Within a day or two, the bubble would be burst (usually in the morning is when I would notice) and a scar would be left. The scar looked like a white spot, or a spot where the skin was scraped. Within a week or so, another bubble would form in the same region as the prior bubble, and the process repeated itself.
None of my other fish have gotten this disease, thank God. I do not understand its' pathology. I can't formulate a pattern of attack, decay, or life cycle. It's almost totally random, but I do know that once it infects a fish, it will hammer away until the fish succumbs. Since the Rams deceased, I've yet to see any symptoms on any other fish and I never did while they were alive.
I've read another post on another forum that described the description to a T, but no answer was found for the poster. You can read the post HERE. I can't find anything on the net that comes close to resembling this. No medication I have tried has an effect. I despise disease, much less ones that I cannot cure. Help?
Here's the deal:
Not all fish get it, as many fish have passed through my Q-tank without any problem. My Rams are the only fish to have ever displayed sypmtoms, and have spent their life in my Q-tank. The Rams developed a bubble, kind of like a blister you might get on your hand, around their eyes or the forehead region. The bubble was clear, but you could see a tiny "worm-like thing" curled up at the bottom of the bubble. Within a day or two, the bubble would be burst (usually in the morning is when I would notice) and a scar would be left. The scar looked like a white spot, or a spot where the skin was scraped. Within a week or so, another bubble would form in the same region as the prior bubble, and the process repeated itself.
None of my other fish have gotten this disease, thank God. I do not understand its' pathology. I can't formulate a pattern of attack, decay, or life cycle. It's almost totally random, but I do know that once it infects a fish, it will hammer away until the fish succumbs. Since the Rams deceased, I've yet to see any symptoms on any other fish and I never did while they were alive.
I've read another post on another forum that described the description to a T, but no answer was found for the poster. You can read the post HERE. I can't find anything on the net that comes close to resembling this. No medication I have tried has an effect. I despise disease, much less ones that I cannot cure. Help?
