1 sick cardinal, 1 dead cardinal

stricknine · 08/13/2008, 06:11 PM

About a week ago I added a pair of benggai cardinalfish to my tank. Right off the start one of the two cardinals did nothing but hide, didn't eat much, turned brown in colour and died sometime today. However he was eating okay. The 2nd cardinal, close to adult size, seems healthy but it's body and dorsal fin is taking on a goldie-brown colour. Again water parameters are great, feeding okay. The remaining fish appears to be active with normal behaviour.

Does anybody have a clue what is wrong if anything and does he need to be treated?

abulgin · 08/13/2008, 06:36 PM

Might be an internal parasite. By any chance is their feces white/stringy?

stricknine · 08/13/2008, 06:42 PM

I can't say I've seen them poop but I don't have any white/stringy things floating around in the tank. Would there be anything else to look for?

bboshart · 08/14/2008, 05:28 AM

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Originally posted by abulgin
Might be an internal parasite. By any chance is their feces white/stringy?

I recently had a newly acquired Cardinal die and he did have the white stringy feces as you describe. So, is that indication of an internal parasite?

08/13/2008, 06:11 PM	#1
stricknine Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 989	1 sick cardinal, 1 dead cardinal About a week ago I added a pair of benggai cardinalfish to my tank. Right off the start one of the two cardinals did nothing but hide, didn't eat much, turned brown in colour and died sometime today. However he was eating okay. The 2nd cardinal, close to adult size, seems healthy but it's body and dorsal fin is taking on a goldie-brown colour. Again water parameters are great, feeding okay. The remaining fish appears to be active with normal behaviour. Does anybody have a clue what is wrong if anything and does he need to be treated?

08/13/2008, 06:36 PM	#2
abulgin Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 2,664	Might be an internal parasite. By any chance is their feces white/stringy?

08/13/2008, 06:42 PM	#3
stricknine Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 989	I can't say I've seen them poop but I don't have any white/stringy things floating around in the tank. Would there be anything else to look for?