The day before yesterday I noticed this black patch over the eye of my CBB. It looks like an injury, but thought I would seek some advice from some of the experts here...
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This looks very much like an injury and should heal on its own however keep an eye on it for signs of infection ( redness, raw) which will require treatment in separate tank with seachem kanaplex or Maracyn 2)The day before yesterday I noticed this black patch over the eye of my CBB. It looks like an injury, but thought I would seek some advice from some of the experts here...
Yes, copperbands are very susceptible to that, although I never saw it on the head before. I necropsied a few that died from that and it was always internal bleeding. I am not sure why they get this so often but it is always fatal and there was nothing you could do for it.Do you have any ideas?
How long did you have him before he died?
Yes, copperbands are very susceptible to that, although I never saw it on the head before. I necropsied a few that died from that and it was always internal bleeding. I am not sure why they get this so often but it is always fatal and there was nothing you could do for it.
I think it happens during capture and when it's on the side of the fish it looks like a fib punctures some soft tissue and it bleeds internally.
You can see a similar mark on this one that I had many years ago.
I got him 2 weeks ago... October 4th.
Sorry to hear. I believe as jay stated may have been early uronema or damage from nettingI am sad to say that my beautiful CBB has passed.
Other than the mark, I can find no other reason why a fish that appeared happy and healthy this morning would turn so suddenly. He was eating when I fed the tank at about noon, then not eating when I fed dinner around 8. All day long he was swimming and breathing like normal. Then after the 8 pm feeding, he started with the erratic swimming I mentioned. He hopped out of the water twice but fortunately landed on the glass bracing panel in the center of the tank. About an hour ago (1 am or so, I could see he was breathing super fast and pretty much laying on his side. I hope whatever did this doesn't spread to the rest of my tank... ugghhhh
@vetteguy53081 Do you have any ideas? I do have a short, poor quality video showing his erratic swimming if that would help.
Anyone else have any ideas?
Oh - sorry to hear.
This was likely internal Uronema. That is a protozoan commonly seen in certainly newly acquired fish, including copperbands. These protozoans cause massive internal tissue damage and is just not treatable. Sometimes, the lesions erupt to the surface, but not always. It is most often confused with an injury of some sort.
You could see the lesion most clearly under white portions of fish because the skin is more translucent there.
Can I use your picture in a post I have on “internal bruising”? It will help other people with their diagnoses…
Jay
Thanks, I’m going to update a thread on clownfish bruising, as this lesion is identical.Yes you are welcome to use any of my photos.
I doubt it and it is normally on new fish.Thank you for the information. Is there any way to prevent, or at least find the cause of these injuries?
He could have had an injury, parasite, etc that just slowly got worse. I'm assuming your other parameters are doing ok - because often fish will jump repeatedly when there is something irritating in the water. In any case - sorry about your fish - they are very interesting.I got him 2 weeks ago... October 4th.
Sorry to hear. I believe as jay stated may have been early uronema or damage from netting
Was this noticeable at time of purchase?
If not- then was a development leading to disease or injury