Man, I hate fish medicine.

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My CBB looked like she was losing scales near one of her pectoral fins. Scared me, since I've dealt with uronema before and know how quickly it progresses, and she's probably my favorite fish in my tank (she follows me around the tank). I have a microscope, so I wanted to confirm for sure that uronema wasn't in play.

After catching her, doing a scrape and confirming it was not uronema (thank God), poor girl was cowering in the rockwork. It broke my heart. Luckily, after a bit, she started coming out more, and did accept the mysis shrimp peace offering I gave her. Hoping for a speedy recovery from what is likely a bacterial infection.

I can never understand how people see "just fish". These creatures are so intelligent and have wonderful personalities

Anyway, what are some interesting stories of your aquatic veterinary medicine dabblings? I've always been so impressed with the medical knowledge this community has, since most professional aquatic vets have to draw info from the hobby, anyway.
 
My CBB looked like she was losing scales near one of her pectoral fins. Scared me, since I've dealt with uronema before and know how quickly it progresses, and she's probably my favorite fish in my tank (she follows me around the tank). I have a microscope, so I wanted to confirm for sure that uronema wasn't in play.

After catching her, doing a scrape and confirming it was not uronema (thank God), poor girl was cowering in the rockwork. It broke my heart. Luckily, after a bit, she started coming out more, and did accept the mysis shrimp peace offering I gave her. Hoping for a speedy recovery from what is likely a bacterial infection.

I can never understand how people see "just fish". These creatures are so intelligent and have wonderful personalities

Anyway, what are some interesting stories of your aquatic veterinary medicine dabblings? I've always been so impressed with the medical knowledge this community has, since most professional aquatic vets have to draw info from the hobby, anyway.

Fish medicine is very basic compared to human medicine. Failures outnumber successes, that’s for sure.

My favorite recollection was using an ultrasound to view baby Leopoldi stingrays in the female’s uterus. They would actually sort of swim around inside her.
 

HOW MUCH DOES A FISH’S FEEDING REQUIREMENTS AFFECT YOUR STOCKING DECISIONS?

  • A lot! - I avoid fish that require frequent or specialized feeding

    Votes: 12 29.3%
  • Quite a bit, but an automatic feeder can change my answer

    Votes: 6 14.6%
  • It depends on whether my nutrient export can handle it

    Votes: 6 14.6%
  • It depends on how badly I want the fish

    Votes: 10 24.4%
  • Not much. I’m willing to adjust my routine

    Votes: 9 22.0%
  • Not at all. Feeding demands don’t limit my stocking choices

    Votes: 7 17.1%
  • I usually learn about the demanding feeding schedule after buying the fish!

    Votes: 2 4.9%
  • I haven’t really considered this before

    Votes: 3 7.3%
  • Something else (see my comments in the thread)

    Votes: 1 2.4%
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