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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / January 2007Pseudochromis Health....
Not that I'm concerned for the health of the Pseudochromis BUT mine looks like it had a run in with a porcupine. It's got small needle like things sticking out of it's face and it's mouth is half open. I'm hoping it's not some type of disease that I should be worried about. Any thoughts ??? Chris external fungal infection ??? > Not that I'm concerned for the health of the Pseudochromis > BUT mine looks like it had a run in with a porcupine. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Chris Does it look like the bristles of a bristle worm? If so, it probably ate, or tried to eat a bristle worm. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com TheRock wrote on 12/16/2006 5:55 PM: > Not that I'm concerned for the health of the Pseudochromis > BUT mine looks like it had a run in with a porcupine. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Chris > Does it look like the bristles of a bristle worm? If so, it probably > ate, or tried to eat a bristle worm. That's gotta hurt... A day later the little pickers were all gone. I did think about the bristle worm thing. Do the spine legs actually detach from the worm ? Chris > Does it look like the bristles of a bristle worm? If so, it probably ate, > or tried to eat a bristle worm. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> >> Chris Yep they come off real easy. They are hollow with a small amount of venom. They are composed of calcium carbonate. And they dissolve nicely in hcl acid :-) Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com TheRock wrote on 12/21/2006 9:07 PM: > A day later the little pickers were all gone. > I did think about the bristle worm thing. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >>> >>> Chris So your saying next time I stir the sand and get a handful of the bastards I should put me hand in a bucket of pool acid? :-) yea they come off real good, best place is always inside a filter sponge your cleaning. squeeze squeeze oh........ Have just been rinsing in hot water could be worse better them than glass slivers....... > Yep they come off real easy. They are hollow with a small amount of venom. > They are composed of calcium carbonate. And they dissolve nicely in hcl [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >>>> >>>> Chris > So your saying next time I stir the sand and get a handful of the bastards I > should put me hand in a bucket of pool acid? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > could be worse > better them than glass slivers....... Vinegar will work quite nicley, just not as fast as HCL. (but vinegar tends to leave your skin more intect than HCL would, which some might consider to be important) |
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