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jt_milstead
04-01-2009, 10:34 AM
I dont know if its clear enough to see it, but my little hippo has some see thrue bubbly looking stuff on its lower fins...Anyone able to tell me what it might be?


http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/imagehosting/378049d3b25704d9d.jpg

Techknowledgy
04-01-2009, 10:35 AM
Can't tell from the pic. Can you get closer? Is he eating? Odd behavior?

Hybrid
04-01-2009, 10:37 AM
Sorry man. Need a closer pic.

jt_milstead
04-01-2009, 10:38 AM
Its eating fine. I took 22 pictures and that was the best of them....It didnt have these last night....

jt_milstead
04-01-2009, 01:16 PM
Ok I was able to get some better shots.....

http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/imagehosting/378049d3d8e68e93c.jpg

http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/imagehosting/378049d3d8e6c1c09.jpg

http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/imagehosting/378049d3d8e6a948c.jpg

lth03
04-01-2009, 01:43 PM
Do you have any cleaner shrimp or cleaner wrasse?They might do the cleaning job for the hippo tang.It look like some skin infection to me.

jt_milstead
04-01-2009, 01:54 PM
I have a cleaner shrimp....I'll look into a wrasse tonight.I was already thinking about getting one.

Techknowledgy
04-01-2009, 01:59 PM
Cleaner shrimp are great!

jt_milstead
04-01-2009, 02:02 PM
Cleaner shrimp are great!

Well mine just frickin hides.....

Spsniper
04-01-2009, 04:53 PM
Found this but not sure if it applies to marine fish.

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/disease.html (http://http://badmanstropicalfish.com/disease.html) Scroll half way down until you see "
"Gas bubble disease" Picture can be enlarged and bubbles on fins look similar. HTH

Nick_Kun
04-01-2009, 05:43 PM
looks kind of like fungus jt

jt_milstead
04-01-2009, 07:09 PM
Well I finally caught the hippo, got it in QT, and well it didn't make it....

ricenoodle
04-01-2009, 08:55 PM
sorry to hear that man. hope your next hippo does better.