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Posted by =?iso-8859-15?Q?_=3E=3C=28=28= on April 10, 2010, 11:06 pm
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Mouth open / labored breathing sounds like the fish is struggling to get
sufficient oxygen.
First try adding an airstone and do a large water change.
Otherwise it might be a gill flukes infection.
More details on weblink below & note labored breathing gets mentioned as a
symptom.
http://www.koiandponds.com/disease-gillflukes.htm
> Hi,
> I have 2 South African Cichlids, one Albino and the other Black (I
> know there are more subcategories, but this is the basic version).
> Recently the Albino started exhibiting labored open mouthed breathing
> and would not eat, he has since died. All water levels checked out
> fine after testing. This took place beginning to end within 2 days.
> I'm very upset because i love my fish and this was the longest i've
> ever been able to keep fish alive. I've had both for over a year and
> this was the first problem I'd encountered. I would really like to
> know what caused his demise. I googled almost every variation I could
> think and rcvd feeback such as lockjaw and throat blockage, but
> nothing really helped. Aside from giving the fish an autopsy, I was
> hoping someone could tell me what happened?
>
> Next: The Albino passed away this morning and it has been 9 hours
> since his removal from the tank. Within the last hour my Black Cichlid
> has started showing very high levels of aggression. ex: scooping rocks
> up w/ his mouth and spitting them out, biting a coral reef that we
> have in the tank and swimming rapidly. Let me mention that they were
> both males. I expected some depression, but this behavior worries me.
> I want to insure his health. Any advice?
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>know there are more subcategories, but this is the basic version).
>Recently the Albino started exhibiting labored open mouthed breathing
>and would not eat, he has since died. All water levels checked out
>fine after testing.