Pseudochromis 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 ???


"TheRock" wrote in message
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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

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



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.

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

Wayne Sallee wrote:
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

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
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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



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.

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

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


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.
Do the spine legs actually detach from the worm ?

Chris

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
ink.net...
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



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.

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

So your saying next time I stir the sand and get a handful of the *******s 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.......



"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
ink.net...
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


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.
Do the spine legs actually detach from the worm ?

Chris

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
ink.net...
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



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.

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

swarvegorilla wrote:

So your saying next time I stir the sand and get a handful of the *******s 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.......


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)