Dead BFly

[michika]

I've experienced death by foxface a few times and this is what I have always seen;
- puncture wound, I've never seen redness or swelling at the site, just a small hole depending on the size of the foxface.
- the fish then have problems breathing, very heavy and hard breathing.
- Erratic swimming, up and down and up and down towards the middle of the occurance
- The last stage seems to be loss of swim bladder control, continued heavy breathing, and finally death.

I'm really sorry about your butterfly.

[EmilyB]

Thanks, guys. I think I will have to rule out the fox. There was no puncture wound at all. Also no redness. It grew like an ulcer under the skin, in the brain area. I think it went necrotic and quite quickly. That area was quickly consumed by scavengers before I found the body.

Ol'no'bo, thanks for the link. Very interesting, and somewhat frightening. The myxobolus actually sounded like it could be a possibility. Man, what if I have something like that in my tank....