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Gresham · 07-02-2006, 10:23 AM

One side note:

Most Genicanthus are collected at greater depths then most fish. SAs such, they often have decompression problems due to collectors not treating the fish right. Some signs to watch for are:

Red streaks (hemerages)
Blown up belly, typically fish with this swim face down, butt up
Red around belly and anus
Ends of fins "blown out"
Pop-eye (can be caused by other problems as well though)
Sucked in belly

07-02-2006, 10:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
Gresham Kole Tang Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SF/Monterey Bay Area, CA Posts: 1,755 Karma: 104	One side note: Most Genicanthus are collected at greater depths then most fish. SAs such, they often have decompression problems due to collectors not treating the fish right. Some signs to watch for are: Red streaks (hemerages) Blown up belly, typically fish with this swim face down, butt up Red around belly and anus Ends of fins "blown out" Pop-eye (can be caused by other problems as well though) Sucked in belly _________ Gresham __________________________________... Feeding the reef... one polyp at a time...