help with diagnosis

[Ronskitz]

Hey guys these are the best pics i can get but is this an internal infection? This gb girl lost a heap of colour and iv been trying to work out whats going on with her and when I finally caught her ( been trying for nearly a week now as she seems to have ninja skills lol) i noticed this dark patch which i had been thinking was just her saddle but it seems to be running down the side of her further than a saddle. I had a major gh issue where the tank was at gh 14 ( iv now rectified this over a few weeks) so i assume this is what has caused the problem any feedback would be great cheers

Ron

[Ronskitz]

Can everyone see the pics?? I can see them on the normal site but cant see them on tapatalk?

[revolutionhope]

tapatalk is messed up on Android presentlt :-( waiting for them to update !

[jayc]

Ron,

despite the picture being large enough, I can't tell if the brownish discolouration is on the shell or internal. Can you tell if it's shell surface or deeper in the internal organs?

 

Is the colour growing larger and spreading?

 

The long thin line to the tail is just the intestines. Nothing to worry about there.

 

Internal bacterial infections are usually a rosy red/orangey colour. So this might not be a bacterial infection.

[Ronskitz]

Hi jayc and thanks for the reply

Its definitely internal and the colour is almost a rusty brown and what worries me is that the internal organs and the saddle would be separate from each other whereas this is one blotch from the head into the saddle area

It has got slightly further down the sides of her cheeks from when i first noticed it and tried to catch her 

Heres a couple more pics that will hopefully help

[Disciple]

Dude,

I think she is about to become berried!

[fishmosy]

Looks like a large saddle to me. Kind of strange that it extends down towards the internal organs but that might simply be because the eggs are beginning to ripen. 

[jayc]

Yeah, it's hard to tell. Gut (pun) feel is that it's not bacterial infection.

I think what we are seeing is both/combo of a saddle, and her stomach & intestines loaded with some food she has eaten.

The fact that she has a loaded lower intestine (black line to the tail) shows that she has been eating well, might reinforce the stomach and upper intestines being full of food, giving the dark colour.

 

Keep an eye on the shrimp and see if it deteriorates in health.