StrangelyNormal
Aquarium Advice Activist
I don't know, man. I took photos today and I'm wondering if the darkness is just my eyes playing tricks on me.
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/...8-ae18-4727-8c34-55de2653e057_zps7ktu8wj7.jpg
Ugh..
At the very least, apparently most catfish are immune to myco if it is myco. The very least I'd have to euthanize all the rainbows and tetras and douse the tank with scalding hot water (with the syno and the pictus in another tank) and completely destroy my bacterial filter beds.
Never getting rainbowfish again, that's for sure.
At this point in time I am strongly considering euthanasia and performing a necropsy by myself or asking my vet to cut him open so I can see if there are granules. My vet doesn't know much about fish but knows me extremely well and is extremely skilled. It would be more of a joint operation.
If he didn't want to I have some friends who might be willing to cut him open in the building of death at my school. If not those there is a vet or two where I live who has apparently performed surgical procedures on fish in vet school. The practice in question also has an in house laboratory however I worry about money.
The other thought I had was severe if not systemic aeronoma. Aeronomas are difficult as it is so if it was systemic it'd be near impossible to cure.
The only hope is that the mucous layer seems to be overtaking the ulcer, but I am not sure what that means exactly
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/...8-ae18-4727-8c34-55de2653e057_zps7ktu8wj7.jpg
Ugh..
At the very least, apparently most catfish are immune to myco if it is myco. The very least I'd have to euthanize all the rainbows and tetras and douse the tank with scalding hot water (with the syno and the pictus in another tank) and completely destroy my bacterial filter beds.
Never getting rainbowfish again, that's for sure.
At this point in time I am strongly considering euthanasia and performing a necropsy by myself or asking my vet to cut him open so I can see if there are granules. My vet doesn't know much about fish but knows me extremely well and is extremely skilled. It would be more of a joint operation.
If he didn't want to I have some friends who might be willing to cut him open in the building of death at my school. If not those there is a vet or two where I live who has apparently performed surgical procedures on fish in vet school. The practice in question also has an in house laboratory however I worry about money.
The other thought I had was severe if not systemic aeronoma. Aeronomas are difficult as it is so if it was systemic it'd be near impossible to cure.
The only hope is that the mucous layer seems to be overtaking the ulcer, but I am not sure what that means exactly