fish TB

[vacuumlad]

I think my fish have tuberculosis. They are randomly dying. I've tried tons of cures. I sanitized the tank and all fish are in a hospital tank? Are the fish goners? Should I get all new fish? Is it worth it to try to put the fish back into the tank after its cycled or would I be back to where I started off. 36 gallon fresh water


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[vacuumlad]

I'm going to set the tank up soon. New fish or try to add back the old fish?


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[Delapool]

Probably need more details on what you were seeing with signs of infection and treatment methods tried? And how the old fish are looking?

 

[vacuumlad]

Fish were in my possession for less than a year. No symptoms other thank one fish randomly dying a week. Ammonia nitrite and nitrate were all good and never fluctuated to much. It got to the point where I was watching my black neon tetra and he all of a sudden stopped swimming and sunk to the bottom. Fish were dying before my eyes with no explanation. I tried API general cure, API ick cure, jungle fungus cure, melafix, and aquarium salt. Nothing worked. Then Fish were fine for 2 weeks than one would die one day and one would die the next. Then it got to the point where no fish have died for about a month so I went ahead and added more fish which I quarantined for about 2 1/2 weeks first than about 1 week letter the cycle happened again and fish were dying every few days.


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[guppygourami]

THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME A COUPLE YEARS AGO! I used these two treatments, Melafix and Pimafix.

I ended up using those with aquarium salts which decreased the death rate and then did a 75% water change. Didn't have a gravel cleaner back then so I just rinsed all of the gravel. Seemed to have done the job. Haven't had a death like that since. PM me for the specifics if you need them

 

[vacuumlad]

I don't know how to send a pm. All the surviving fish are in a hospital tank. The main tank has been sanitized by letting everything dry out for a while. I'm going to set the tank up soon. Should I try pimafix? I already tried melafix. Or should I just get all new fish. I would hate to have to do that.


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[Fresh2o]

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[vacuumlad]

Thanks


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[Delapool]

Fish were in my possession for less than a year. No symptoms other thank one fish randomly dying a week. Ammonia nitrite and nitrate were all good and never fluctuated to much. It got to the point where I was watching my black neon tetra and he all of a sudden stopped swimming and sunk to the bottom. Fish were dying before my eyes with no explanation. I tried API general cure, API ick cure, jungle fungus cure, melafix, and aquarium salt. Nothing worked. Then Fish were fine for 2 weeks than one would die one day and one would die the next. Then it got to the point where no fish have died for about a month so I went ahead and added more fish which I quarantined for about 2 1/2 weeks first than about 1 week letter the cycle happened again and fish were dying every few days.


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I looked this up and it's hard to say. If TB then best to disinfect and start completely again.

However external lesions / sunken belly / twisted body / wasting away or something like that could also be signs.

At a guess I would go with something in the water chemistry that they didn't like or columnaris which could take them out fast or slow (although lesions / colour loss could be seen).

It's pretty hard unfortunately if you weren't seeing any other signs. Water chemistry sounds an odd one but I had a school of platies that never did well and lost them one by one. Mollies on the other hand are fine so perhaps I just got bad stock.

 

[vacuumlad]

Yes. So should I completely restock and start over just in case. The fish a are still in the hospital tank should I even try to get them back into the main Tank or is it not worth it?


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[guppygourami]

Not sure, with mine I only had a couple left of the original stock left so after I medicated with Melafix and Pimafix and did the huge water change they were fine. Just my experience


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[vacuumlad]

Ok. I'm going to try to treat the hospital tank. I'm afraid that I'm going to invest $50 in new fish and the old fish have been doing good for a while so I decide to put them with the new ones and then they all get sick.


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[vacuumlad]

Is it worth the risk?


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[vacuumlad]

My LFS told me to do 1 tsp of salt per gallon we day for 3 days then let That sit for 2 weeks


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[Delapool]

Yes. So should I completely restock and start over just in case. The fish a are still in the hospital tank should I even try to get them back into the main Tank or is it not worth it?


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I think at this point I would start over after reading through.

I'm dubious on the TB tbh without more analysis. But particularly if open sores on the fish, then not worth the risk.

I think that would be my only other comment to be comfortable in knowing what triggered this eg a poor fish from shop. Even columnaris would have a trigger somewhere since it's always present in the water.

 

[vacuumlad]

I'm setting up the tank tonight. I have some bacteria Ina. Bottle I'm going to use also I want to add my 3 ballon mollies that have only been in the tank hospital tank with the "sick fish" for a day or so so I feel like that would be ok wish me luck. The if all goes well (hopefully) I can add new fish. I would hate to have to buy all new fish.


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[Delapool]

Good luck.

I assume just using nitrifying bacteria only in a bottle?

 

[vacuumlad]

Yes


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[Delapool]

Sounds grand

 

[vacuumlad]

5 of my most healthy fish are in the tank. They look stressed but that's normal. I won't know anything until a like a month.


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