sweetcarolinex3
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Not ich, tell us about the tank please
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Holy moleyy that's a can of worms there. So what steps were taken in prepping this tank for fw? Copper is hard core?? No? How long has this tank been running?
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Please tell me this isn't bad I put melafix in as soon as I saw it and took the carbon out of my filter. Most of the other fish seem great except the pearl gourami who is hiding in a plant at the bottom...
Ah, I was hoping it wasn't. Where was the white spot on the other fish?
To me that looks like columnaris (gram negative bacterial infection).
Just in case have you tested the water after using the copper sulphate?
Edit - does the white patch go down the other side of the fish?
I keep forgetting to make the posts replies! Sorry!
I keep forgetting to make the posts replies! Sorry!
Ah, I was hoping it wasn't. Where was the white spot on the other fish?
To me that looks like columnaris (gram negative bacterial infection).
Just in case have you tested the water after using the copper sulphate?
Edit - does the white patch go down the other side of the fish?
The white patch going down both sides does suggest columnaris imo. I've found it either spreads really quickly or more slowly among weaker fish.
It sounds like the melafix is helping? If so, I would give it a week total and combine with pimafix if you have it. Generally mela and Pima won't be strong enough but they are a funny lot of meds that will work every so often. If it's working, it's working - just start looking around for stronger meds if it doesn't. Water changes will help as well as it reduces the amount of organic waste in the tank.
The white patch on the glass - can you give more details? If it is at the water surface level may be a mineral deposit and just unsightly. Anywhere else it might be a mold or something. Any concerns I'd clean it off until it is gone.
Edit - columnaris will not grow on the glass.
The spot is still the same but the fishes color is much better and he's acting more normal! On the glass it was larger and looked like a marshmellow I got it off and it hasn't come back but there's still some in a dent that I can't scrub out
I'd go for a stronger med then in a day or so as the spot is not reducing in size. So worth checking out lfs now just in case for what you can pick up. Depends if the spot is still the infection or just clean scar tissue from the infection.
I've had that where salt or waterlife myxazin will beat it back but can't cure. As soon as there is any stress it comes back. Can you QT?
On the glass spot, I'd try hydrogen peroxide (3% solution I think is common in US) and squirt it on the spot with an eye dropper under water. I do that with black beard algae as a spot treatment. May get rid of it.