White skin disease, Pseudomonas dermoalba

[Ruadh]

Has anyone had the mis-fortune to have experience with this?

In the last three weeks I've had 2 tiger barbs die from what I'm sure is this.

It starts out as a thick white bar down the length of the back on both sides of the dorsal fin.
Then within a day or so it spreads all over the fish and they stop moving and die soon after.

I spent over an hour searching and found a small amount of info, enough to diagnose
and recommendations for four different drug treatments but I thought I'd go to the masses
for experiences before I threated the tank.

This thing moves very fast so I need to treat the whole tank.

Rick

 

[Zagz]

No I haven't had experience with this disease. The thick white bar, does it have any fuzziness or cottony quality to it? Di the fish act any different?

 

[Ruadh]

Didn't look fuzzy, and the fish got very lethargic and died within about 12 hours.

Some one told me today that,to them, they felt the symptoms were stress related.

I dunno, fish are dead now anyway, but thankx for offering.

Rick

 

[Zagz]

Sorry for your losses.

 

[Ruadh]

Thankx for your thoughts.
I raised 4 kids by myself after my wife died and they were in no way as frustrating as these little guys.