Sonia
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi!
I took a flame tetra out of my main tank and put it in a hospital tank last friday, because a side of it's belly was red and I could see that some of it's scales were flaking off on that area. At first I figured it was just a bacterial infection and was going to do some salt dips and keep it in quarantine until it got better. However yestersay, I noticed that there is a slight curvature to it's spine, when you look at it from above. Also, I thought this wasn't a big deal, but the fish is pretty round (I thought it was just a "pregnant" female). I'm concerned because different sources say different things about how contagious the disease is and about the symptoms that I may or may not see. If the redness clears up would you then dare put her back in the tank assuming her spine might just be naturally crooked? I have two other flames in the H tank as well, because they had slightly frayed fins and I wanted to give them a few salt baths as well and make sure they got better. The TB fish also has a tiny slit in his anal fin.... could there maybe have been flukes in the tank? In december I treated my tank (through anti-parasite flakes and high temperature and salt) because I thought they had velvet... might I have been wrong?
I'm also worried because about 2 weeks after I got the flame tetras (maybe 2 months ago), one of them dissapeared with no trace (must have died suddenly and got eaten). I read that fish TB can suddenly kill fish for no apparent reason and that the easiest way for it to propagate is thorough eating infected flesh. I'm probably pretty paranoid, but isn't it posssible that my fish all have TB form eating a dead fish?
My main tank parameters are about 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 20ppm nitrates, 78 degrees, PH 6.8. The fish have never acted weird or stopped eating (even in the H tank).
I know this is a long post... thanks for reading and thanks for your help!! I want to get this all cleared up so I can then go buy new fish!!! (and quarantine them for once....)
I took a flame tetra out of my main tank and put it in a hospital tank last friday, because a side of it's belly was red and I could see that some of it's scales were flaking off on that area. At first I figured it was just a bacterial infection and was going to do some salt dips and keep it in quarantine until it got better. However yestersay, I noticed that there is a slight curvature to it's spine, when you look at it from above. Also, I thought this wasn't a big deal, but the fish is pretty round (I thought it was just a "pregnant" female). I'm concerned because different sources say different things about how contagious the disease is and about the symptoms that I may or may not see. If the redness clears up would you then dare put her back in the tank assuming her spine might just be naturally crooked? I have two other flames in the H tank as well, because they had slightly frayed fins and I wanted to give them a few salt baths as well and make sure they got better. The TB fish also has a tiny slit in his anal fin.... could there maybe have been flukes in the tank? In december I treated my tank (through anti-parasite flakes and high temperature and salt) because I thought they had velvet... might I have been wrong?
I'm also worried because about 2 weeks after I got the flame tetras (maybe 2 months ago), one of them dissapeared with no trace (must have died suddenly and got eaten). I read that fish TB can suddenly kill fish for no apparent reason and that the easiest way for it to propagate is thorough eating infected flesh. I'm probably pretty paranoid, but isn't it posssible that my fish all have TB form eating a dead fish?
My main tank parameters are about 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 20ppm nitrates, 78 degrees, PH 6.8. The fish have never acted weird or stopped eating (even in the H tank).
I know this is a long post... thanks for reading and thanks for your help!! I want to get this all cleared up so I can then go buy new fish!!! (and quarantine them for once....)