hartgirl
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My roseline barbs (aka denison barbs) seem to have a case of fin rot. After what seems like an eternity of treating columnaris in one of my 90 gallon displays, I fear it has come back 
How do I know if their fins are rotting just because they are new, as opposed to them somehow having been exposed to a strain of columnaris? In a DIFFERENT 90 galling tank a small danio has a classic columnaris "saddleback" lesion. I removed him to QT and no no other fish show symptoms so far. The barbs and the danio are in different tanks. I can't catch the barbs as of yet....and anyway, do I just need to treat all of the main tanks (and of course the QT) now to prevent a mass casualty like I had before?!?! Ugh.....so dreading this....
I will note that water quality in all tanks is optimal: 0 amm, 0 nitrite, about 20 nitrate. Medium hardness, and pH 7.4 across all tanks. I also have separate equipment, food, nets, (you NAME it) for these tanks, and I wash with antibacterial soap between handling of gear. So how they all could have this is beyond me. I added new fish a while back after QT, but so far they look ok. All tanks are also heavily planted and all have at least one type of scaleless fish. If I do a half dose of meds tomorrow (thinking Maracyn Plus if I treat), do I just dose longer?
I totally feel like a broken record with another post like this....its been a rough year with these guys....also I really appreciate everyone's willingness to help with situations like these! Thanks in advance!:bang head:
How do I know if their fins are rotting just because they are new, as opposed to them somehow having been exposed to a strain of columnaris? In a DIFFERENT 90 galling tank a small danio has a classic columnaris "saddleback" lesion. I removed him to QT and no no other fish show symptoms so far. The barbs and the danio are in different tanks. I can't catch the barbs as of yet....and anyway, do I just need to treat all of the main tanks (and of course the QT) now to prevent a mass casualty like I had before?!?! Ugh.....so dreading this....I will note that water quality in all tanks is optimal: 0 amm, 0 nitrite, about 20 nitrate. Medium hardness, and pH 7.4 across all tanks. I also have separate equipment, food, nets, (you NAME it) for these tanks, and I wash with antibacterial soap between handling of gear. So how they all could have this is beyond me. I added new fish a while back after QT, but so far they look ok. All tanks are also heavily planted and all have at least one type of scaleless fish. If I do a half dose of meds tomorrow (thinking Maracyn Plus if I treat), do I just dose longer?
I totally feel like a broken record with another post like this....its been a rough year with these guys....also I really appreciate everyone's willingness to help with situations like these! Thanks in advance!:bang head:
