Help!

HELP!!! 2 of my catfish have this weird disease! I need a cure! My 8 year old synodontis died yesterday from this disease, there are large whiteish pits all over theyre bodies and they seem to get worse every day, also theyre barbels go all white and fall off! Help!!! Sorry for the bad pics.

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Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):

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If they are furry it's a fungal infection, treat in respect to that. If it's slimy, I'd say columnaris which is bacterial, and then treat for that.

OK, at first I thought it was leaches, and it started out furry so I thought it was some kind of fungus.

Tank size: 350g
pH:7.0
ammonia:0
nitrite:0
nitrate:0
kH:0
gH:0
tank temp: constant 79f

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): Spread quickly over 2 days, the holes appear to be white, with a redish center possibly from parasite, started out with a fungus patch, trouble swimming, barbels turn white and erode away, slight fin rot. down lateral line, below fins, on stomach and head.

Volume and Frequency of water changes: 20% water change evry other day

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Aquasafe

Tank inhabitants: 1 32" Silver arowana, 1 10" senegal bichir, 1 13" ornate bichir, 2 9" clown loaches, 1 15" asian upside down catfish, 1 28" redtailed giant gourami, 2 15" peocock bass

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): Black river stones from petco, i thoroughly washed them before placing them in my tank.

Exposure to chemicals: Melafix, malachite green, copper, and a lot of other medications.....all medicines ive tried havent worked.


Does this help? He is still eating and swimming.

its getting worse!!!

What meds are you using.
What parasite do you think it is.
Fish can flick with columnaris.
Need location.

http/article.discusnews.com/cat-02/columnaries.shtml

http/www.nationalfishpharm.com/articles/aeromonas.html

Wounds that are white on the edges and red in the center are most typically Aeromonas. Those that are red on the edges and white in the center are generally Columnaris. Both are gram negative bacteria. The best treatment for this is any sulfa antibiotic with trimetheprim. This can be put in the water and/or mixed with food -- if you can find Romet B use it.

i was using melafix, i think it was a leech infestation or something...sadly, he died this morning. Could it have been caused by age? They both had some weird growth deformity, not like a tumor, they were just huge!!! theyre was a synodontis euruptus, and the asian upside down cat, which might have been an asian redtailed cat or a hemibagrus wyckii.

Probably because the meds your using aren't the best meds for anti-fungal or anti-bacterial treatments. I'd use methylene blue or any more expensive med my mardel that treats for bacterial.

It only seemed to be the scaleless fish that got the disease. I can take more better pics, of the poor dead fish.

Melafix is only good on cuts and wounds.
R.I.P.

My oscar has died from it too. Just today. What should I do to get rid of it?

Depends on your location.
If uk myxazin and pimafix.
United states maracyn one and two.