Further Up Date

[jollysue]

I overstocked the Brochis/Rasabora/long fin albino peppers tank when after I added the sterbai, I added a group of small Rasaboras that were in trouble in another tank. I had ordered a new tank.

I thought the new tank would have been here by now, but when it wasn't, and I began to see problems, I moved the Rasaboras, two Brochis and a larger sterbai to a quarantine tank.

The original tank settled down and everyone looks good.

But the Rasaboras are dying one by one with a mouth fungus. The three catfish have body and fin fungus.

One of the Brochis has it bad all over; the other one has some off color spots; the sterbai has a white spot/pimple like lump and one white spot on her nose.

The cats developed the stuff after they were moved--from the stress I think.

I started treatment with Pima and MelaFix. After a few days I have switched to Maroxy. But the worst of the Brochis seems to be worse. The other two so far are about the same.

I am pretty sure I am dealing with fungus as it is cottony in places. I am wondering if I should set up different tanks for each (I have three 3usgs) and start salt dips--in combination with what?

 

[jollysue]

Well the 2 Brochis splenden and the 1 sterbai seem to be better. One Brochis and the sterbai were doing a halting cory dance tonight. And the sterbai made some motions to look for food.

The third Brochis has still got cotton tufts all over his body, but they seem to perhaps be coming under control or reached their zeneth.

The Rasabora are still losing 1 or 2 a day, but I didn't see any more white mouths.

I have not separated them or done salt baths. They are so stressed, and I didn't get a reply, so I thought I'd watch a bit and see how they do with the present treatment. I have taken an iffy chance though. I am giving the dose of Maroxy in the morning and the Mela and Pima Fix treatment in the PM. It is a lot of medication, but other than the Rasaboras, I am not seeing any increased medication stress, yet.

The Maroxy only is to be used for 5 days, which would end it in two days--gahhh--I think.

So then I can continue with the Pima/MelaFix and do a water change.

In the mean time the tank I took them out of is spawning long fin albino peppers. All the Cory tanks are spawning--except maybe the pandas. Gotta put a mop in there.

 

[Bozza]

Mops? As in mops used for killifish. Glad to hear ur fish are getting better

 

[jollysue]

I know nothing about killis. But my understanding is that pandas breed in mop heads. 8)

Oh yeah and thanks, I hope they pull through too. Corys are the hardiest little creatures.

I'm sorry about my Rasaboras. It took me ages to get together a nice shoal of them.

 

[Bozza]

Sounds like the thing used to lay eggs in sum killifish

 

[jollysue]

probably

I just figured you used a small real mop head.

 

[Bozza]

No u can actually make ur own.. They have a diy on how to make one in the oddball section of this forum.

 

[jollysue]

diy mopheads, huh?

I'll check it out.

BTW, the Rasaboras have stopped dying, and the Corys (although the Brochis are not strickly speaking Cories) are getting well.

 

[jollysue]

No more Rasaboras have died for a day or two. The sterbai still has a spec of a spot on her nose, but the one behind her front fin is not noticable. She is eating and alert.

The Brochis splendens: One shows no damage or spots and is eating. The other is in bad shape. It has lost half its tail fin and it's barbels are infected. She was so bad and the damage was up on the tail itself, I started the salt dip. Although it didn't seem to be progressing as before or spreading to new spots, it was still not going away and may have been creeping forward.

I couldn't remember the ratio, so I just hung a hospital tank in with clean declorinated water, put her in and started adding disolved fresh water aquarium salt until it tasted salty and she began to show distress. Then I made sure she was staying awake and bathed her for about five minutes. Most of the cottony growth fell of. Then I put her back and made sure she stayed on her feet.

I repeated the process this evening. She is very dazed and shocked. I believe I have given the last Maroxy treatment. I will probably do a water change and continue the MelaFix/PimaFix and the salt treatments. I may have to give the sterbai a salt bath for the one dot on her nose, if it doesn't disappear soon.

 

[jollysue]

She died. She was badly damaged by the fungus. I waited too long to start to seriously treat her. But the harlequins are clear and the sterbai and other Brochis have stablized. I am giving them a break. The sterbai still has a spot on her nose, I can not see the spot behind her fin anymore. I suppose I will have to treat her. I will be resorting to a mild salt bath probably.