Tank Going Downhill Help!

[DiscusKeeper403]

ok im panicing my orange cromide cichlid has fluffy white on his fins! hes not eating! fungus? i just had a rummynose die on me after trying to treat him for fungus! should i give him a salt bath?

or could it be ICK? what are the treatments? there not blotches like with my rummynoase there like white specs looks fluffy to me. plz help!

is there a med that will treat both just in case i think its one but its actually the other?

i got other cichlids rummynose and corycats in the tank



HELP! PLZ! dont want to loose another

any1?

oh yeah hes breathing normally but not really moving around that much just staying in one place ofr the most part.

 

[WILDER]

What bacterial meds do you have, fish are not as bad with bacterial meds like some parasites meds.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

right now i have no meds on me. i might be abeal to drive to one out the two fish stores after school tomorrow. its closest to the USA so i think that would be where the meds are coming from.

 

[WILDER]

Its bacterial whitespot looks like grains of salt on the fins.
Try and get maracyn one and two as you have the columnaris desease spreading in your tank.
Turn temp down by two degrees while you get the med and leave it there while you treat it will stop the bacterial from multiplying so fast.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

i have no heater i cant the tank would overheat in the day we dont have the Ac on so the tank is at like 80+ F and at night like 78-79 with AC its not like grains of salt though its more fluffy but you recommend this for the fungus so ill pick some up.

 

[WILDER]

Yes it still columnaris, do some water changes for now, to dilute the bacteria.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

well my mom has to drive my sister to dance tomorrow so she says it might not work out she says if we have time we can go bu5t how long do you think the fish has to live befor it dies. theres 3-4 spots on the fin at the back, on the side fins theres like a bunch on each and at the bottom you can see alittle fluff.

 

[WILDER]

Don;t like the sound of a bunch does it look like a clump of berries or a cauliflower.

http/www.aquarticles.com/articles/manage...mphocystis.html

Sadly it not sounding good if it is that and it sounds that way as its a virus.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

no there like scattered. hes small so there not that big. i got some stress zyme i alsways treat the water with stress coat with the zyme help?

 

[WILDER]

Look under lympthocytis
http/www.fish-disease.net/diseases.htm

How big are they and how many on the fin.

Take a look here to rule it out then.
http/www.fishjunkies.com/Infections/viral.php#nodes

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

kind of hard to see on those pictures. I don't really think so here ill draw a picture then send it. they are fluffy though and dont apear to be bumbs.


the dots are supposed to be about the actual size, some are smaller and some are larger.

the big dot is too big there smaller then that

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

well okay no ones posting nad i have to go to bed so im going to go get some meds tomorrow.

 

[WILDER]

Sorry i was really late in the uk and needed my bed.Take a look here as it sounds like this then.
http/www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/profiles/d...columnaris.html

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

ok well i got some meds for him wasn't the one you recommended but the lps person told me it would do the job. its called, furan-2 there capsless you have to open and pour into the water. Well the orange chromide has wosend hes being picked on badly by the firemouth and acara he has clamped fins and hardly moves just floats really really bad! so i poked holes in a clear bad and opend it up and set him in its attached to the hood so it doesnt move. hes in there and not really moving. i hope he makes it but i think the chanes are pretty slim. the white fungus has already almost disppeard though. but still i dont think he will pull through

 

[WILDER]

Have you increased aeration in the tank.

Looked that med up sounds ok, bless him fingers crossed and hope he makes it.
http/www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod...4+113021+113565