mellowserra
Fish Fanatic
I'm so frustrated, I've culled nearly all of my mollies at once. I have them in two tanks, one brackish and one fresh.
First one went a few weeks ago with a malfunctioning swimbladder and a twisted spine. Weeks before that there was one that actually wasted away, I attributed it to age and thought nothing more about it.
In my fresh water tank another one had been wasting, and then I noticed that three of them were just beginning to pinecone on their ventral side. One has lost part of his tail (the one wasting), and it didn't look like anyone took a bite out of it nor was it finrot. I immediately checked my water stats, nitrate ~5, nitrite=0, ammonia=0, I do water changes (and vac!) once or twice a week, so I didn't think there would be a problem there.
On the brackish side, one with a red "spot" as big as a scale or two on its side, and one appearing to have the beginnings of swimbladder problems.
The ones remaining are all in the brackish tank by themselves, I am just waiting to see more symptoms on them. My biggest worry is if my carnivorous oddballs and catfish will be affected. I recall reading that carnivorous fish *may* have a natural immunity to other diseased fish, since this is part of their natural diet. (None of the infected fish were eaten, by the way.)
So what happens after all of this? I am going to keep watching, I have the feeling my other fish will be OK though. For those of you who have had to deal with this, what have your experiences been afterwards and in the long run? Have you been able to reuse infected tanks without incident? Have you been able too add fish later? I am worried to add any more fish since my big tank is obviously infected, and I had plans to separate the oddballs in the big tank into separate biotope setups later on.
I have read through MANY posts about this topic in TFF, and I have read through quite a bit elsewhere, not to be rude but please just post from your experiences or someone's that you know, thanks.
First one went a few weeks ago with a malfunctioning swimbladder and a twisted spine. Weeks before that there was one that actually wasted away, I attributed it to age and thought nothing more about it.
In my fresh water tank another one had been wasting, and then I noticed that three of them were just beginning to pinecone on their ventral side. One has lost part of his tail (the one wasting), and it didn't look like anyone took a bite out of it nor was it finrot. I immediately checked my water stats, nitrate ~5, nitrite=0, ammonia=0, I do water changes (and vac!) once or twice a week, so I didn't think there would be a problem there.
On the brackish side, one with a red "spot" as big as a scale or two on its side, and one appearing to have the beginnings of swimbladder problems.
The ones remaining are all in the brackish tank by themselves, I am just waiting to see more symptoms on them. My biggest worry is if my carnivorous oddballs and catfish will be affected. I recall reading that carnivorous fish *may* have a natural immunity to other diseased fish, since this is part of their natural diet. (None of the infected fish were eaten, by the way.)
So what happens after all of this? I am going to keep watching, I have the feeling my other fish will be OK though. For those of you who have had to deal with this, what have your experiences been afterwards and in the long run? Have you been able to reuse infected tanks without incident? Have you been able too add fish later? I am worried to add any more fish since my big tank is obviously infected, and I had plans to separate the oddballs in the big tank into separate biotope setups later on.
I have read through MANY posts about this topic in TFF, and I have read through quite a bit elsewhere, not to be rude but please just post from your experiences or someone's that you know, thanks.
/www.4qd.org/Aqua/disease/tb.html
