Urg I Got Mouth Full Of Fish Water When Using Gravel Vac

[WILDER]

It is confusing. It taken me six years lol.
I still get confused.
Good Luck.

 

[TigerIssey]

You say you have sore throat, ears that feel like you are deaf and problems with nose.

Have you got any swellings at all??

Yes TB can (fish TB one of them) appear as granulomas, however you would certainly know if you had one. In order for diagnosis you would need to aspirate the granuloma fluid and perform staining for acid fast bacilli (all tb strains are positive) you would have quite hard, masses (granulomas) that would at some stage start to leak a very cheesy fluid, characteristic of all tb.

It is highly unlikely as you would need to have some way for bacterium to enter your epidermal layers, this would mean cuts etc inside your mouth. This is in itself highly unlikely.

A more probable reason is that there a bacteria in the fish tank water, always will be, and you end up with a pseudomonas infection which is similar to the type of ear infection you get from swimming pools.

There is no point worrying yourself stupid over something that has the very smallest of chances. Either a resistant pseudomonas or viral infection (coincidence or concurrent infection, one leaving you susceptible to the other) that is lingering longer than it is supposed to, you have already said you have a low immune system.

 

[kbod]

thanks all i will keep posted ,reckon im got a bit histerical ,odds of getting it are minimum i no but then i do have a 1 in 100,000 turkish auto immune prob and im not turkish so sometimes stuff happens ,

just to note did loose the ill yellow guppy last night anyway ,was about to take it out as advised and he sadly died ,

noticed a lot of fish with long stringy white poos and alot more flicking also sorry to put it this way but where fishes poop from they look to have their anus / something white poking out not all fish just some is this normal ?

 

[oscars r ace]

white stringy poos are a sign of internal parasites, as are the other symptoms you are talking about, that is what you need to treat for

 

[kbod]

i have order the stuff wilder told me SERA Nematol BEST Nematode Camallanus Roundworm Discus ,got it from uk ebay 10ml for £7.99 will have to wait till it arrives ,

im still using the myxazin do i just stop using or finnish the course on day 3 now.

as gota wait till new meds arrives is there anything i can do until then that will give fishes better chance ? ie water change

 

[WILDER]

Does it look like a worm or organ like the intestines poking out.
Camallanous worms are white till they feed on the host and then the turn a blood red.
R.I.P.

 

[kbod]

Does it look like a worm or organ like the intestines poking out. ,

it looks like the organ poking out as ive noticed them poop from it

although the poo some do very long white stringy.

i have noticed some were reddish poos

lost a neon tetra last night his eyes were bulged out

did small water change 30%

then new meds you recomended turned up in post so added 1.5 ml as 65 litre tank .

water isnt cloudy but it says if it does then to do water change of 80% or wait 2 days then do 80 % change how do i do so much

also noticed today cory catfish are loosing their scales

 

[WILDER]

Not having much luck are you.
With all the symtoms if pointing towards both internal parasites and fish tb.
Internal parasties can cause bacterial infections.
Is the intestines still popping out of the anus of the fish.

The water change could do two water changes during the day.

 

[kbod]

thanks i did have the feeling it was tb

do you think i will loose all my fish ? do any survive or are they carriers ?

only popping out of some ,mostly noticed on guppies and otos

 

[WILDER]

See how the wormer med goes for now.
The fish that are really bad I think I would put them down.
Once a fish has tb the rest are at risk. That why you destroy the ones that are showing the symtoms then you use an antibiotic to save the rest.
Some fish are more prone to tb than others.
There a list of fish that are prone to tb in the link I left you.

 

[kbod]

thanks ok now gonna have to do the unthinkable i guess if i wanna save some fish .

im told corys dont have scales but mine have always looked like theyre not flat like guppies ?

 

[WILDER]

I forgot that. No corys are scaless fish I think.
The thing is if you have more than one tank you have to steralise the equipment after use on each tank. Or you end up spreading desease from tank to tank.
I bet you feel like packing it all in.

 

[kbod]

yeh but not gonna i love watchin my little fishes

reckon i passed it to the other tank though as both tanks havin the same probs

i only used the same gravel cleaner so i guess thats how i did it ...heres hoping i never got it though

 

[WILDER]

See how they go with the parasite med.
Good Luck.

 

[kbod]

thanks will keep my fingers crossed for my fishy friends ,
its very disheartening and im totally gutted ,i cant believe i got threw in at the deep end fish keeping, its such a shame to loose any little fishys ive become quite fond of each one ,some really do seem to have their own little quirks and personalitys ,
but im not giving up ,they are still a pleasure to have,hopefully some may be saved ,reckon time will tell.