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March 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Urgent! Tank Is Infected With Fungus
My Tank Is Infected With Fungus We Are Returning a few fish. WHat Could I keep in there(any schooling fish or a blue ram?) I kinda want tetras | 
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March 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| I would fix the fungus problem before adding any more fish | |
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March 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| I wasnt gonna add anymore fish i was gonna return some fish never mind | |
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March 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| I'm sorry, I misinterpreted your question. When you do add fish, I like neon tetras, but I think they are more fun in larger schools (>5) if you have room for them. Good luck with your fungus issue | |
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March 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Oh sorry you have fungus issues. I'm dealing with that myself. Always something. But that's the world of fishkeeping.
A shoal of Tetras would be cool. I have 5 Black Neon Tetras and they are nice looking. | |
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March 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| What are you treating the fungus with?
I keep both neon and cardinal tetras. Although both are very similar in appearance I find the cardinals slightly more colourful. I’m striving for large schools of about 10. But your school would depend on what fish you are planning to return. | |
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March 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| what/how many fish are you returning? | |
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March 19th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Chase J  My Tank Is Infected With Fungus We Are Returning a few fish. WHat Could I keep in there(any schooling fish or a blue ram?) I kinda want tetras | Quote:
Originally Posted by docjr03 I would fix the fungus problem before adding any more fish | Quote:
Originally Posted by Chase J I wasnt gonna add anymore fish i was gonna return some fish never mind | I think I read the bold text the same way that docjr read it, because it sure sounded to me like you wanted to know what you could add to the tank. No need to get upset if someone misunderstands you. It's often just a matter of restating things.
If you're not asking what you can put in the tank, perhaps you could clarify what the question is, so we can better answer it. | |
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March 20th, 2009
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| My interpretation: He is going to take some fish back, but he is going to "replace" them right away. He doesn't consider this adding since he will not have more than he started with. | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Okay Guys I'm Gonna Start Over... Here I Go...My tank is infected with some sort of fungus. We returned the molly which was the one that had fungus, but now there are two other fish with fungus. If i get rid of these two fish...wil my tank still have fungus.....like sayyyy i returned those fish and got an angelfish for instance.. if the angelfish was healthy, would it get fungs too or would the fungus be out of my tank once I removed its host? How do I get it out of my tank is all that I'm trying to say.
Okay we are going to buy some maroxy or marycyn but we don't no if it is colomnaris or true fungus. the cherry barb has like a slimy greyish spot but the platy has white cotton on her mouth. What should I treat it with?
Last edited by sirdarksol; March 22nd, 2009 at 08:16 PM.
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March 22nd, 2009
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| I wouldn't take back the fish I would treat the fish with meds for fungus..Jungle makes a very inexpensive fungues tablet that you just drop in the water. That way you know the fungus is out of your tank. Fish usually don't get sick unless there is an outside source or they have been weakened in some way. | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Well I Feed Them Once A Day Just A Small Pinch And The Waters At About 76 or 77 and The Fish Interact Fine. They Dont Nip or Bite Or Anything
And Does The Jungle Buddies Make it for Columnaris too?
I'm Gonna Try Using PimaFix It Got Good Reviews And Jungle Didn't.
Last edited by sirdarksol; March 22nd, 2009 at 08:16 PM.
Reason: Merging back to back (to back, cuz there's three of them) posts. | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| Hi Chase, I was reading these and it reminded me that your fish were also showing signs of frayed fins. Thought they might be useful to you: Flexibacter, columnaris columnaris
Last edited by Lucy; March 22nd, 2009 at 11:26 AM.
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March 22nd, 2009
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| What are your water parameters, the only time I seem to have fungus problems is when something is way to high or I lost the cycle | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
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Originally Posted by Lucy Hi Chase, I was reading these and it reminded me that your fish were also showing signs of frayed fins. Thought they might be useful to you: Flexibacter, columnaris columnaris | Yeah I'm Treating THe Swordtail For FinRot ( I got a heater for my two gallon.(Crappy TopFin won't even stick to the side right) | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| What are you treating it with? If you read the first link: Quote:
Given time for this disease to spread, the infestations usually begin on the fins, which usually become frayed and ragged.
Dr. Gary Aukes; Pharm D, Dr. Brian Aukes; PhD., and the staff of National Fish Pharmaceuticals. | | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| No Te Fins Are Not Frayed And Ragged They Are Decaying Like FinRot. I'm Treating It With Maracyn-Two. I'm gonna go get some PimaFix For the fungus fish though later on today.
Kk I got some PimaFix...I added that. When I added it I noticed a platy fry so please check my platy fry thread
Last edited by sirdarksol; March 22nd, 2009 at 08:17 PM.
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March 22nd, 2009
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Originally Posted by Chase J if the angelfish was healthy, would it get fungs too or would the fungus be out of my tank once I removed its host? | Yes, the infection could still be in the tank.
Further, the conditions that allowed the infection to overwhelm your fish may still be present.
Best to solve the problem first (both by treatment and by identifying the source of the infection). | |
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March 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| KK I Medicated IT With PimaFix | |
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March 23rd, 2009
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| Chase-sorry to hear you are having all this trouble. Listen to the good people from here and you will have your tank good again-i am 63 years old and have learned a lot from people on fishlore lol and i'm still learning. But one thing i know for sure is where you are buying and returning your fish-maybe the fish are not healthy to begin with and that's why you are having all this trouble lol It happened to me at a very reputable LFS. hope this helps you Chase and good luck with tank and fishie's, and try a diff; lfs. bella | |
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