They did not have frozen foods or foods from the Omega line, so I ended up purchasing some Cobalt Aquatics flake food, Xtreme Krill flakes and some New Life Spectrum Pellets for now until I find some more. It is certainly better than what I had before.
I guess we are in the hard times of fish keeping together, friend. I am sending best wishes for better days ahead for both of us.
I am glad I ended up getting the Kanaplex in this case though. I do not have Furan 2 so I hope that this will be good enough for treatment. I would separate the 3 fish affected, but since it is a contagious disease it is probably best to treat the whole tank regardless. Plants can grow back if they are negatively affected, fish cannot. I will keep this thread updated on what happens, it may go either way at this point, only time will tell...
I guess we are in the hard times of fish keeping together, friend. I am sending best wishes for better days ahead for both of us.
After searching a bit more online, it is determined that the 3 Rasboras do have Columnaris and not true fungus. (which is even worse)
He was the most severe case and already had the bacteria growing on his body and gill plate, there was almost no chance of him recovering. Of the 11 Rasboras left, some have slightly discolored fins but other than that they are all eating like hogs and acting normal otherwise. The next most severe case has a discolored dorsal and pectoral fin. He is the one with a slightly crooked back. I really enjoy him (has a lot of personality for a Rasbora), so I hope he and the others will make a full recovery.
Second, all but one of the Rasboras have no signs of the infection anymore. The Rasboras with the minor cases are already repairing the damaged and discolored fins. There is only one left that is not doing as good. He is the Rasbora with the crooked spine. He still has the discolored fins, but he eats readily and still acts healthy otherwise. I will continue to monitor tomorrow, but this is a good sign with the tank indeed. Tetras and Gourami's still remain unaffected.
Update! After arriving home from work I inspected the tank. First off, no more deaths!
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Thinking about it a little more, I completely agree. Better not take risks now that I have seen some positive progress with the fish so far. I am sure with all the plants the cycle will be stabilized quickly after the second round is done. I put the sicker Rasbora back into the main tank. I test fed him and he still eats rapidly. Maybe this one can be saved.
There are two other Rasboras showing signs of the infection on their pelvic fins now... Oh dear. I may lose all my Rasboras at this point. Despite all of this, the Tetras and Gouramis still remain unaffected, which baffles me greatly. Since this infection seems to be spreading, I seperated the three and begun cleaning out the 29 gallon. I certainly do not want the infected fish spreading this stuff to the other fish. I am getting Furan 2 in conjunction to the Kanaplex today, I want this stupid bacteria to pay!
I am actually doing this right now. I have a 2.5 gallon setup with the three Rasboras showing signs of the infection. The main tank is getting a deep clean now as I agree, I wouldn't want this horrible stuff spreading to my healthy fish.
I really appreciate you! What I have is definitely not the first two strains or all of my fish would be dead by now. I either have the third or fourth, the latter being much more likely. The strain I have does not grow on the mouth or on their back but favors the fins insteaad. In advanced cases, it begins attacking the gill plate where death always follows. I know it is not fungus as it grows in more of a sheet rather than tufts of cotton.
Thank you, Mudminnow! I am really happy with how it turned out and it does create a sort of illusion! It helps that there are only small residents living in there (Ember Tetras, Cherry Shrimp, a few Amanos). I did a ton of trimming with it today and I will show the updated pics of the 10 gallon tomorrow if you are interested. It does have rockwork believe it or not. If you look throughout this entire thread, you will be able to see how much this little tank has changed in it's mere 3 months of operation.
I did look back at some of your old photos. It's funny how your rocks are now completely obscured. But, it looks good this way. I think, in addition to having small residents, you also create the illusion of a larger tank in another way. Your stem plants with larger leaves are in front of the ones with smaller leaves. It kind of gives it a forced perspective of sorts.
You have the eye of an aquascaper indeed. The goal for the 10 gallon was so that it could be a nature styled aquascape. The 29 gallon used to be a nature as well until I converted it to the jungle style. Having the ability to notice these kind of tricks I used makes me want to see some of your own setups.
All the plant clippings in a large bucket
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Thanks, friend! I highly enjoy watching tanks progress over time too, one of my favorite aspects of aquascaping aquariums. If I can get this infection under control in the 29 gallon, I may setup a shrimp bowl scape for the strange red rili shrimps with red spots I have been seeing in the cull tank and I in fact have males and females with this strange pattern. The 10 gallon is about at it's final form, but the 29 gallon needs a little more work to become what I want it to look like.
Once they each are done it would be cool to have a week by week full tank photo shot compilation.Thanks, friend! I highly enjoy watching tanks progress over time too. If I can get this infection under control in the 29 gallon, I may setup a shrimp bowl scape for the strange red rili shrimps with red spots I have been seeing in the cull tank and I in fact have males and females with this strange pattern. The 10 gallon is about at it's final form, but the 29 gallon needs a little more work.
Maybe leave a link here and make a new one so more people can see it.I agree, that would be pretty neat indeed. It could be just like how I started this thread. In fact, I could do the 10 gallon tank now if you and others are interested. I have about 25-30 full shots of the tank over time so far.
Should I do it on this thread or a new thread?
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The fish are almost in prime shape again and the water is finally clear of all that yellow from the furan 2. The tank breathes life once more! Now it is just a waiting game for the plants to bounce back once again! Once the tank reaches a certain plant density again, new Honeys and Lambchops will be joining the ranks of the current residents.This will be considered. It would be fun raising baby Lambchops and sharing them on the forum for sure.
Yes, I am in this tank. However, the doses are seperated. For the Easy green, they recommend a pump per 10 gallon twice a week. In that case, I would be doing a pump every day since the tank is 29 gallons, my old regiment. Now, I am splitting it between Easy Green and APT, APT recommends one capful per 25 gallons 4 times a week. So, to balance everything out to ensure I don't overdose by doing the following;
I agree completely! I mean, just look at this Pearlweed after trimming from just one week back! It looks like I never even trimmed this carpet and the only change with this tank was the APT!
This is the current tally after the recent Columnaris outbreak in the tank. Keep in mind that this tank is overstocked but I have two things helping me out.
Well to get an accurate analysis if it is better, you have to have a control, have some that are using regular root tabs, maybe a few types, like Jobe's houseplant spikes, osmocote, or easy green root tabs.
Easy Green is the control group. I have fresh Pearlweed from the 10 gallon planted all over the front of the tank, but the Pearlweed on the right side uses Vish's tabs.
