Preventing fish TB?

In my general quarantine rabbit hole today, I somehow found myself watching videos from the fish vet and a discussion of fish TB. Here's the video:

Now, I'm a bit concerned because I think my tank may have it; I lost an endler (she was around 2+ years old already, so she was fairly young) and she looked much like the danio in his video. Now, my other fish seem health, though one of my harlequins has a touch of fin rot where my paradise fish nipped him before I rehomed said paradise fish - I've kept an eye on it, and the harlequin's otherwise been healthy. I've already dealt with the dead endler.

Anyway, I see a lot of people pull the entire tank down.. but in the video he mentions adding vitamins to the water to help the remaining population. I may go that method for now and see if any other casualties appear, as taking down the entire tank would be, well... a bit expensive, hectic, and I don't want to be reactionary over an elderly fish passing away as that'll likely kill my other fish from the stress and I don't have another tank to put them in.

So, any advice? I had never heard of adding vitamins to the water, and mostly worry about adding in anything that could harm my plants etc.

 

I really don't see a reason to react yet. Fish die. It happens. I'd think 2+ yrs. to be pretty old for an endler?

 

I somehow found myself watching videos from the fish vet and a discussion of fish TB. Here's the video:

Great video added and cheers for that well I know I carry good nutrition in my water as my shrimps before I moved them was shedding well and thank god I wear gloves .and add stress coat to my water to help protect my fish.

 

It is, yes, but I think my concern comes from the fact I'll be adding GBRs and I know they can be susceptible to disease. And, either way, better preventative than losing an entire tank - which is more my thought here of "how can I prevent this from being a problem" when it can come right through the tap water

Sadly, I don't think I can get my fish to wash their hands

 

when it can come right through the tap water

Use Aquasafe as I find it great for your water.
Tetra Aquasafe 500ml

 

If its suspected the tank basically becomes a qt tank till its determined if it is or isn't. To me vitamins and stress coat are gimmicks since the concentration is so low when diluted by your tank volume. A good varied diet will give the fish all their requirements that are needed.

 

To me vitamins and stress coat are gimmicks since the concentration is so low when diluted by your tank volume.

David i've used these since I started doing fish sorry

 

David i've used these since I started doing fish sorry

In 20+ years I have used neither. Never even a dechlorinator since I'm on a private well. So I guess to each their own.

 

I wouldn’t do anything at this point, other than taking good care of your fish. The disease may not be present in your tank. It’s difficult to know for certain and that’s one of the frustrating things with Myco. Symptoms may not manifest for months or even years. As well, the symptoms are often similar to many other diseases. In addition, the bacteria is resistant to standard disinfection methods. There are those who have completely torn down and disinfected tanks and equipment only to find that it returns.

I hadn't heard of the Vitamin C treatment and can't comment on its effectiveness.

 

If it were TB, I read that sterilizing via UV lights saved newly introduced fish. The poster, on this site, permitted him to introduce new fish and after six months these were still free of the disease.

 

You may want to ignore this. Myco is used a lot for scaremongering people when there is just no real way to know, except in very specific circumstances, if that killed your fish. Fish die for millions of reasons, this is a very specific one and certainly not a root cause.

Plus it's so bizarrely easily transmitted (it takes more than a month of drying to kill it) that once it gets into any of your tanks, you may as well stop the hobby for several months before restarting as the only real reliable way to get rid of it.
If you want to prevent myco, actually one of the best ways suggested is by NOT being overly hygienic in your tanks. Myco is rivalled by other (pathogenic) bacteria in your tank. The more you damage and wipe these bacteria by using antibiotics etc. the bigger the odds myco managed to outcompete the other bacteria and turn into an actual infestation. Just like columnaris it is pretty much omnipresent so don't worry too much about its existence.