[help with cherry barb- maybe fungal infection?]

On 1/13/2023 at 7:04 AM, Colu said:

Yes you could do that or you can get a plastic tote to use as a quarantine and add some of of your cycled filter media from the main tank and add an extra air stone 

that's lovely. thanks again for your help! I'll try this asap

[help with cherry barb- maybe fungal infection?]

On 1/12/2023 at 9:22 PM, Colu said:

With you being Canada what you could do is quarantine and treat with Aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 1 gallon and do Methylene blue baths for 5 days don't add Methylene blue to you main tank it will kill your benefial bacteria the combination of salt and Methylene blue is effective treatment for fungal infection's

I can definitely get my hands on those! I don't have a hospital tank though... would I be able to dose the main tank with the salt and then do a more concentrated methylene blue bath in a container for 30 minutes?

[help with cherry barb- maybe fungal infection?]

On 1/12/2023 at 8:41 PM, Colu said:

What I would do is add an extra air stone and treat with maracyn and ick x

Thank you so much for your help. I live in Canada though, and I can't seem to find these products online (Ich-X costs 62$ on amazon.ca, and maracyn would take a week+ to ship and is also very overpriced). Do you happen to have the source of that screencap so I can maybe look for a different but similar product that's more available near here? Or if you have any idea of what other brand name products might have a similar effect? If not no worries at all, thanks again. 

[help with cherry barb- maybe fungal infection?]

On 1/12/2023 at 8:36 PM, Colu said:

How long have they had this white fuzzy appearance on the bodies have you notice any rapid breathing hanging near the surface  @0145

So far about a week! No rapid breathing, their behaviour seems very normal. But when I put the treatments in they do all go up to the surface for air for a little bit and then afterwards go back to normal. 

[help with cherry barb- maybe fungal infection?]

Hi everyone. I have a 20 gallon tank with about 6 cherry barb, two of which are male, and 4 female guppies. About a week ago, one of the males and one of the females has gotten this sort of white fuzz on their bodies. I'm assuming it might be fungus and have been using API pimafix in conjunction with API melafix.. and occasionally the Kordon rid fungus as well. The white has been slightly increasing over the week and I don't really know if there's anything I can do. When I google fungus on cherry barbs, it doesn't really look the same as it does on my fish... so it might not even be that. If anyone has any suggestions I'd be really grateful!

 

I will update the water parameters shortly as soon as I do the test. Pre water change my nitrates were around 20, nitrite 0, ammonia 0, water temperature 25-26 celcius. It's a fully cycled tank running for 2 years.