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On 10/16/2021 at 7:35 PM, Colu said:
Focus acts as a binding agent I would not leave it out of the food recipe ick x can stain things but have used it and not had that problem ick x won't Harm your benefial bacterial if you don't have focus what I would do is treat just with ick x to get the fungal infection under control as it requires daily water that will help with fin rot
Oh ok. Unfortunately when I checked on the tank a little while ago I found the cory with fungus had passed. 😢 He seemed fine this morning so I'm not sure what happened. In this case should I keep the kanaplex in the tank to just try to treat the cory with fin rot? Or could the disease from the cory that passed have already spread to the others?
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Oh ok so I already put in kanaplex yesterday and I do have ich x, but does it kill the bacteria? Also on the ich x bottle it says it can stain things like rocks in the tank, which I have, so should I be worried about that?
Edit: I just realized you said you can use ich x and kanaplex together only when you are adding the kanaplex to their food... I already have kanaplex in the tank so should I try to remove that with carbon first? Also I don't know/don't have Focus so can I leave that out if I medicate the food?
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On 10/16/2021 at 12:23 PM, Dwayne Brown said:
@Chlo Is there anyway you could trr uploading the photos again? they aren't displaying on any of my devices.
Ok, sure.
The fourth picture is the cory with possible fin rot.
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On 10/16/2021 at 11:50 AM, Dwayne Brown said:
@Chlo How long have you had the panda cory's for?
A few of them I have had for a little while, but most of them for around 2 months.
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I have started noticing that one of my panda corydoras has a white (possibly) fungal growth on its head. I'm not sure if it is fungus or cotton wool disease. The infected cory's health hasn't been the best since I got him. I bought the cories online and had to convert them (using drip acclimation) from a pH of 6 to 8, so I think that may be a big part of why he/she has been stressed. The cory also might have fin rot because its fin doesn't seem to be as full as the other cories. The only other symptoms I see in the tank is one cory that I noticed yesterday to have what looks like (fungal??) fin rot. I added a dose of kanaplex yesterday because the possible fungus didn't become super noticeable until today and I wanted to treat the cory with possible fin rot without stressing it out by moving it or killing the bacteria in the tank. I probably shouldn't have put in the medicine without researching a lot beforehand so if I need to I can do water changes or use carbon to get rid of it. The tank is 20 gallons.
- pH 8
- Nitrates (I haven't tested super recently, but right now the only fish in the tank are 7 juvenile corydoras and two baby platies so I'm assuming the nitrates aren't very high)
- Hardness 17 GH
- Nitrite 0
- Ammonia 0
- KH/Buffer 6 (?)
- Water Temperature 75-76 F
Cory with possible fin rot:
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Sooo I started levamisole treatment today, and one worm is already coming out of the platy, but none of the other platies have worms coming out (yet). Could this mean that the worms haven't spread to the other fish yet? Also, I moved the platy to a breeder box with a separator at the bottom for when the worm falls through, because knowing my platies they would all try to eat the worm.
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On 7/8/2021 at 11:39 AM, Colu said:
I would treat all.your fish in the main tank with levamisole it's more than likely more of your fish will.have camallanus worms by the time you see visible worms your fish will be heavily infected.and can still die from the internal damage the parasite have caused
Ok, and also if any of them have more babies later, will they be infected too? Also do I need to treat my betta tanks too? Because I definitely shared tools and stuff between the tanks. They both look fine and healthy but apparently camallanus worms are extremely contagious?
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So I also have some platy fry in a breeder box in the tank, do I need to remove them during treatment? Are they affected too?
Also, all 5 of my platies are female, and they all recently had a batch of fry each... So it's possible they may have more, and does that mean the fry will be infected and when the platies eat the fry they will get infected again?
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On 7/7/2021 at 11:14 AM, Fish Folk said:
I'm looking those over right now and I'm confused, does the kit only come with the measuring spoon if you get 52g of the powder? (sorry I know this is a silly question)
Nevermind I'll just get the powder not the kit
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On 7/7/2021 at 3:42 AM, Fish Folk said:
If your fish looks like this...
It may eventually look like this...
And it can kill all your fish. You need to treat tis very seriously.
I recommend Levamisole. Greg Sage over at Select Aquatics sells Levamisole for treating this very issue. Here's his add on his website:
Get it ordered! Hope this story ends well . . .
Yeah she definitely looks like the first picture....😬 I'll buy some levamisole as soon as possible
Also do I have to treat with levamisole a few weeks after the first treatment? Because I will be going away from home in less than two weeks
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One of my platys has a very thin needle like red stick coming out of her anus, and after researching it seems like it could be camallanus worms. I noticed the possible worm a few weeks ago, but it was brown and I could barely see it so I didn't really worry. She and another platy flashed a little bit a week or two ago but they haven't done it anymore. I've also seen one cory flash a few times today, but I don't know if that's related. Does this sound like camallanus worms and what treatment should I use? I'm really worried because it seems like the worms are hard to get rid of
Also I dont have a picture because the worm is very thin and hard to get a photo of
- pH 8
- Nitrates 10-20
- Hardness 17 GH
- Nitrite 0
- Ammonia 0
- KH/Buffer 6 KH
- Water Temperature 76 F
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On 6/25/2021 at 5:13 PM, Colu said:
The symptoms of gill flukes are rapid breathing and fins held against the body and flashing your fish rubbing against thing in the tank
Oh ok, she doesn't seem to have rapid breathing and her fins aren't clamped. She's swimming around the tank normally, and I haven't seen her flash against objects today. Is it possible that it is stress? Or something related to her pregnancy?
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On 6/25/2021 at 3:58 PM, Colu said:
Flashing can be caused by parasites or poor water quality such as high levels of ammonia if you parameters are all ok it could be gill flukes
My water parameters are fine, last time I checked. Visually the platy looks fine (I think) but I'm not sure what the other symptoms of gill flukes are
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So the white bump has gotten better on the platy but I noticed the past few days that she has been flashing against the sand and plants a few times and she also has done this weird motion where she wriggles her body (not really like shaking it but like curving and bending it side to side). She also is pregnant I think, I thought she was too young but she has what looks like the gravid spot and her belly is big
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On 6/25/2021 at 12:52 AM, KendraCrippen said:
Well at least now I know I'm not the only one. What I do when I feed is distract endlers and while they a munching I'll shoot some food down to the bottom with a pipette (when feeding thawed brine or daphnia) <spelling? And the Cory's will jump on it. But for me the lights don't seem to matter because the female Betta and endlers see me and go ballistic no matter how dark.
Yeah at first feeding in the dark worked but my platies seem to have found out, and they started hogging all the food. I found another way that gets food down to the cories quickly, which is putting the flakes or whatever I'm feeding right under the flow from my hob filter, so that it pushes the food down quickly to the bottom.
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On 6/19/2021 at 1:41 PM, Cory said:
Usually livebearers give birth every 30 days or so. Temperature can play a big part as well as how stressed or not they are. The best you can do it get lots of cover for fry and wait. Feed well so the adults don't want to chase down the fry as much.
Ok, thanks for the response! I don't have any males but I think most of the females I got are pregnant or will give birth, if they haven't already. I guess I'll just watch her the next few days so hopefully I can save some of the fry
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On 6/19/2021 at 11:46 AM, DSH OUTDOORS said:
What other fish do you have in the tank with her? I have more Platy than I know what to do with without any protection or special arrangements to protect the fry from their parents. Just some live plants and driftwood for cover.
I even had two survive the chaos that is my Barb tank before I got them moved into their 40 breeder home.
I have a couple other platies and some corydoras. I've had a couple random fry survive in the tank, but the tank is pretty open
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My platy, Cookie, has looked pregnant for awhile, and when we got her the fish store also said she is pregnant. Does it look like she will give birth soon? I'm pretty sure I can see the fry eyes, but it is a little hard to see in the pictures. Her belly kind of looks squared but I'm not sure. I moved her into a breeding box a little while ago but decided to release her because a lot of things say that it can really stress them out and even make her release the fry too early. I really want to save at least one fry so I'm wondering how soon she will probably give birth
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On 6/18/2021 at 7:07 PM, Colu said:
You can wait for Qarantine tank to cycle or add some filter media from one of your other tanks to kick start the process
Ok, I added some cycled media from the main tank
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On 6/18/2021 at 6:31 PM, Colu said:
Looks like an injury to me I would Qarantine and treat with aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 2 gallons as a proventive measure if it is Popeye the salt will help reduce the fluid buildup in the eye
Ok, I'll try that. Should I wait for the quarantine tank to cycle?
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On 6/18/2021 at 5:42 PM, quikv6 said:
Chlo....really tough to tell from the pic, but do the platy's mouth/lips have a bleached white appearance? If so, it could be a sign of columnaris, and the white by the eye could be related to that. Just another possibility. I have never had a fish with popeye, so I can't speak to that possibility.
Hmm they seem to be grayish yellow which is normal I think
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On 6/18/2021 at 4:57 PM, Fish Folk said:
You can wait. Sometimes it cares for itself. If caused by an injury, it’s not contagious. If from something else, it may develop in other fish. I usually perform a 25% water change.
Ok, I just finished setting up the quarantine tank though...so would it be fine to move her just in case and maybe use salt or something because I think it is supposed to treat injuries and popeye?
Oh and also my tap has ammonia, so I added media from the 20 gallon but would it be fine to add prime everyday too because last time when I used a quarantine tank it took forever to process the ammonia in my tap
Edit: actually maybe I'll just keep her in the main tank for a little while since moving her will probably stress her out a bit
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On 6/18/2021 at 4:37 PM, Fish Folk said:
Yes, QT tank is best. And yes, possibly an injury.
Ok, thanks. Should I wait a little bit to make sure it is popeye? And also popeye isn't contagious right?
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On 6/18/2021 at 4:15 PM, Fish Folk said:
I’m going to start off with a guess of Popeye. If it is, that eye will bulge more and more. Once it gets to both eyes... it’s bad, often fatal.
If I’m right, one way to treat us dosing API ERYTHROMYCIN as directed.
We have one discus who had it, and went blind in his eye. But he survived.
Oh ok, would it be better to treat the whole tank or should I move her to a quarantine tank?
Also, if it is popeye could it have been caused by an injury? Because I think it randomly popped up
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Fungus or Cotton Wool Disease (corydoras)
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Ok, thanks