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    Doing more research tonight. For clarity, this is what I thought I had narrowed the symptoms down to given all of the things I've tried. I was hoping that the final dose of meds would've handled this. Research continues... I will need to get a video of the severely ill corydoras trying to swim to give an idea of "late stages" of the disease. Note: this is from a rainbowfish book. Not sure how prevalent these things can be on armored catfish / corydoras / otocinclus, but here we are. Edit: Option 2: Fungal Finrot (yep, that's a thing) Option 3: Columnaris I've treated for all of these at least twice. The main issue is often poor quality environment, so I am going to keep focusing there. I may have some help/assistance getting meds and I'll get my hands on some focus + garlic whatever. We'll see how they do and what happens.
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    Mine tends to stick around 6.8-7.0 Kh for me is 40, I do have KH buffer if I need to add some. GH for me is about 80-100. I keep up on water changes and I try really hard to keep that in check. I absolutely do need to do better with regards to things like testing, but I do use KH/GH tests constantly when need be. The goal is to have enough KH to keep it stable.... Sometimes you might need to have slightly more, which is a little easier to deal with by using the buffer (I use the one from seachem) If your PH is say 6.8+ consistently, then I think you're stable. I think you'll be ok. It's just a conscious note where you have to be alert and say.... Alright, this is my tank and this might not be for every species. There's a ton of fish that do well in that region, namely stuff like that you have and lots of cyprinid fish. I try to keep mine 4+ GH = 2x KH, so that's 8-10 range.
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    Try testing your source water (tap water) and go from there. One drop is one degree, basically. Yeah. That's really, really low.
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    A lot of people will tell you no. What I will say is that it depends how you dose the salt, how much you dose, and the plants involved. Some plants are very intolerant, some handle it fine. Thicker leaves plants tend to do better. I've had aponogeton bulbs handle it just fine, susswassertang, moss, anubias, ferns, val, stems, and a lot of plants be perfectly fine with how I dose salt. The main thing, the main issue, is that when you are actively dealing with something like this you need salt in multiple doses or for an extended period. I tend to do salt for 7 days and then give the tank a break. Do a few water changes over the next week and then redose it. With the disease in question I think 14 days on salt is the right balance, week of water changes, then redose if you need to. That being said, you can take any plants You're concerned with and move them for near a month in a bucket with an air stone and they will not suffer too badly. It's up to you. Hairgrass didn't like me when I added salt.
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    Best of luck. I hope you get him soon!
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    Seachem is really bad about their directions in this regard. My process has always been: One treatment, 50% water change (maybe 2, with a 24 hour break) and then roll into the next treatment. Basically, with the way seachem has the direction you dose in the meds and wait 48 hours. Treatment is 3 doses, but treatment is also 6 doses. Thanks seachem. Day 1: dose med Day 2: monitor Day 3: dose med Day 4: monitor Day 5: dose med Day 6: monitor Day 7: water change and ponder if you need to continue treatment, this is almost always going to be a yes given the diseases that kanaplex is used for.
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    You need to get your hands on a liquid GH/KH test kit and ensure your water is safe for the fish. 6.6 is pushing it for a lot species. If you don't have any KH, you may want to figure out a way to get some stability going (see ACO blog article) and ensure your water, tank, and environment is sufficient for the species you are keeping long term.
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    would NTD have any impact in any way on otocinclus or corydoras? My research led me to nitrofurans in a flake, which for me meant using seachem polyguard. This was recommended if kanaplex did not work. I agree with Colu here, try maracyn 2 (and perhaps try neoplex) in food if you do not find success with the first medication. This is an active infection and herbal remedies may not be strong enough here. For me and my WCMM which had a similar issue: Kanaplex + salt --> polyguard + salt
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    I will read through the thread first, but I have had this in my tank and treated it. Details are in my shrimp journal and my 75g journal. My white clouds had this. I used seachem polyguard. Kanaplex did not work. Salt helped tremendously as well.
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    Yeah!!!!!! That was one that just took me a while to really understand. It was interesting to hear that perspective and I see it a lot more now given the book we read. It's interesting. "Playing with Sharks" was a great first step to really share that story and I think it would be great if that was the focus of things like shark week. The story of the diver, it's kind of funny how long it took humans to connect spearfishing with shark attacks. Honestly. Reminds me a bit of a thresher shark because of the bulk and muscle. Based on the list I think it's a.... Blacknose shark. Really fun to see them just doing their thing. I see a lot of similar behaviors in certain fish from my corydoras, to grace the shark, to actually sharks. It's just fun to experience for me. That's awesome! I imagine that was another one of those "once in a lifetime" experiences. So special.
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    Can guarantee it will absolutely happen. Where they end up laying time after time and searching for eggs during water changes is a bit of fun too!
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    😂 No sarcasm at all intended! I understand how it goes. I'm in and out of the thread all the time so I apologize if I missed a tidbit. You'll get em... Try at night under a blue light when they are sleeping. They tend to be less able to run off at times and seem to be in weird (obvious) spots of the tank.
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    When you finish the small tank, but then have to work on the big tank.... Water changes done!
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    Water changes need to happen on every tank, but my focus will have to be on the tanks that had meds. The goal is to get that done and toss in some IALs that were generously gifted to me by @Chick-In-Of-TheSea in hopes of helping with all of these issues that I've been having. The sword plant is looking really beat up and the plecos have been out and about trying to graze on some of the plants that have been dying off. I don't see much of the bulb plants around anymore and I'm hoping I do. One bulb rotted, I have 3 more in there I need to locate. 1 of them did look fine, but it needs to anchor itself and start to grow. I keep it in the front right corner, but it's where the corydoras eat. I imagine the kids think it's a playtime ball or something because it moves around daily. I did end up losing my final otocinclus. This one did show some similar issues to what I have seen on the black corydoras. Again, weird, to have a disease like this targeting what amounts to armored catfish with external symptoms. I'll try to keep an eye out on this thread and update accordingly. Right now I am trying to decide what happens with the corydoras I've moved into the 20L tank for specialized care, white clouds, and what is next. Right now it's purely about water changes and monitoring the situation. Pricing out meds for maracyn 2, it's about $80 before shipping to treat the tank once. Dosing it in the food would require less medications, but I also have zero assurance that the fish in question will eat the medicated food. It's a bit of a quandary and right now I just really need to see what is going on with the fish again. Fresh water, ensure they are eating foods, and ensure that they don't have any environmental triggers causing stress. That airstone will remain in the tank permanently as I believe it is necessary.
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    Agreed. I can attest, given my current situation, sometimes meds just aren't going to "fix it" and sometimes it's a really weird issue. Hoping for the best results and some sort of relief to the fish issues for you (and the fish).
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    But the green one was right there!!!!!!! LOL I like it. Looks beautiful! Turtles are such a cool creature. I remember as a kid growing up and watching Steve Irwin laying on a beach on his belly crawling up waters alongside a mom laying her eggs. It's one of those "journeys" in nature that captivates myself and so many others. I am beyond curious what their favorite sharks were. 🤔 Very cool.... It reminds me so much of a whale shark in pattern. There's also a very feisty "fun shark" at the bottom there. It's something I don't think a lot of people get to experience until you're head in the water and with the sharks, understanding how different each animal can be and how social they can be with one another (and humans) in a variety of ways. The damage jaws did in imprinting this personality of mindless killers on so many people when it comes to sharks is such a misnomer. I can only imagine that you have hopes for another shark-ey dive in future somewhere. What an experience, and thank you so much for taking the time to share it with us. This is the best, I love this moment. "Almost got clocked by a hammerhead" 😂
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    It's been weeks and I just got coffee... How did you know. Of course we missed you! I've got three or four of the ziss ones, if you want them just shoot me a DM. 🙂 If you want to hear "thoughts" on them, I can also share those based on my use of them.
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    Wishing for the best and as much of a recovery as possible. I don't know what caused that, but if you were running a tidal filter I would go there first.... I feel so bad for the little one.
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    Congrats @JoeQ! 😂 Rather be lucky then good... I need to "get lucky" and have some fry soon. It's been so long.
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    All I can think of going through the updates on the fiddleheads is Cody and Dave snacking on some in the middle of nowhere (old show, dual survival)
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    I fed some repashy yesterday, I swear they are protesting me at this point. 😂 Congratulations on having your tank stocked!!! I am expecting a pink when we see the first baby oto, baby corydoras, etc. etc. LOL. I can't wait to see the journey over the many months (and years) and what you end up breeding, propagating, moving around, and fiddling with. My tank has been a rewarding puzzle, a headache, a serene oasis, and a headache on some days.... but I can't say enough how much I enjoyed every moment along the way... even moving 4-5 tanks in a day to make room to set it back up! Word on the street is that they eat limpet snails too (one of the very few). They definitely like some aufwuchs, little critters, and their bug larvae, krill, and many other things along with their veggies.
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    Some of them absolutely can, but there's hundreds of species in that family. The ones I have are only 3" big. SAE are so fun though! They have the mouth shape of some specialized cyprinid fish that are made for cleaning surfaces. Otocinclus, SAE, amano shrimp, are my trio for "cleaners" but honestly, I just enjoy the fish themselves! Female SAE can turn into what I would deem a lazy orca and they just lay around all day. They are somewhat nocturnal, so during the night they might be doing some work for you too!
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    If you're actively seeing parasites you'll want to do 4-6 treatments. I commonly see 3 recommended, I tend to do 4-5 myself based on a major issue I had and the severity of needing to be thorough.
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    I would think it's a scud. Depending what is actually going on, having both these things in a new tank is kind of a concern. Can you show us the tank setup itself, photos of the filtration, and discuss your maintenance routine? For Hydra, it can be ignored for some setups, but it can also be an issue given certain stocking. The thing you would use to eradicate it is a product called "no planaria".
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