TWBRIN Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I think I'm dealing with columnaris. As i live in Canada meds aren't an option. I have put 1Tbsp per 3 gallons of salt so far. I have only had it for 3 days so far but it seems to be spreading. another platy has white patch and seen guppies and a Synodontis Lucipinnis( some one really has to come up with a easier name for these) rubbing them self's against the substrate, this isn't happening very often maybe notice it once a day. All fish are active and eating well. I was wondering how long should i let it go before increasing the salt and is it even safe to do so with the Synodontis Lucipinnis, albino corys and snails to go to 2 Tbsp per fish. and if i do increase the salt could i move my plants to a different tank with out spreading it. I have Hornwort javafern and moneywort for plants. priorities are the Synodontis Lucipinnis since they cost about as much as the rest of my fish, then the rest of the fish and plants are dead last as they where only like 15 dollars so if its not 100% safe to move they are easy to replace.($10 to you guys) I am limited to Melafix, Pimafix , API® Liquid Super Ick Cure which from googling is not effective if its columnaris so salt seems to be the only option almost forgot water condition. I probably did have a ammonia spike as i removed half of my substrate then spread out the remainder this caused a lot of clouding once it settled i added a fine gravel substrate on top about 2 in thick. any ways when testing my water today Ph ~ 6.8 matching my tap water. ammonia > .2ppm Nitrite 0ppm and Nitrates ~ 40 ppm and tomorrow is my water change day was going to do 50% since missed last week and the nitrate lvl. any suggestions welcome and if the worst happens and i lose them all how should i clean the tank before restoking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted October 25, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 25, 2020 Tough spot to be in with the live plants. I'd go straight to 1 tablespoon per 2 gallons, the hornwort in the picture could be moved to a bucket with a light, not sure what other plants you have. You pH is a bit low for what platies, guppies and the syno like, getting it above 7.0 is recommended, perhaps some crushed coral? Also keep checking on ammonia as fish won't be able to fight off the infection well with the stress from ammonia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWBRIN Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 in case any one else finds this in there search. i left the aquarium at 1 tablespoons per 2 gallon for about 3 weeks then started to do water changes as need by water tests(change anytime nitrates where above 40ppm). I have probably only done about 3 water changes now and have about 15 Tablespoons left in the aquarium(90 gallon) . every thing seems to be going fine. I still see the odd fish rub on the substrate but no other sign of illness so hopefully normal behavior . the cat fish and snails seemed to do fine .my mystery snails even started to breed about 2 weeks in and have been laying eggs like crazy I have now hatched at lest 5 clutches and have about 10 more still in the tank. my plants seemed to do ok lost about halve the java fern but hornwort did fine floating and money wort lost leaves on the lower have but survived. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmare Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 On 12/20/2020 at 2:46 PM, TWBRIN said: in case any one else finds this in there search. i left the aquarium at 1 tablespoons per 2 gallon for about 3 weeks then started to do water changes as need by water tests(change anytime nitrates where above 40ppm). I have probably only done about 3 water changes now and have about 15 Tablespoons left in the aquarium(90 gallon) . every thing seems to be going fine. I still see the odd fish rub on the substrate but no other sign of illness so hopefully normal behavior . the cat fish and snails seemed to do fine .my mystery snails even started to breed about 2 weeks in and have been laying eggs like crazy I have now hatched at lest 5 clutches and have about 10 more still in the tank. my plants seemed to do ok lost about halve the java fern but hornwort did fine floating and money wort lost leaves on the lower have but survived. Thank you for giving the update! I'm dealing with a similar thing and I think I'm in the same spot you were at the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWBRIN Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 I would leave the salt in the tank for longer then i did. i did have a fish that got the white patches about a week ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisco Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 How did your live plants do with the salt? Did you remove them? sorry this is a month later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWBRIN Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 10:21 PM, Krisco said: How did your live plants do with the salt? Did you remove them? sorry this is a month later... my plants did pretty well , they continued to recover after the December 20th update. i ended up just removing the fish from jan 16th update and have had no further signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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