bbitsaboy Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 (edited) I have a 150g tank with 11 fancy goldfish of varying sizes, dojo loaches and some kubotai loaches. I had some plecos in the tank but one of them was an eye eater and has been removed. Now that I'm sure the eye eater has been removed I started seeing sores just behind the head along the back of 2 of my goldfish. This started 2 days ago and I had to get some things together for a quarantine tank but it went from "what is that" to "oh my God" way too quickly and put into a 29g tank with aquarium salt and fin & body cure as soon as I got home. Is this ulcers, just to confirm because I know that's very contagious and want to try and treat the whole tank if so, but quarantine the 2 that have it worst so they can recover in peace. Please let me know, I love these guys so much and Muffin, the Lavender oranda is my special little girl 8C No one else is showing any symptoms currently but I am going to be watching them like a hawk. Also in the pictures it looks like white spot, but those are just bubbles, just wanted to clarify. Edited March 27 by bbitsaboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Looks like an aggressive bacterial infections could be columnaris that's a gram negative bacterial infection that spreads more quickly at higher temperatures and can kill in 24hr to 7 days depending on the stain the most effective treatment I have found is kanaplex and jungal fungus clear fizz tabs containing nitrofurazone following this treatment plan I would quarantine any showing symptoms and start treatment straight away keep treating with API fin and body cure as you have it to hand and up level of aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 1 gallon is what i would do if you don't have kanaplex and jungal fungus clear fizz tabs to hand @bbitsaboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbitsaboy Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 On 3/27/2024 at 5:29 PM, Colu said: Looks like an aggressive bacterial infections could be columnaris that's a gram negative bacterial infection that spreads more quickly at higher temperatures and can kill in 24hr to 7 days depending on the stain the most effective treatment I have found is kanaplex and jungal fungus clear fizz tabs containing nitrofurazone following this treatment plan I would quarantine any showing symptoms and start treatment straight away keep treating with API fin and body cure as you have it to hand and up level of aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 1 gallon is what i would do if you don't have kanaplex and jungal fungus clear fizz tabs to hand @bbitsaboy Oh wow, okay so raising the temp is actually a bad thing. I will slowly turn the heater down in the quarantine tank. It's at about 76/77 right now as that is what their usual tank is. What would be a good temp to try and keep it at to slow the bacteria? I have salt in there, but not at that concentration so I will add some more. I'm going to go the first round with the fin and body but I'll try and get those 2 medications you recommended before I start round two. Thank you so much. I've learned a lot in 3 years but haven't dealt with this one before and there are only so many ways you can type in a problem to Google while also trying to get good advice/care instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I would keep the temperature below 75 as columnaris spreads more quickly at temperatures over 75 unless you have any fish that requires the higher temperatures in the tank @bbitsaboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbitsaboy Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Gotcha. I'm gonna take both the main tank and quarantine down to 73 over time. I've ordered the other medications, gonna go add some more salt and cross my fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 @bbitsaboy I would watch your main tank very closely. To make sure it doesn’t spread. That looks like a very aggressive disease. And may spread very easily to the rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbitsaboy Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 On 3/27/2024 at 6:12 PM, Tony s said: @bbitsaboy I would watch your main tank very closely. To make sure it doesn’t spread. That looks like a very aggressive disease. And may spread very easily to the rest I am going to watch it like a hawk. I plan on medicating the whole 150g if I have to with a more intense med... I only have 2 smaller spare tanks for treatment (29g and 10g) hopefully now that I am aware of it I can try and pretreat the bigger tank with something less harsh to try and prevent some infections but time will tell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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