- Have you tested your water?
- Yes
- If yes, what is your ammonia?
- 0
- If yes, what is your nitrite?
- 0
- If yes, what is your nitrate?
- Less than 10, been doing water change every other day since latest issues
- If I did not test my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.
- Do you do water changes?
- Yes
- What percentage of water do you change?
- 71-80%
- How frequently do you change your water?
- Every week
- If I do not change my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.
I'm not even sure what to post but I'm worried about my tank and figure I can log what's going on and maybe get some feedback. You can skip the history part as it's long but I also included to go e some context.
I moved this rainbow into QT June 18. I had just gotten back from being gone for a week with auto feeder. I did water change June 17 and June 18, I noticed he had this growth. He had scratched his side a few weeks before but the wound didn't look infected. (I have since read that sometimes they get itchy and scratchy themselves from being ill).
Edit: used other phone to attach
Top two were when I first noticed growth and took him out. Third was yesterday in QT. It does appear to have shrunk.
Also, I'm doing a water change and moving this rainbow out. I should have moved him out sooner but I knew he had damage from being fin nipped (saw a rainbow doing it several weeks ago). Now that I see how it appears infected, I feel like an idiot for not moving him out sooner. It looks similar to the damage of another rainbow listed in the history below.
So those two fish are isolated. The white on first fish seems to have shrunk over 6 days of 4 tablespoons salt in 10g. Not sure if I should try meds or just wait or add more salt.
Problem is I'm paranoid now with main tank. I see this mark on this female that could be just from accidentally hitting something or could be the star is something m
Also this clown loach looks like he cut himself or another clown accidentally damaged him when they were both going after a wafer. It seems unchanged in a few days (I think that happens Thursday and it's Monday.
Edit:
Pic of cut? On clown loach
This is in my tank with my two clown loaches I had since 95 and 5 clown loaches I had since 2018 so I want to have a plan in case whole tank ends up being sick.
To summarize, what I currently have done is moved that blackish finned rainbow (well he's in a bucket but getting moved after I post this). The one with white on dorsal is in a QT tank with salt as I described.
Edit:
I guess I'll watch the brownish female rainbow And clown loach to see if they get better or worse. I just noticed a dority mail has either a mark on his side fin or is developing something. Can't really get a pic of it but I'll watch that.
I have new kanaplex and Jungle Clear fungus tabs (a seemingly knowledgeable poster has a treatment involving those two meds for columnaris which he's had success with).
Again, appreciate any feedback or advice. Thanks.
History:
I had a few newer rainbows (input them in around Dec of last year). I figured they were just getting beat up as I lost the three female melanatania splendida over a two month period. On had swim bladder issues and the other two just were dead suddenly.
Later, I discovered this rainbow I posted about that looked like he had some bacterial issues. I think the advice in the thread was working as the area got better but he died last month, I think maybe bc I did not have an automatic feeder for his tank and had to leave for a week.
www.monsterfishkeepers.com
I lost two six year old Millennium rainbows this month. One was in quarantine since March 30 in salt. I can post pics but don't want this to be too long.
The other one I had separated bc its tails was getting nipped. He actually healed up and was back in the tank. He was in QT with a panda garra and dority rainbow from mid Jan to mid March. The dority died but I think he was just old and was blind in one eye. The other four I got with him had died over the years with the female dying end of last year.
Millennium that just died didn't look good for last week. He was swimming slow and it looked like he had marks from being sucked on and I confirmed Sunday when I saw a panda garra sucking on him and two clown loaches nipping at him.
I attempted to move him but he died while being moved so I think he was already in bad shape but might have just been sick from being old and susceptible.
I moved this rainbow into QT June 18. I had just gotten back from being gone for a week with auto feeder. I did water change June 17 and June 18, I noticed he had this growth. He had scratched his side a few weeks before but the wound didn't look infected. (I have since read that sometimes they get itchy and scratchy themselves from being ill).
Edit: used other phone to attach
Top two were when I first noticed growth and took him out. Third was yesterday in QT. It does appear to have shrunk.
Also, I'm doing a water change and moving this rainbow out. I should have moved him out sooner but I knew he had damage from being fin nipped (saw a rainbow doing it several weeks ago). Now that I see how it appears infected, I feel like an idiot for not moving him out sooner. It looks similar to the damage of another rainbow listed in the history below.
So those two fish are isolated. The white on first fish seems to have shrunk over 6 days of 4 tablespoons salt in 10g. Not sure if I should try meds or just wait or add more salt.
Problem is I'm paranoid now with main tank. I see this mark on this female that could be just from accidentally hitting something or could be the star is something m
Also this clown loach looks like he cut himself or another clown accidentally damaged him when they were both going after a wafer. It seems unchanged in a few days (I think that happens Thursday and it's Monday.
Edit:
Pic of cut? On clown loach
This is in my tank with my two clown loaches I had since 95 and 5 clown loaches I had since 2018 so I want to have a plan in case whole tank ends up being sick.
To summarize, what I currently have done is moved that blackish finned rainbow (well he's in a bucket but getting moved after I post this). The one with white on dorsal is in a QT tank with salt as I described.
Edit:
I guess I'll watch the brownish female rainbow And clown loach to see if they get better or worse. I just noticed a dority mail has either a mark on his side fin or is developing something. Can't really get a pic of it but I'll watch that.
I have new kanaplex and Jungle Clear fungus tabs (a seemingly knowledgeable poster has a treatment involving those two meds for columnaris which he's had success with).
Again, appreciate any feedback or advice. Thanks.
History:
I had a few newer rainbows (input them in around Dec of last year). I figured they were just getting beat up as I lost the three female melanatania splendida over a two month period. On had swim bladder issues and the other two just were dead suddenly.
Later, I discovered this rainbow I posted about that looked like he had some bacterial issues. I think the advice in the thread was working as the area got better but he died last month, I think maybe bc I did not have an automatic feeder for his tank and had to leave for a week.
White nodules on reddish area, not ich
Any idea on what this could be? I'm gonna move this fish out to a QT tank and start salt treatment immediately (well in four hours as I gotta go to an event). I thought the tail had just gotten fin nipped before as it looked weird in that tail area before but I was gone for about and when I...
www.monsterfishkeepers.com
I lost two six year old Millennium rainbows this month. One was in quarantine since March 30 in salt. I can post pics but don't want this to be too long.
The other one I had separated bc its tails was getting nipped. He actually healed up and was back in the tank. He was in QT with a panda garra and dority rainbow from mid Jan to mid March. The dority died but I think he was just old and was blind in one eye. The other four I got with him had died over the years with the female dying end of last year.
Millennium that just died didn't look good for last week. He was swimming slow and it looked like he had marks from being sucked on and I confirmed Sunday when I saw a panda garra sucking on him and two clown loaches nipping at him.
I attempted to move him but he died while being moved so I think he was already in bad shape but might have just been sick from being old and susceptible.
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