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Treating Columnaris - Advice Needed
Housing
What size is your tank? 20 Gallon Long
What temperature is your tank? 79
Does your tank have a filter? Yes
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? No
Is your tank heated? Yes
What tank mates does your betta fish live with? Cories, black neons, and 1 nerite snail.
Food
What type of food do you feed your betta fish? NLS and Omega One pellets, Frozen blood worms and brine shrimp
How often do you feed your betta fish? Once a day
Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change? Once a week
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change? 25%
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change? Prime
Water Parameters:
Have you tested your water? If so, what are the following parameters?
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 20ish ppm
pH:
Hardness:
Alkalinity:
Symptoms and Treatment - White fuzz around his mouth spreading quickly towards his eyes and gills. I first noticed it this morning just around his lips. I immediately quarantined him into a 1 gallon critter keeper floating in the tank and did a 50% water change on the main tank. I'm keeping an eye on his tankmates but so far all seem well. I made him some new water with 1tsp of aq salt and ran to the store for some meds. I went with API Fungus Cure. Currently he's still alive and floating in his critter keeper with the API Fungus Cure and 1tsp of aq salt. Is there anything else I should be doing? I was thinking of doing a salt bath. Would this be wise and what would be the best way to go about doing it?
How has your betta fish's appearance changed? The white fuzz
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? More lethargic than usual. He spazzes towards the surface and does this weird thing where his mouth is out of the water and he's swimming.. reminds me of a dolphin.
When did you start noticing the symptoms? This morning.
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? API Fungus Cure and AQ Salt, details above.
Does your fish have any history of being ill? No
How old is your fish (approximately)? 4 months. He was a baby betta at Petco and is just reaching his full size.
What size is your tank? 20 Gallon Long
What temperature is your tank? 79
Does your tank have a filter? Yes
Does your tank have an air stone or other type of aeration? No
Is your tank heated? Yes
What tank mates does your betta fish live with? Cories, black neons, and 1 nerite snail.
Food
What type of food do you feed your betta fish? NLS and Omega One pellets, Frozen blood worms and brine shrimp
How often do you feed your betta fish? Once a day
Maintenance
How often do you perform a water change? Once a week
What percentage of the water do you change when you perform a water change? 25%
What type of additives do you add to the water when you perform a water change? Prime
Water Parameters:
Have you tested your water? If so, what are the following parameters?
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 20ish ppm
pH:
Hardness:
Alkalinity:
Symptoms and Treatment - White fuzz around his mouth spreading quickly towards his eyes and gills. I first noticed it this morning just around his lips. I immediately quarantined him into a 1 gallon critter keeper floating in the tank and did a 50% water change on the main tank. I'm keeping an eye on his tankmates but so far all seem well. I made him some new water with 1tsp of aq salt and ran to the store for some meds. I went with API Fungus Cure. Currently he's still alive and floating in his critter keeper with the API Fungus Cure and 1tsp of aq salt. Is there anything else I should be doing? I was thinking of doing a salt bath. Would this be wise and what would be the best way to go about doing it?
How has your betta fish's appearance changed? The white fuzz
How has your betta fish's behavior changed? More lethargic than usual. He spazzes towards the surface and does this weird thing where his mouth is out of the water and he's swimming.. reminds me of a dolphin.
When did you start noticing the symptoms? This morning.
Have you started treating your fish? If so, how? API Fungus Cure and AQ Salt, details above.
Does your fish have any history of being ill? No
How old is your fish (approximately)? 4 months. He was a baby betta at Petco and is just reaching his full size.
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I'm so sorry.. I lost 9 guppies because of that.
I lost 9 guppies because of that.
Lost one more peppered cory but everyone else seems to be doing just fine.
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