As many of you may remember, I recently dealt with what I thought may have been a columnaris infection. You can read about that here....http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214381
Now, it seems my bad luck has returned.
I tested the water yesterday, no ammo, no nitrites, very low nitrates. WC was done 2 days ago, Wed.
I woke up this morning to the EXACT same situation as I had earlier.
All endler babies dead. Gudgeons covered in silky, cottony growth, clamped fins. The cotton stuff seems to peel of, and not be strongly attached.
Unfortunately, my highly anticipated wigglers are also all dead.
All gudgeons were still alive. I had work in one hour, so this time I had a little more time to work with. Did massive WC, added salt.
I got off work, and went straight to the lfs to get Maracyn I and II, as I couldn't remember which one I needed for columnaris.
I get home, and the fish all look fine.
WTF.
I have no idea what to do now. I am reeling. What the heck is this? Columnaris doesn't just disappear with salt, does it???? It looks like the pics of columnaris Ive seen!
Should I still treat????
I feel confused and exhausted. I thought I'd beat this. My wigglers only had 2 or 3 more days to be happily swimming around.
Is it just something inherent to PGs?
Is something wrong with my tank?
It is a 10 gal, with 2 sponge filters and an AC20.
I never have any trouble with my 20.....
Now, it seems my bad luck has returned.
I tested the water yesterday, no ammo, no nitrites, very low nitrates. WC was done 2 days ago, Wed.
I woke up this morning to the EXACT same situation as I had earlier.
All endler babies dead. Gudgeons covered in silky, cottony growth, clamped fins. The cotton stuff seems to peel of, and not be strongly attached.
Unfortunately, my highly anticipated wigglers are also all dead.
All gudgeons were still alive. I had work in one hour, so this time I had a little more time to work with. Did massive WC, added salt.
I got off work, and went straight to the lfs to get Maracyn I and II, as I couldn't remember which one I needed for columnaris.
I get home, and the fish all look fine.
WTF.
I have no idea what to do now. I am reeling. What the heck is this? Columnaris doesn't just disappear with salt, does it???? It looks like the pics of columnaris Ive seen!
Should I still treat????
I feel confused and exhausted. I thought I'd beat this. My wigglers only had 2 or 3 more days to be happily swimming around.
Is it just something inherent to PGs?
Is something wrong with my tank?
It is a 10 gal, with 2 sponge filters and an AC20.
I never have any trouble with my 20.....