Columnaris - How long for Maracyn to work?

Hehe yah I finally broke down and added it. Meeka looks all set to take on the elements now! Purple string seems to have many uses...

I do hope my tank can recover. I have a rummy that dosne't look completely well but the rest look very energetic despite the columnaris. They are all eating very healthy. 2 of the 3 guppy females look like they will burst if they don't give birth soon. Maybe when I do the water change today that will prompt them.
 
Lemme know how it works out?

I've been thinking of treating all my rainbows and any new ones that come in with a rigid dosing of nitrofurazone. Rainbows get columnaris if you even breath on them funny -- especially Boesemani -- and I'd rather wipe it out than constantly deal with it.

Roan
 
Ok I'll let you know. I went to Petco to get the meds and looked at their rams (new shipment must have come). They were younger than the ones I had, some were very nice, others not so much. I noticed columnaris on them though. I know they are delicate but I wonder about the source. I did notice their usual dismal plant section had some gorgeous additions that I couldn't turn away from. The problem is they don't label their plants. One was deinitely a Val. The other was a gorgeous red plant, new growth is green. Extremely healthy and large for only $1.99. I'll have to research what it is though. My tank is starting to fill in. I haven't aquascaped it that nicely but once I get enough plants I'll probably rework the whole thing anyway based on what I get.
 
Pictures!

Ok thanks to the help I've gotten on aquarium photography, I actually managed to get a decent shot of the spots. Another ram has a spot near their mouth and on a front fin. This ram has it predominantly on the tail. Let me know if you think its anything other than columnaris.

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Here are recent tank pictures (plants are filling in!).:
http://public.fotki.com/hurricanejedi/2006/fish_tank/
My skills have a ways to go but they have improved a lot since I started.
 
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I think my female ram that just spawned a few days ago is dying :sad: . She is displaying all the same symtpoms my male was before he died (not long after I got him). Maybe the meds will save her before its to late. She is listless, no longer camera shy, hangs near the top sometimes, dosen't move much and color is wierd, sort of darker but pale. This is the one that has the columnaris on the fin mostly. The other ram with the columnaris spawned tonight. But her condition seems to have worsened as well. There seems to be a flat blister on one gill pluss a few fuzzy spots off of her fin and mouth. She is acting normal though, just looks worse. I couldn't get any decent pics of her just the other one that isn't acting normal.

This is the ram that isn't as bad off. Small spot on her mouth, flat blister on gill and fuzzy spot on fin. Most of which isn't captured in this picture:
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This girl has it really bad on her tail and isn't acting normal:
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I don't want to lose her :sad: . I started the Jungle Clear Fungus stuff this morning.
 
Blister? Can you describe it?

Your rams sound like they have far more than just columnaris. Can you go to Pandora's and see if anything, other than Cotton Fin Fungus and Columnaris, looks familiar?:

http://www.fishpalace.org/Disease.html

Roan
 
No. Cotton Fin Fungus and Columnaris are the only ones that seem to fit. The spot on the gill looks funny because of the way its placed but I think its the same stuff as everywhere else. It dosen't look anything like the lymphocystitis or anything else.

The ram looks a little better this morning. Maybe there is hope for her.
 
Well yesterday I officially finished the Jungle treatment. Unfortunately upon this conclusions I lost both of my infected rams. There never seemed to be any impact from the Maracyn or Jungle Fungus Clear :( .

My male ram left (very healthy) has now become very territorial without his females.

My tank is now almost completely healthy and also sparse. I have one rummy-nose with a questionable spot on the fin but I'm hoping the natural body resistance can fight it off (fed some garlic flakes this morning). I can't bare to subject the tank to any more treatments.

So now I'm ready to restock which is a little more of a scary idea than I ever thought it would be. I think for now I'll get 2 more oto's, 2 more female guppies, and 1 or 2 female rams. I might not get the rams right off. I want to make sure they are healthy so I will take my time picking them out. Though both of my females had *appeared* healthy when I bought them...

Ugh.
 
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