Need a diagnosis and help for my phantom glass catfish.

[ct-death]

Temp wont kill Ich, just speed up their lifecycle, which is a good thing!, to accelerate the treatment process as salt OR malachite green can only target the free-swimming stages (we cannot see this stage generally, we see the cycts on the fish as "salt grains").

Anyways, the LFS is correct, using 2 different treatments is redundant and only more stressful to the fish. Personally I would go with Salt, but the Meds will work just as well. If a new tank, test you water frequently as the medication can kill-off some of your bacterias, especially in a new tank this can have a 'hickup' effect w/ small spikes in Ammonia/nitrItes.

After the Ich is visibly gone, I'm not sure what the Malachite Green says, but generally you want to treat for 5-7 days after to ensure a total kill-off.

 

[Fungi]

Yeah, I was told to do a regular 1/3rd water change and check the ammonia/nitrites level then add a further 7 drops to be completely satisfied that it has been eradicated, I'll remember that salt it probably a better treatement (especially for phantoms due to their lack of scales) if ich happens to rear its ugly head ever again... I'll be better prepared next time.

 

[EvoHen]

I read up on the other posts about spot-like diseases on people's fish and I think I've ruled out ich but I don't know if this is lymphocytis or a fungal disease, if the picture isn't too clear, it's a powdery sort of soft grey spot along its body, it hasn't caught on to any other fish but I recently introduced two rams that I hope aren't susceptible. I haven't seen it rubbing itself against surfaces and it seems to be breathing OK. (The one above is Tap, he kept on moving out of focus but Cherry wasn't camera-shy)
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Hi Fungi- I think my catfish has similar symptoms. Can you confirm with my pictures? Did the ich treatment save your fish? My water ph was low and i just put some ph up in there. Amonia and Nitrates were at 0. Please let me know if this is the same as your fish and if not i'm going to follow the other post about being fungus. Thanks in advance.

More pictures here... http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/jj199/EvoHen/Sick Glass Catfish/

 

[KarlTh]

It's neither fungus nor ich. I'd suggest one of the following:

Costia
Chilodinella
columnaris.

 

[EvoHen]

It's neither fungus nor ich. I'd suggest one of the following:

Costia
Chilodinella
columnaris.

It's been about a week and none of my other fishes seems to be exhibiting any problems. I have 9 neon tetras, 5 glo fishes, 3 cories, a snail, loach, and a algae eater in the tank with it, and the glass catfish is the only showing any signs of a problem. In addition to, I didn't notice any swelling / cysts / lesions on the body. It's just parts of its body turning into thick white lines. My LFS told me it's possible the fish is stressed out or it could be fungus. He told me to change 10% of the water and see if there's improvements otherwise we might have to treat the tank. I was planning on changing a bit of the water tonight when i get home from work before i try medicating the tank.

 

[DrNo]

It's neither fungus nor ich. I'd suggest one of the following:

Costia
Chilodinella
columnaris.

Have to agree with Karl... doesn't look like ich at all and there is no compelling reason to believe its fungal. Looks like a bacterial condition and I'd put money on one of the less virulent strains of columnaris.

 

[EvoHen]

Should i just try to treat that one fish by dipping it in salt water or treat the whole tank? The rest of the fishes doesn't seem to be affected but I also want to play it safe. What would you recommend?

 

[ChiaJesus]

I'm not sure what it is but it's not ich. Imagine dropping your fish in a sugar bowl. That's what ich looks like.

 

[EvoHen]

Thanks i think you guys were right and that it was bacteria. I've treated my tank with a small dose of salt and it's been 2 days and i've noticed improvements to the glass catfish

 

[KarlTh]

Probably not due to the salt though - salt doesn't do anything significant to bacteria, at least not in small doses. It is a much overrated medication.