Not again... Neon Tetra Disease? Certain death?

Antonio2090 said:
They certainly did. Unlike neons and cardinals, the glowlight tetras seemed to have more personality and were less shy.

Well, 8 of them I got from PetCo so I will bring them back and see if I can get an exchange or refund. The other 8 I got them at the LFS and I think these are the unaffected ones, although by now they are probably infected. I am definitely avoiding tetras for a while.

Any recommendations for a community fish that isn't susceptible to this disease? I seem to have a really bad luck with tetras lately.

I might just settle for a centerpiece fish for a couple of weeks. I am thinking of a pearl gourami or angel fish for this 29g tank.

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Well I got this 29g tank recently so this is kind of a QT tank. The glowlight tetras were the first fish I introduced along with some otos. The otos are fine. They were unaffected by the other time were my rummys and cardinals were wiped out. And yet, there are people complaining they can't keep otos alive...
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last I checked ottos weren't tetras. ;) but idk if they can catch the disease too.
 
The fact that my otoclinus are still alive means that at least I'm doing something right. I also keep a pair of bamboo shrimp in this tank.


Going back to the issue of neon tetra disease or Pleistophora

-I separated 7 of tetras all of them showed that discoloration in the pictures I posted earlier.
-From what I read about this disease, it usually spreads when the infected fish dies. Spores are released into the water column upon muscle softening or infects other tank mates if they nip at the carcass.

I am hoping the the few i have left haven't caught the disease yet.

In the case that all my tetras are wiped out, would I need to sterilize everything in the tank? Filter, plants, gravel, driftwood, glass?

Can I leave the tank fishless for some time? Will a UV sterilizer or a diatom filter prevent future outbreaks?

I have not read much about any of the above.
 
I came across a couple of sources saying that true neon tetra disease takes weeks if not months for it kill a whole school.

Is it possible that what my tetras have is not neon tetra disease/Pleistophora?

Another source suggested that it could be Columnaris. I found some pictures of columnaris or external bacterial infection and it doesn't look THAT different from what I am seeing in my tank

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/fish_palace/tropicalfish_disease_identification.html

I dosed some melafix as that is the only medication - if you can call it that - that I have with me.


I need a second opinion.
 
Well it has been a couple of days since the first sighting and now all the tetras show the same discoloration.

The weird thing is that the whiting is described as necrosis/dead tissue in the many articles that I have come across, but my tetras are swimming normally, they all dart to the top when I sprinkle flake food, and school normally.

I remember in one of my other tanks, a couple of months ago, something struck all my tetras. Part of their bodies whitened - normally around the tail - and the affected tetra could barely swim. They normally died 1-2 day after first seen with the white patches.

Also, a couple of days ago we were hit with a heat wave. It reached record high temperatures over here 100F+. I saw the temperature in my tank reach 90-91F. Right now its around 84-86F. Maybe this affected the fish somehow?
 
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