Ok, I'll see about sending this on to her. Hopefully my old prof will send me some better pics of the slide under the microscope too.
pH has always been a very steady 7.2, and in case it matters nitrite and ammonia were always 0, and nitrate varied between 10-40ppm over the months (I can't remember exact stats for individual tanks). Temps in some tanks were 78F, one around 80F, and the goldfish tank stayed at 72F in the winter and 74F in the summer.
Incredible documentation, thank you so much for your contribution. And my sincere condolences...what will you do now that you have that grim diagnosis?
I've got one person that does sort of a fish sanctuary type thing that's willing to take the bettas including the ones that are acting sick, and I'm hoping I can find people willing to adopt some of the others that seem ok so far in similar arrangements (never letting them come in contact with other fish and such). I know it's a long shot on the adoptions, but otherwise it's euthanasia for all of them including ones that could possibly have enough immunity to fend off the disease.
I've got too many kids and people with not-so-great immune systems in and out of my house all the time, and the tanks in high-traffic areas, so just keeping the fish isn't an option.
