Bacterial infection, stringy fungus..
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I recognize that stuff. Bought a NTT from a overstocked tank and it came with something similar. I have seen it in other peoples tanks as well. It seems to occur when the water parameters drop off and mainly targets perch-like fish.
The way I cured my sick NTT was to keep my water perfect, rise the temp to 30c and add 2dl salt per 100L tank water.
It heals slowly as all hell but it's curable.
Best of luck
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The way I cured my sick NTT was to keep my water perfect, rise the temp to 30c and add 2dl salt per 100L tank water.
It heals slowly as all hell but it's curable.
Best of luck
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That really makes it sound like lymphocystis, which is a non-lethal viral disease that can affect most fish, but each strain (species?) is associated with a certain group of fish. I.E. cichlids can't give it to livebearers (or vice versa), but they can give it to closely related fish (such as the same family). It flares up when the fish are stressed for some reason and can completely disappear when the fish are happy. Think of it like a cold sore or some other type of herpes. Stay on top of water parameters, stocking density, and other stressors and it should disappear...if it's lymphocystis that is...
It doesn't quite look like columnaris to me. Typically that looks more cotton-like IME, but maybe that's the stringy stuff you're seeing.
There is no true cure for lymphocystis, but it will disappear if the fish is happy. The well-known cichlid breeder Don Conkel once told me "People say there's no cure for lymphocystis, but I can tell you that if you throw a fish with lymphocyistis in a pond it will disappear." My personal battle with cichlid lymphocystis in the past concurs with this belief.
