Hello, this is my first post, sorry it's in a time of distress, but here it is... I recently started my first planted tank (140gal) to move my 5 red bellies and 1 gold piranha into. I moved the gold first, as he was smallest. Then i ordered another gold from aquascapeonline. He arrived in bad shape, fins tattered, and very inactive. He only wanted to hang out near the surface against the back wall. After two days he had a huge white puffy fungus looking thing sprouting out where his tail meets his body. I moved him to an isolation tank and immediatly started a fungus treatment (pimafix) that LFS recomended. He died the next afternoon. I never saw him eat once, and also he arrived in blue water which i thought strange because the last gold of the same size didn't have blue water. Initially i thought it was a sedative, but then i read:
"1) Malachite green:
(in popular brands like QuickCure and Super Ick Cure): big no-no for live plants (good Tx but hard on fish as well). Note: turns water bright blue, very strong meds that will kill some weakened fish if used at dosage prescribed. "
Is it possble they sent me a fish all ready infected? At first i didnt think so. But, I moved my 5 red bellies in the day before he broke out with that white fungus. Now i am noticing spots on their bodies and around their mouths and fear that my entire planted tank is infected with Flexobacter (Chondrococcus).
I have never had a problem like this before and don't know where it could have come from if not the new gold P, but never the less, I need help. What will fight the fungus and not kill my plants? It is not practical to take the 6 piranha out with out destroying my plants, and i recently invested a fair amount of time and energy establishing the plant life there. Please i need advice!
"1) Malachite green:
(in popular brands like QuickCure and Super Ick Cure): big no-no for live plants (good Tx but hard on fish as well). Note: turns water bright blue, very strong meds that will kill some weakened fish if used at dosage prescribed. "
Is it possble they sent me a fish all ready infected? At first i didnt think so. But, I moved my 5 red bellies in the day before he broke out with that white fungus. Now i am noticing spots on their bodies and around their mouths and fear that my entire planted tank is infected with Flexobacter (Chondrococcus).
I have never had a problem like this before and don't know where it could have come from if not the new gold P, but never the less, I need help. What will fight the fungus and not kill my plants? It is not practical to take the 6 piranha out with out destroying my plants, and i recently invested a fair amount of time and energy establishing the plant life there. Please i need advice!
