My auranti failure

[TomatoandEgg]

down to my last auranti and he has some fin rot. Guess theyre all done for.

One of my bleheri also has fin rot.

I lost around 12 tetra too.

Gonna dump a few gallons of chlorine in once everything dies and start over

 

[TomatoandEgg]

Actually think its columnaris that was lurking the whole time

 

[Madou]

I didn't know fin rot could spread.

 

[Timmy]

Actually think its columnaris that was lurking the whole time

I lost about 15 Bleheri years ago to what i know now is Columnaris.

 

[Gazham]

Is columaria treatable? Anyone had any luck treating it before?

 

[TomatoandEgg]

As far as im aware you can treat it with antibiotics but my aurantis were dead before i knew what i was facing.

Healthy fish show no symptoms and keep the bacteria numbers low and in check with their healthy immune systems. When a sick or stressed fish enters the tank the bacteria jumps that fish and overwhelms it's compromised immune system.

Once it multiplies in sick fish, especially huge fish like channa, the bacteria load can grow so large that its too much for even healthy happy fish to handle and the whole tank crashes.

As far as im aware...