My jurupari is turning red
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3 Odessas and 4 tigers. And I know you're going to roll your eyes at me, but I have the nicest tiger barbs in the world (He has shared tanks with tigers for well over a year without any incident). The only fins they nip are their own. They spend most of their time swimming around in a mega school with themselves and the 5 clown loaches.
This isn't really fin-nipping though. He has been tormented by a few fish in his day (he's only in this tank to begin with because the fish in the larger tank were picking on him - it was this behavior that made me decide to just turn the big tank into a monster tank and brought me here!) and the results were much different. Tattered fins, etc. But not this clamping/rotting/redness issue I'm seeing now.
This isn't really fin-nipping though. He has been tormented by a few fish in his day (he's only in this tank to begin with because the fish in the larger tank were picking on him - it was this behavior that made me decide to just turn the big tank into a monster tank and brought me here!) and the results were much different. Tattered fins, etc. But not this clamping/rotting/redness issue I'm seeing now.
he could just be coloring up, my jurapari's are coloring up red's all un their undersides and red/blue on the cadual's...
Something as simple as increased oxygenation might help tremendously. These fish need it. Filtration is also a big issue IMO. You need to up the filtration. I don't know what size tank you have but for any size tank with that stocking a single air-driven sponge is simply not going to do.
I would definitely start salt treatment ASAP but with the fish in quarantine. Make sure th QT tank gets good flow and oxygenation.
I would definitely start salt treatment ASAP but with the fish in quarantine. Make sure th QT tank gets good flow and oxygenation.
Oh, the main tank is fine - the QT is the one with the sponge filter. That's what I was concerned about - is a 10g with a sponge enough filtration/oxygenation? I don't use a stone so the air is just big bubbles, which gets some surface distortion happening. I would think that with just one fish in the QT that the filtration needs wouldn't be that high, but I don't know. I just got these little tanks and have never used sponges before.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110424
My girlfriend found that thread on another forum talking about septicemia and he seems to be exhibiting all the symptoms. So that would mean bacterial infection. I just don't understand why he'd have this problem and none of the loaches, who feast on snails, do.
Anyway, what I'm thinking is that I'll quarantine him, treat with salt and Maracyn-II, and then use some of the cheap jungle things and treat the whole tank just to be safe.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110424
My girlfriend found that thread on another forum talking about septicemia and he seems to be exhibiting all the symptoms. So that would mean bacterial infection. I just don't understand why he'd have this problem and none of the loaches, who feast on snails, do.
Anyway, what I'm thinking is that I'll quarantine him, treat with salt and Maracyn-II, and then use some of the cheap jungle things and treat the whole tank just to be safe.
His caudal and side fins are disintegrating, a substantial amount of them are just gone today. 
And when I changed out half the water in his hospital tank he just sat on top of the sponge filter and let the water level drain down below him without even trying to stay in the water.
I'm really worried. I put some melafix in there with the maracyn II. This was a bit of an overreaction on my part but he just looks so bad today. The other antibacs all have mixtures of lots of different kinds though so I hope just 2 isn't overdoing it.
After I refilled the tank he got a bit more active and seemed happier. I really wish I had a regular non-sponge filter. I had a whisper 60 that would be perfect for this but the impeller stopped working.
The fish store told me to use Nitrofurazone instead of maracyn. I'll actually be going to a show right down the block from them and they're open late tonight so I can make it in there to get some of that, but I wonder if that's right. That seems to be their favorite product to sell people on.
By strange coincidence their large leucosticta (identical to mine but about 2" larger) just died today too, which sucks.
And when I changed out half the water in his hospital tank he just sat on top of the sponge filter and let the water level drain down below him without even trying to stay in the water.I'm really worried. I put some melafix in there with the maracyn II. This was a bit of an overreaction on my part but he just looks so bad today. The other antibacs all have mixtures of lots of different kinds though so I hope just 2 isn't overdoing it.
After I refilled the tank he got a bit more active and seemed happier. I really wish I had a regular non-sponge filter. I had a whisper 60 that would be perfect for this but the impeller stopped working.
The fish store told me to use Nitrofurazone instead of maracyn. I'll actually be going to a show right down the block from them and they're open late tonight so I can make it in there to get some of that, but I wonder if that's right. That seems to be their favorite product to sell people on.
By strange coincidence their large leucosticta (identical to mine but about 2" larger) just died today too, which sucks.
