oscar died, now psittacus is eating poorly

[duanes]

Yes when I looked at the oscars jaw, it looked extended enough, that I was thinking columnaris or some other similar bacterial infection..
Once that bacterial species is in a tank, it can survive in a dormant state, in the slightest chunk of detritus for months (maybe years) only to become active at a later time.
This is why I suggested tearing an infected tank down, and bleaching everything.
If even one cell survives (especially if antibiotics have been used for treatment) that 1 cell could have a superior resistance to the next antibiotic treatment, and be that much harder to get rid of.
I'm of the opinion if something appears that even slightly resembles colomnaris, I euthanize the entire population of the tank, and either bleach or replace anything that had to do with that tank.

 

[jamntoast]

Yes when I looked at the oscars jaw, it looked extended enough, that I was thinking columnaris or some other similar bacterial infection..
Once that bacterial species is in a tank, it can survive in a dormant state, in the slightest chunk of detritus for months (maybe years) only to become active at a later time.
This is why I suggested tearing an infected tank down, and bleaching everything.
If even one cell survives (especially if antibiotics have been used for treatment) that 1 cell could have a superior resistance to the next antibiotic treatment, and be that much harder to get rid of.
I'm of the opinion if something appears that even slightly resembles colomnaris, I euthanize the entire population of the tank, and either bleach or replace anything that had to do with that tank.

wow that's a bummer. I've had columnaris before with other fish in other tanks and ya some have come back some have not. I've only had one with the extended jaw type of infection and it was definitely a fast moving infection. I see your point on them getting a resistance to the medication. I trust you're advise but that's heavy. I might try to a force feed metro this week and see if that has an effect and keep a quarantine on this tank going forward. Yeesh

 

[Galantspeedz]

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Idk if you have a pc, but you can upload pictures from your PC easily as I've done it lots. Just start a post, click "upload a file" (next to "post reply"), then locate and click the file on your PC, then select "thumbnail" or "full image."

to add on, you can do it with your smartphone too....

 

[Rocksor]

wow that's a bummer. I've had columnaris before with other fish in other tanks and ya some have come back some have not. I've only had one with the extended jaw type of infection and it was definitely a fast moving infection. I see your point on them getting a resistance to the medication. I trust you're advise but that's heavy. I might try to a force feed metro this week and see if that has an effect and keep a quarantine on this tank going forward. Yeesh

Metro is a treatment for columnaris?

 

[jamntoast]

Metro is a treatment for columnaris?

no i'm just hoping its something else that is stopping him from eating so i'm going to try that. if its the same strain of columnaris that is affecting my parrot i honestly think it would be in much worse state by now so i'm looking at other options. not that i dont think its possible the first fish died of columnaris.