rare Malawi cichlid disease

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I've seen the disease 3 times in 20 years
Never had any Malawi tilapia anyway
certainly none in a sick tank
(actually never met anyone who owned a Malawi tilapia)
anyway
I'm just saying if you had a tank of say Dempseys, Haps, and P. Zebra
with this weird disease
the dempseys would be 100% fine
and the Haps and Zebras would all be dead inside 7 days...
unless you treated with the Oxylinic acid...
I hope no one ever sees this disease
I'm just saying I have seen it
and that the Oxylinic is the only thing that worked against it

Yeh I know
it IS unbelievable...
 
I always have the Oxylinic for sale (or hopefully not..to use)
I could beleive Tilapias wouldn't get
(they are amazing)

I am throwing around the term fungus loosely
..
basically the affected area looks like a white "filter fluff" growth first
then HOURS later there is a bloody hole in the same place
(usually the face/mouth)
hours after that same thing on the dorsal/back area...
hours after that same thing in the abdomen area
...which literally eats through the body 'til the internal organs are DESTROYED
blood and guts

it is way gross
 
santoury;910221; said:
The reason I asked about Tilapias is because they seem to be the sole survivors in any kind of disease attack in an aquarium I've ever owned - wondering if they are resistant to this disease?
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Common "tilapias" (Oreochromis niloticus, mossambicus, aureus) wouldn't get it anyway cause they're not Malawi natives. O. squamipinnis, shiranus, karongae, and lidole and T. renadlli would, according to the provided.

Is this a cichlid only disease or would the catfish and mormyrids of Malawi be susceptible to it as well? What about Malawi invasives - would they be susceptible once established?
 
It really does sound like some columnaris to me as straitjacketstar said. Eh anyways it isn't like we can really do anything different to prevent deseases than hopefully everyone is already doing. I guess it is a good reminder to folks to not share as much things as possible from tank to tank.

Who knows if I see it I know to try this then and guess thanks for the warning.
 
Not to derail, but Columnaris can take quite some time to kill its host. This thing... hours...
 
Actually that is not true. Depending one the strain I have read papers saying that in tanks where mortality occurred, the time to death following infection ranged from between 8 hours and 6 days.

So like I said it sounds more to me like Columnaris, but again I could be wrong. Anyways feel free to read up on it if you wish there is plenty of research on the topic.
 
ikevi;910810; said:
Actually that is not true. Depending one the strain I have read papers saying that in tanks where mortality occurred, the time to death following infection ranged from between 8 hours and 6 days.
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I've read the same.
Being a skeptic I simply prefer scientific proof and a more thorough explanation. :)
 
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