(Don't hurt us) Curtis is a large, sweet, Vieja Syn. He was moved last week for some experimental breeding attempts while I await a pair of Midas.
He looks like this but less blurry
The move didn't go very smoothly. He managed to get snagged in the net and got some bruising. He darkened for a day. I salted the tank a bit to aid in healing of his scrape.
The next day he began developing what I took to be the beginnings of columnaris. I've never been big on baths, I treated as I usually would with a combination of maracyn 1 and 2 and added the usual amount of salt to aid in treatment. I've seen body fungus come and go 100 times, and I'm sure there's a more exact process for treatment, but this has always knocked it for me. I went ahead and took his potential mate out as well for now to make sure she doesn't get it as well.
It's now 6 days later, the treatment is done, and the growths are worse. The usual approach didn't knock it. I was going to move on to trying Kanamycin Sulfate - but before doing so I wanted a second opinion on what I'm dealing with...
It's pink, growthy, located only on the fin at this point, and is pink in color. This is the beginnings of "saddleback" columnaris, is it not? Please share if you disagree or have advice. Thanks!
He looks like this but less blurry
The move didn't go very smoothly. He managed to get snagged in the net and got some bruising. He darkened for a day. I salted the tank a bit to aid in healing of his scrape.
The next day he began developing what I took to be the beginnings of columnaris. I've never been big on baths, I treated as I usually would with a combination of maracyn 1 and 2 and added the usual amount of salt to aid in treatment. I've seen body fungus come and go 100 times, and I'm sure there's a more exact process for treatment, but this has always knocked it for me. I went ahead and took his potential mate out as well for now to make sure she doesn't get it as well.
It's now 6 days later, the treatment is done, and the growths are worse. The usual approach didn't knock it. I was going to move on to trying Kanamycin Sulfate - but before doing so I wanted a second opinion on what I'm dealing with...
It's pink, growthy, located only on the fin at this point, and is pink in color. This is the beginnings of "saddleback" columnaris, is it not? Please share if you disagree or have advice. Thanks!
