skin disease on catfish

[Mikeyy]

Saturday 4/16. I picked up an 18" RTC from arofan on MFK. I brought him home in a cooler with no heat. The drive was roughly 2 hours. I got the fish home, and notices he had thrown up a previous meal. I immediate switch him to a larger bin, and began drip acclimation into my 220gal.
(Like a complete idiot COMPLETE idiot... i DID NOT quarentine the fish i began acclimating him to my stocked 220.)

My 220 is a hold tank for the pond, i have in the very near future ( within a few weeks im picking it up) but regardless stock of 220

18" rtc
18" hybrid
12" marble catfish
2 x 10" RTC

^ over stocked yes. But i keep a very close eye on my parameters and I make damn sure a 70% WC is done at very least weekly.

regardless the catfish was put into the tank after acclimation and seemed fine

4/18 ( Monday ) I began to notice sores on the new addition. His fins looked freyed and he overall looked like ****. I notice very small red sores on the lip of my hybrid catfish.

4/18 (that night) I did a 60% WC, added stress coat / small amount of dissolved aqua salt / melafix. I moved every cat but the hybrid and new RTC into a 300 gal stock tank.

^ 4/18 prior to WC i checked the parameters which suprisingly tested 0ppm nitrite / .25< ppm ammonia.

4/19 (today) the catfish looks like the pictures below. I am absolutely freaking out. I moved the new addition to a 40 gallon breeder tank to treat as he looked the worse this morning. But now all my cats are begining to develop what it looks like are skin sores... and almost like popped blisters!... omfg

Please help in any way shape or form...

 

[redtailcatfreak]

I hope you get this figured out. sorry that i cant help but ive never seen this before. Bump.

it looks like some sort of bacterial infection but how would that transfer to ur others?

does this sound like what ur seeing?

Enteric Septicemia of Catfish (ESC)

• Within the catfish farming industry, ESC tops the ranks of devastating population illnesses. Caused by the bacteria Edwardsiella ictaluri, this disease can affect all stages of catfish. Signs of infection include physical symptoms such as protruding eyes, red spots on the body, bloated abdomen and holes in the top of the head. When the disease progresses, infected fish will slow or cease feeding and swim in erratic patterns. ESC outbreaks can usually be treated with a two-week antibiotic feed regimen. However, the presence of ESC should be confirmed by a specialist before treatment.
  
  

Read more: Freshwater Catfish Diseases | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/list_6075540_freshwater-catfish-diseases.html#ixzz1K1uATPj8​

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[Mikeyy]

I hope you get this figured out. sorry that i cant help but ive never seen this before. Bump.

it looks like some sort of bacterial infection but how would that transfer to ur others?

does this sound like what ur seeing?
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I really really appreciate your concern. but I am not seeing bloating / hole in the head.. thank god... but it isnt getting much worse? if thats a good thing ... god i just did another 70% wc... if i lose even 1 catfish im going to cry...

 

[Joe M]

Wow mike you weren't kidding. That looks bad. I thought you were just exaggerating. I'll look at them tomorrow, maybe we can figure out whats up with them.