- Have you tested your water?
- Yes
- If I did not test my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.
- Do you do water changes?
- Yes
- If I do not change my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.
Fish TB, some questions
First of all, what are the signs? I have a group of swordtails that has been dropping dead. One had mouth erosion that looked like it just got its bottom lip ripped off in in injury. It may as well have been that, because it was a pretty sudden wound. All have had scale losses and skin...
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all of them are dead now by the way, however-
there is an adult male ancistrus in there and some of the fry from the swordtails, and they aren't showing any symptoms. There were also convicts and rainbow cichlids in the tank (which I moved out) that were in the tank at the same time as the swordtails when they started to show symptoms. They have also not shown symptoms, nor have any of the fish that came in contact with them.
But then it only affects immunocompromised fish, so does that mean that everything has it but is just healthy enough to not be affected? and the line bred swordtails just had weak enough immune systems to were it affected them?
I want to bleach out the tank that has the pleco, I will do something about the swordtail fry, not sure what though. But I don't know where to put him. The only tanks where he would fit and not get killed himself have my most valuable fish. Then again those tanks have been exposed to petsmart fish so does it not matter? I'm pretty sure he gnawed on the dead swordtails before I knew it was TB or found them dead at the time, and I heard if fish eat dead TB positive fish they get it themselves. So I know if it is TB then he has it. What should I do? I don't want to euth him because he isn't unhealthy and he's a full grown male super red, which was pretty hard to come by...
