Hi Guys,
I think I've got something nasty in my tank. I have already lost one Cardinal to this, and it looks like I'm about to lose a 2nd. I had the first one start with a small white spec last year (single) on the join between the body and tail. It took about a month to gradually get bigger. I moved him to a QT, but after a while, it grew so large that the tail actually dropped off and the tetra died a day later. I've now got a 2nd Cardinal in the same situation. Below are some vids as it's nearly impossible to get a clear pic. He's still swimming well, eating normally and generally seems "happy". So far, he's had it for about 4 or 5 weeks. Might be slightly longer.
I've not had much luck with medication. So far, I've tried (not at the same time - at least a week between each med) Protozin, Sterazin and the latest Myxazin (after reading the Waterlife "DISEASE SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENTS" page.
Water params:
Temp 25.1
NH4 0.0
NO2 0.0
NO3 5.0
FE 0.05
PO4 0.5
PH 6.6
kH 2
gH 6
Clip 1Clip 2Any ideas? My only thought was maybe Lymphocystis? Only thing I can find that sounds remotely like what I can see. Based on that, I've taken their advice on this one, and treating the main tank rather than just the visibly infected fish. There isn't much in the way of bullying, but the Apisto girls do pick on the smaller fish if they get to close.
Edit: I should add - it looks like I may have lost 3 of my Otos as well
- but I think that may have been around the time Andre passed away so could have been related to that - he didn't have any visible white marks that I could see, so not sure if his death was related - I still think that was due to the raised pH and FE I had. As you can see, now I have my own RO unit, I have that back under control.