after all bettas being wiped out with this disease, i need to know what it was to make sure the tank is going to be safe for future fish (and the plecs left in it)

I treated it with some med but i am concerned the med i used aint going to work, i really need to know what the disease so i can make sure of treating with the correct med..

Here is a video of the one that just died (you can see clearly round its mouth whats up)

Clcik here to see the fish

Please can someone help to identify the disease.

This post has been edited by 5teady: Feb 29 2008, 07:36 PM

anyone?

looks like some form of bacterial infection? WHat are you treating it with?

im triying interpet no7 (slime and velvet) as this on the box related to my fish symptoms,..

I really must learn more on diseases

I would get a good bacterial med. Maybe Maracyrn or something like that. Dont get Melafix or Pimafix as they arent strong enough.

I have interpet no9, anti internal bacteria med... would that work?

Mope, this is external. I would guess that by looking at the pic's again. THis more looks like a fungus. As it's cottony. Sorry about mis-diagnosing this. I would get some Quick Cure, it works great. I use it all the time when my fish get sick.

Where can i get it from? never seen this in my lfs's

Thanks for help so far

Yoru welcome. You can probably ge tit off aquabid, or a site simliar to that. You might be better off with something like Antifungus if you cant find Quick Cure. Just look for a med that says anything about anit fungus in its name. I jusre ad that bettas dont usually get fungus, so you might want to search on google for columnaris an dsee what come's up, as that might also be the problem. Sorry about not really making sense, i just dont feel to grea today, adn i am confusing myself!

I have a anti fungus and finrot control. interpet... is that maybe ok?

I would try it and see what happens. Do you run salt in your tank?

Oh Bugger!
thats mouth fungus... or Heximita....
killed all mine not even a week ago...
boil the tanks and nets everything sorry 5teady

Oh gosh.. so sorry your bettas have died!
It looks like columnaris to me.
I would get some maracyn 1 & 2 if any other bettas are showing it. Not sure what the UK equivalent for the meds would be?


Is the betta in that vid the one you just spawned?

Don't know if this will help but my tank had columnaris and I lost my betta to it as well. It looked the same as your vid. 2 of my mollies and 1 of my white skirt tetras also caught it but i treated with Marycin1 & 2 and they recovered. The betta went very very fast. I too am unsure of the Uk equivalent ..Hope you figure it out!

Maracyn is Erythromycin, Maracyn is Minocycline, which is pretty similar to tetracycline. In the UK you would have to get a prescription through a vet.

The human form is the same as for fish as far as I know, you just have to get the dosing right.

Thanks all for reply's

I really want to statr a fresh on the tank but the only prob i got is there is 3 bristlenose plecs in there and i concerened about moving them that the disease will pass to another tank..

Do the plecs have columnaris.
Columnaris lives in the background in your tanks, it only takes bad water quality, stress, temp being unstable and over crowding.

Keep doing water changes and adding the correct amount of med back to the water removed.

thats is the male who just spawned

both parents lost , its so sad

but knowing wayne he will get on top of it

sharon.

ty sharon:)

Hi wilder

The plecs and 2 croys (forgot to mention them lol) are absoloutly fine at the moment, it was just the bettas that died.