Blood Red Abdomen And Pop Eye

[jonny-5]

Yes still havin problems in one of my tanks,ive noticed that quite a few fish have died lately,they seem to go red and swollen underneath(swollen in abdomen area) and look quite vainy when you get up close.( vainy in the abdomen area and sides of fish) Fish seem to be affected are neon tetras and,glowlight tetras and zebra danios
i have a 4ft tank
fluval 4 and fluval 2 filters
temp is maintained at 24.5oC
Heavily planted
NitrIte 0
NitrAte is 5
P.H around 6.8-7
it houses various small to medium community fish
i use Nutrafin Aqua plus water conditioner 1 Capful per 15 U.K Gallon weekly
Nutrafin Cycle 1 capful per 15 U.K gallon weekly
i change 25% of water weekly at least

 

[WILDER]

Got a bad bacterial infection in your tank, red bellies is septicemia, hard to cure when it has progressed, you will need a bacterial med like anti internal bacteria med by interpet.

 

[jonny-5]

ive tryed that one before wilder,i bought sum bactozin today if you heard of it? nt labs make it

 

[WILDER]

Can you say what it treats never heard of it.

http/www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.php?...bb88ecadf913bd8

What else is available?
> JBL Furanol
Furanol claims to treat external and internal bacterial infections, including pop-eye (exophthalmia), dropsy and ulcers. Contains nifurpirinol. Harmful to filter bacteria and invertebrates. It is best used in a separate hospital tank, rather than in the main aquarium. 20 tablets £5.99. 1 tablet treats 20 l./4.4 gal.


It's good then as it harms the filter.
Which it should do if it's any good, though i would only use it in a hospital tank, or lose your bacteria colony in the filter.

 

[jonny-5]

it treats gill flukes,tail rot,ulcers and fin rot and supposidly a few other things besides...Bactocide its called..sorry my mistake

 

[WILDER]

Ok, just hope it works, as septicemia needs a strong med, good luck.

 

[jonny-5]

just lost at the min ive tryed loads of meds and there a waste of money,nothing states that it helps/cures septicimia

 

[WILDER]

I know as you need an antibiotic which is only available here through a vet.
Take a look at this as with the fish being swollen as well, plus popeye which is related to dropsy, then you have speticemia.
Look under bacterial infections.
http/www.goldfishinfo.com/ailment1.htm#bacteria

Interpet anti internal bacteria med is meant to treat, dropsy, popeye, and septicemia, its crap in my opion, it's not strong enough.

 

[jonny-5]

Yes defo has red streaks on the skin only seems to be neons though the danios seem to go streaky underneath and then get arched backs,waste then simply die,will try some interpet no 9 again then cos ive not had it for a month or so!!

 

[WILDER]

I would try and get that med i gave you a link too, at least it has some strength in it.
Do you have another tank that you can run your filter in to keep it going.


I know do you mean a bent spine, as all the symtoms you are describing are pointing towards fish tb.

 

[jonny-5]

i do have another tank but im scared of passing disease around in my tanks,yes bent spine i suppose i meant

 

[WILDER]

Need a vet, you need some minocycline for the tank its tb.
http/www.4qd.org/Aqua/disease/tb.html

Don''t move anything out of that tank them, you will need to sterlise all the equipment so it dosn't pass to the other tank.

 

[jonny-5]

quite an interesting read that link wilder

 

[WILDER]

It's good, you have fish tb, what a mess, find you some more info.

 

[jonny-5]

what would you recommend for steralization? i only got tonic salt and protozin and the mo