Vengified
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Not quite sure what's going on with my oto. He is one of three, the only one of three, to show these "fuzzballs" on his back. I'm not sure if its columnaris, or something else? It doesnt seem to match what I can find of columnaris either. I noticed one spot, a few days ago and thought maybe an injury with healing/fungus, so I left him be thinking it would be more stress to mess with him. Today, there are a few more of these fuzzballs, so I decided to isolate him, just in case, but I have not done anything besides put him in his own tank, and add some algae wafers. He was surprisingly easy to net too.
Tank Info: 20g high, cycled for ~5 months, had otocinclus ~4.5 months. Ammonia 0 / Nitrite 0 / Nitrate 10 / pH 8.0 / Temp 78°F(25.5°C) (checked just before moving Oto) Shares tank with 2 other Otocinclus, 2 ghost shrimp, 15-18 RCS, 1 male honey gourami, 2 female honey gourami, and 4 guppy (2 adult, 2 juvenile ~3 months old) None of the other creatures in the tank, show any symptoms of any kind of illness whatsoever, all feeding and behaving normally. One male and one female gourami have been in tank for a few days now, new additions, but have not seen any of them show any sign that they even realize otos exist. Tank has several plants, and 2 medium, 1 large driftwood. And a BOATLOAD of snails, only 2 on purpose, nerites. Aquaclear 50 filter and UGF w/Maxijet 600 powerhead, airstone volcano bubbler. No chemicals used in tank besides Prime w/water changes. W/C day is Sunday now (today is Friday).
Hope I put in enough info. Not sure what to do, whether to use methylene, or tetra lifeguard, or melafix, salt, nothing, what? Pics below, any advice appreciated. I know it's not good to put an oto in a tank that isnt "mature" but I dont want it to spread an illness to all the other fish, even if it means losing him.
Tank Info: 20g high, cycled for ~5 months, had otocinclus ~4.5 months. Ammonia 0 / Nitrite 0 / Nitrate 10 / pH 8.0 / Temp 78°F(25.5°C) (checked just before moving Oto) Shares tank with 2 other Otocinclus, 2 ghost shrimp, 15-18 RCS, 1 male honey gourami, 2 female honey gourami, and 4 guppy (2 adult, 2 juvenile ~3 months old) None of the other creatures in the tank, show any symptoms of any kind of illness whatsoever, all feeding and behaving normally. One male and one female gourami have been in tank for a few days now, new additions, but have not seen any of them show any sign that they even realize otos exist. Tank has several plants, and 2 medium, 1 large driftwood. And a BOATLOAD of snails, only 2 on purpose, nerites. Aquaclear 50 filter and UGF w/Maxijet 600 powerhead, airstone volcano bubbler. No chemicals used in tank besides Prime w/water changes. W/C day is Sunday now (today is Friday).
Hope I put in enough info. Not sure what to do, whether to use methylene, or tetra lifeguard, or melafix, salt, nothing, what? Pics below, any advice appreciated. I know it's not good to put an oto in a tank that isnt "mature" but I dont want it to spread an illness to all the other fish, even if it means losing him.




