Unusual Fish Disease. Pictures Attached.

[munnst]

Hi,

I've been suffering the follwoing problem in my 100gal tank for sometime
and I'm kean to erradicate it. The disease seems to affect any fish in the aquarium
but is most prevelant on neons, mollies, barbs and rummies. The disease starts as follows.
Affected fish either start with a dull grey patch, very small on their body or one or two raised scales.
I have a neaon that has about six raised scales on each side but not dropsy. These are seperate individual scales.
As if something popped a scale out. Something under the scale. The images are from a Mollie which had for a while a small white area
on it's side and then Pow! suddenly exploded both sides, as if you had taken a file to the side and rougthed it up.
I cannot see cotton fluff or strands as in fungus.
Any ideas.
I've tried a three week course of Myaxin with little effect. Now trying the same with Protozin.
My water parameters are 5-10 ppm Nitrate. 0 ppm Amonia. 0 ppm Nitrite.





Thanks,

Ted.

 

[WILDER]

Sounds like it could be a parasite.
Any signs of flicking and rubbing or laboured breathing.
Just want to make sure the neons red stripe dosn't look bleached out.

 

[kribensis12]

I would try some Copper Safe as it appears to be a parasite.

 

[munnst]

Sounds like it could be a parasite.
Any signs of flicking and rubbing or laboured breathing.
Just want to make sure the neons red stripe dosn't look bleached out.

I have at least one Neon with a washed out red line and one with what appears some fungus around the mouth.
The majority of fish do not have these symptoms. Main symptoms are listlessness, areas of raised fins, some grey/white patches and this explosion
type problem.
I am treating with Protozin (this is a UK remedy. I've never seen Copper Safe but maybe it is the same type of treatment).
Protozin is a parasite remedy.

Thanks,

Ted.

 

[WILDER]

The fish have columnaris get you some info.
Abit worried about the tetra as having a bleached out red area can be ntd.
I would treat the tank for columnaris first.
<a href="http/www.flippersandfins.net/flexibacter.htm" target="_blank">http/www.flippersandfins.net/flexibacter.htm</a>
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Treatment in the uk myxazin and pimafix.