White Ring Around Swordtail

[coyemuse]

Hi, so these pics are of fry, but in the background is the fish Im worried about, She was treated for Ick recently but then developed a white ring around her neck area Ive had her about 8.5 months. What could it be?
Unfortunately those are the best pics I have of her

 

[Crossfire]

Female guppies are prone to Flexibacter columnaris, commonly known as cotton mouth and/or can be associated with fin rot. The ich probably weakeand the immune system, leaving the guppy susceptible to the disease. I would either isolate her, or treat the whole lot of them since columnaris is very virulent and will quickly spread if not contained.
You need to set the heat to 74 degrees farenheit, since anything above allows the disease to reproduce too fast for the medicine to take effect, and too low won't let the medicine work. Then, I'd treat them with Mardel Maracyn Plus, or a combination of Maracyn and Maracyn-Two. Adding aquarium salt and almond leaves or blackwater extract will help the fish fight the infection. Salt kills the bacteria, and the leaves excrete an antiseptic like property. It also lowers pH, which the bacteria hate. Be sure to have adequate oxygenation, as the medicine reduces oxygen in the water.

I'm currently dealing with a betta with columnaris, it's nasty, but he looks like he'll make it
It's the best thing to act quickly and cure it as fast as possible.


Try feeding the fish either garlic rich foods like New Life Spectrum +Thera-A, or soak their food in garlic juice (either homemade or store bought Garlic Guard by Seachem) I have a technique to make homemade garlic juice if you'd like
Garlic gives fish a healthy boost to the immune system, helping them fight back.

Best of luck

 

[coyemuse]

is it different since shes a swordtail and not a guppy?

 

[snazy]

is it different since shes a swordtail and not a guppy?

It looks like columnaris alright. Is it fluffy? You need to keep the temperature no more than 24 degrees, high oxygen and treat with antibiotics for columnaris the whole tank. It's highly contagious. It's caused by stress and poor water conditions. Probably the ick and all previous medication, you probably upped the temperature too during treatment of ick and columnaris loves these conditions.

 

[WILDER]

Looks like columnaris to me aswell.

 

[coyemuse]

Alright. Shes also the only fish that had ick. Its not fluffy.. It basically looks like she just lost all her color on that part of her neck. But I'll go out and get some meds to treat her, if y'all are in agreement

 

[WILDER]

Columnaris can also show as white patches, bleached out patches, bleaching beneath the skin

 

[coyemuse]

Alright.

 

[coyemuse]

So, with treatment, how often do I dose the tank? The bottle tells me how much, but not how often. Is it just once a day? or more than once? and for how many days?







__Side note: 200th post!__

 

[coyemuse]

anyone?

 

[snazy]

What type of meds do you have?

 

[coyemuse]

The only kind the lfs has was Mardel Maracyn Oxy. they said it was the same thing, but if theyre wrong Ill have to find something else

 

[coyemuse]

Is it the right meds?

 

[WILDER]

It's not an antibiotic like maracyn, maracyn 2, maracyn plus.

Directions are here.

http/www.drugs.com/pro/sentry-aq-mardel-maracyn-oxy.html

 

[coyemuse]

Does that mean it wont work?