is it white-spot, velvet or both?

I have learned my lessons - i thought i could slightly overstock if i
was careful, however it would seem that being careful does not include
using cold water, adding plants straight into the tank, and not
cleaning the gravel !

I am still rather suprised that 9 deaths (so far) from white spot and
velvet both together could be the result - in the past i have seen the
odd case of dropsy or something if the water peramiters went bad but
never quite such a load of fishywhoopass.


Another quote from the fish doctor:
Its therefore possible that whitespot has been ticking over in your
tank at imperceptively low levels for some time (possibly months).
Your fish may have developed immunity to whitespot, but if stressed
then some or all will lose that immunity and sustain a heavier
infection - which then become obvious to the fish-keeper. This is
often the cause of "mystery outbreaks" of whitespot.

kind of explains it i suppose, a bit of extra stress (the introduction
of vevlet on a plant?) and it all went wrong.



chris

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kind of explains it i suppose, a bit of extra stress (the introduction
of vevlet on a plant?) and it all went wrong.


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well, the upside down catfish is spot/velvet-free, looks totally
recovered.
i lost all three clown loaches (i saw some in a shop today and they
look SO small, i am going to wait a few weeks and try to find some
bigger ones)
and 6 bleeding heart tetras.
I have seen a make of medicine online called eSHa, they do a medicine
for velvet & white spot and another for bacterial infections, fin rot,
body rot, tail rot, pop-eye etc etc, but the best thing is you can use
them both together, which means you can treat for just about every
common condition at the same time, if only i had known about them
sooner i may not have lost any fish at all!

anyone heard of ESHA before?

chris

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well, the upside down catfish is spot/velvet-free, looks totally
recovered.
i lost all three clown loaches (i saw some in a shop today and they
look SO small, i am going to wait a few weeks and try to find some
bigger ones)
and 6 bleeding heart tetras.

Make sure the tank is free of parasites before you get the new ones. I
bought some new fish today also. They're acclimating in a 2g aerated tank as
I write this. I'm going to dilute my rock hard water with rain water I
collected in a clean 30g plant tub.

I have seen a make of medicine online called eSHa, they do a medicine
for velvet & white spot and another for bacterial infections, fin rot,
body rot, tail rot, pop-eye etc etc, but the best thing is you can use
them both together, which means you can treat for just about every
common condition at the same time, if only i had known about them
sooner i may not have lost any fish at all!

You may want to think about keeping them on hand. I always have fish
medication on hand for emergencies.

anyone heard of ESHA before?


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RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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