Re: [RML] Strange "bleached-out" spots on Rainbowfish

Stephen Boulet (stepheb at comm.mot.com)
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:16:53 -0600

One useful link on mycobacteriosis that I found is <http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/txt/fairs/vm055>.

I've had this problem, and I'm going to go the better safe than sorry
route and nuke my 55 gallon planted tank. Thankfully it's on a different
floor than my other tanks, and could use a better substrate anyway.

Stephen

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Stephen Boulet, Grayslake, IL, USA
spboulet at enteract dot com


Randy Rader wrote:
> 
> Thanks, again for the information.  I've just done a water change and
> have lowered the temps in all my tanks to 26 degrees Celsius.  I'll see
> how they do.
> Is there anything chemically you use to combat this?  I have medications
> for bacterial infections and secondary infections that go along with
> them.  Will these help?
> 
> Adrian Tappin wrote:
> >
> > At 11:24  29/12/98 -0600,Randy wrote:
> > >Thank you for the quick response, Bruce.  Come to think of it, I do keep
> > >the temperature at 79 degrees.  What do you recommend I keep it at?
> > >And, also, should I just dispose of the fish?  I hate to do it, but, I
> > >don't want them to suffer either.  I do have a quarantine tank, but if
> > >they are going to die anyway, should I even waste the time?  Thanks
> > >again.
> >
> > I would certainly agreed with Bruce but go one further and say that they
> > definitely have Mycobacteriosis. You see, I can make these rash statements -
> > not like the Doc :-)
> >
> > Unfortunately, you either have to dispose of all the fish in that aquarium
> > and completely break-down the tank and treat with a strong chlorine
> > solution, or simply learn to live with the disease. Even with this drastic
> > action there is no guarantee that you will kill all the bacteria. If you
> > have other tanks there is the possibility that they also carry the bacteria.
> >
> > In the next couple of days I will have an article on this disease on my
> > homepage. Not that that will help you but it will at least give you an idea
> > of what to expect. As for temperature I suggest that you keep the
> > temperature below 28 degrees Celsius as Mycobacterium marinum prefer a
> > temperature of 30-33 degrees C.
> >
> > Adrian.
> >
> >                                                        Adrian R. Tappin
> >                     "Home of the Rainbowfish"
> >                   http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm