Type of fish: Boeseman's Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia boesemani
Symptoms: looks like a white streak on the top of the fish (see pic below)
Other tank mates: other rainbow fish, Angels, Corydoras, small tetras
Tank size / capacity: 6x2x2 (600L?)
Type of Food fed: Mainly fed on sera flake food and small NLS pellets
Feeding frequency/amount: once or twice daily 5 days a week (no food Wednesday and Sunday)
Substrate: black gravel from Aquotix
Type of filtration: 2 x Astro 2212 filters
Frequency of filter cleans: only when needed. Maybe every 6 months?
Frequency and % volume of water changes: weekly 50%
Last water change: 1 week ago
PH: 6.8
KH:20ppm mg/L
GH: 30ppm mg/L
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:5ppm mg/L
Ammonia:0
Phosphate: Don't have a test kit for this sorry
Water temp: 27
Medications used recently to date: none
Any recent changes: 2 new rainbow fish about 2 weeks ago
Just got home and noticed the fish had some milky looking colour on top and thought I would take a photo first. Anyone know what it is?
Milky Scales Boesmani
#1
Posted 11 November 2014 - 05:47 PM
#2
Posted 11 November 2014 - 05:52 PM
#3
Posted 13 November 2014 - 03:09 PM
I'm guessing it's some kind of fungal infection, so I'm going to pick up a small bottle of Melafix after work today.
I can post results on this thread if anyone is interested.
#4
Posted 13 November 2014 - 04:52 PM
Hi Jason
Sorry to see your fish covered in what looks like fungus
I haven't had the issue but did read that salt could help, the dosage rate they used was 1 heaped tablespoon to 20L of water
Hope your fish survives
ps download this book and enjoy, its the rainbowfish bible ( and for those needing a paper copy is being reprinted again )
http://peter.unmack....fishes.2011.pdf
Graeme
Edited by Graeme, 13 November 2014 - 04:53 PM.
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#5
Posted 13 November 2014 - 06:10 PM
Thanks for that Graeme.
I work about 10 minutes from Vebas, so I popped in there after work this arvo and got some meds.
Bloke I talked to had a look at the pic and vid and ID'd it as fungal too
#6
Posted 14 November 2014 - 09:04 PM
Formalin/malchite green mix is the fastest treatment - would need several treatments over 5 days. Best also to treat the whole tank if you have other rainbows in the tank. Once it is treated, it rarely comes back unless you re-introduce it.
#7
Posted 15 November 2014 - 04:27 PM
Thanks for the info Oli. I noticed this morning that two more rainbow fish are also affected by skin flukes now, so I went to Aquotix this morning and spoke to Kerrie
She advised me to treat the whole tank, and checked the meds I got. Tank is looking a bit green now. Will keep monitoring the fish and continue with water changes and meds
#8
Posted 15 November 2014 - 08:32 PM
Edited by Riggers, 15 November 2014 - 08:32 PM.
#9
Posted 15 November 2014 - 10:33 PM
I have noticed a swing in the ph of my tap water, so maybe I got something from the water. Can you get flukes in your tank from the tap? Either way, I double triple checked my test results of the water tonight and the quality is good. I'm going to do another water change tomorrow to make sure the fish have tip top water. Hopefully get rid of this filthy flukes thing
#10
Posted 16 November 2014 - 01:41 AM
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