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Mari · 02-28-2005, 11:24 AM

It definately sounds like columnaris to me. it was the closest thing I could get to how they looked, and were behaving. I believe they got it from two new fish I bought, that I was later told had just been brought into the pet shop the previous day. I lost one of the ones I bought 2 days after bringing it home, because he had a large whitish silver mark on his side. I now have two tiger barbs with no marks on them whatsoever, One with a little white still on his lip, two red minors with a small (very small hardly noticeable) mark on their dorsal fin (looking saddle like) and a little on their lips, one completely clear and one in terrible shape, he has a lot of white around him...on his lips, on his "back" and some on his side. I believe the one in terrible shape is the other that I bought from the shop. I am surprised it has made it so far. The EM tablets were recommended to me on a disease site, and they really did improve the conditions of the tetras, they were all not eating, and now have started to again, as well as removing the white. I don't know how, but rid-ich did help somewhat for the Tiger barbs...they all gained appetite after a few treatments and began breathing a lot easier. The rid ich I bought says it is for fungal infections, both internal and external, so that could be the reason why it helped. I have another 4 EM tablets and will repeat treatment in hopes that it will help. How do I put aquarium salt in, however? Won't it kill the fish?

02-28-2005, 11:24 AM	#4
Mari Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Des Plaines, Illinois Age: 23 Posts: 83	Re: Columnaris? It definately sounds like columnaris to me. it was the closest thing I could get to how they looked, and were behaving. I believe they got it from two new fish I bought, that I was later told had just been brought into the pet shop the previous day. I lost one of the ones I bought 2 days after bringing it home, because he had a large whitish silver mark on his side. I now have two tiger barbs with no marks on them whatsoever, One with a little white still on his lip, two red minors with a small (very small hardly noticeable) mark on their dorsal fin (looking saddle like) and a little on their lips, one completely clear and one in terrible shape, he has a lot of white around him...on his lips, on his "back" and some on his side. I believe the one in terrible shape is the other that I bought from the shop. I am surprised it has made it so far. The EM tablets were recommended to me on a disease site, and they really did improve the conditions of the tetras, they were all not eating, and now have started to again, as well as removing the white. I don't know how, but rid-ich did help somewhat for the Tiger barbs...they all gained appetite after a few treatments and began breathing a lot easier. The rid ich I bought says it is for fungal infections, both internal and external, so that could be the reason why it helped. I have another 4 EM tablets and will repeat treatment in hopes that it will help. How do I put aquarium salt in, however? Won't it kill the fish?