Whatcha thinking about now?

[Heka]

Supermoon just came up.......at the beach

It was soooo pretty! I saw it rising above the clouds.

[Heka]

Steel boogers.

Day 2 and I'm wiped out. I should sleep like a stone, tonight! G'night folks!

I wish I was thereeeee!

[kalynraye]

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Its been days since I have even looked at a computer... so much work.. so tired but I got up early so I could say hello to everyone and do a quick skim!!!

Hello everyone!!!!!

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also the dogs and I did a run in the rain to go potty and now i'm soaked they smell like dog and it feels amazing outside

[Shahaku]

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Steel boogers.



Day 2 and I'm wiped out. I should sleep like a stone, tonight! G'night folks!

I can't wait to get there next weekend. Know if anyone else is planning to be therethen?

[ChainLightning]

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I can't wait to get there next weekend. Know if anyone else is planning to be therethen?

Not a word. :-(

[Corvus]

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I think one of the fish I got second hand has columnaris. She's got this white fuzz, almost looks like shedding skin but fish don't shed, very pale, isn't moving much, and isn't eating. The other two Silver Dollars seem vigorous and the sucker fish hasn't changed behavior. I just got these guys and I'm not sure what to do. Google tells me that we should use antibiotics pronto. I have no trouble believing it might be sick, the guy we got them from had them in a filthy tank. I might be wrong though. This is my first experience with fish. According to wikipedia it's usually fatal inside 72 hours and the fish is covered in white fluff so if it does have it then the best option might just be to remove it from the tank.

[iflewoverthecuckoosnest]

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Steel boogers.

Lol. I've got boogers... boogers of steel.

[Ophidia]

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I think one of the fish I got second hand has columnaris. She's got this white fuzz, almost looks like shedding skin but fish don't shed, very pale, isn't moving much, and isn't eating. The other two Silver Dollars seem vigorous and the sucker fish hasn't changed behavior. I just got these guys and I'm not sure what to do. Google tells me that we should use antibiotics pronto. I have no trouble believing it might be sick, the guy we got them from had them in a filthy tank. I might be wrong though. This is my first experience with fish. According to wikipedia it's usually fatal inside 72 hours and the fish is covered in white fluff so if it does have it then the best option might just be to remove it from the tank.

You need to get it out of the tank immediately so it doesn't infect the other fish - and probably get the water treated for the healthy fish.

The thing about fish diseases is that they can easily mimic one another & are extremely hard to diagnose based on web descriptions/photos. Both ich and fungal infections can make a fish look woolly/cottony. Fungus would be more likely for fish coming from a filthy tank - columnaris seems to prefer cleaner environments. Funguses usually attack fish that are already stressed or sick, and moving from one environment to another might encourage dormant fungal spores to grow.

[Doc_Holliday]

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Got called white trash in a road rage argument, my feelings are hurt.

[Rae'ya]

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I think one of the fish I got second hand has columnaris. She's got this white fuzz, almost looks like shedding skin but fish don't shed, very pale, isn't moving much, and isn't eating. The other two Silver Dollars seem vigorous and the sucker fish hasn't changed behavior. I just got these guys and I'm not sure what to do. Google tells me that we should use antibiotics pronto. I have no trouble believing it might be sick, the guy we got them from had them in a filthy tank. I might be wrong though. This is my first experience with fish. According to wikipedia it's usually fatal inside 72 hours and the fish is covered in white fluff so if it does have it then the best option might just be to remove it from the tank.

What Ophidia said.

[nbdy]

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also the dogs and I did a run in the rain to go potty

This amused me very much. Thank you.

[Shahaku]

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Not a word. :-(

Ah well we can rattle the trees down all on our own if necessary. I'll bring the booze, you got the music?

[Corvus]

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You need to get it out of the tank immediately so it doesn't infect the other fish - and probably get the water treated for the healthy fish.

The thing about fish diseases is that they can easily mimic one another & are extremely hard to diagnose based on web descriptions/photos. Both ich and fungal infections can make a fish look woolly/cottony. Fungus would be more likely for fish coming from a filthy tank - columnaris seems to prefer cleaner environments. Funguses usually attack fish that are already stressed or sick, and moving from one environment to another might encourage dormant fungal spores to grow.

What would you recommend for the water treatment? And what should I do with the fish? We don't have anywhere we can keep it for more than a few hours. We have another tank but we don't have a filter for it.

I'm not sure where to get antibiotics or anything like that for fish. The place we normally go us petco and they refuse to sell antibiotics. Petsmart's website makes me think they've only got stuff for ick

[B. de Corbin]

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?..And what should I do with the fish? We don't have anywhere we can keep it for more than a few hours. We have another tank but we don't have a filter for it.

If it's a freshwater fish, one fish alone in a tank with no filer should have no problem for days. Depends on the delicacy of the fish.

(You could change a portion of the water each day, if you're worried.)

[Ophidia]

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What would you recommend for the water treatment? And what should I do with the fish? We don't have anywhere we can keep it for more than a few hours. We have another tank but we don't have a filter for it.

I'm not sure where to get antibiotics or anything like that for fish. The place we normally go us petco and they refuse to sell antibiotics. Petsmart's website makes me think they've only got stuff for ick

You'd probably be best off w/a place that specializes in aquariums & fish.

I don't know why it hadn't occurred to me before, but potassium permanganate might be the best non-specific treatment. It generally kills or inhibits most bacterial & fungal growths. You can use a slightly higher concentrate as a bath for the visibly infected fish, and in a lower concentration to treat the tank w/the so-far healthy fish. PP should actually work on most fungal infections or early stages of columnaris or ich. It's also easy to neutralize if your fish turn out to be sensitive to it.

https://www.extension.org/mediawiki/files/f/f6/Use_of_Potassium_Permanganate_to_Control_External_Infections.pdf

If none of the pet stores around you carry it, check hardware stores - they might have it with stuff for ponds.