Re: [Killietalk] help with Aplocheilus Panchax

["unclescott" <unclescott at prodigy_net>]

Ronnie, that was a neat photo essay. The picture is not worth a thousand
words without the commentary though. :) Maybe some day when I grow up ...

Did the panchax and Badis grow up ok together. I've had a chequered record
with co-culturing fry.

Did you pick up panchax in a shop or are they collectable locally? I know
that seems an odd comment for a city/ state the size of Singapore. However I
have been surprised to learn of the presence of American darters within the
city limits of Chicago.

ZZ, that fungus on the mouth is probably not "real" fungus, but a bacterial
disease called Columnaris. The good news is that it is the form of
Columnaris which is fairly easy to cure. (The form which attaches itself to
the fish's body is devastatingly fast in spreading over the fish and killing
it.)

I had a couple of new killies several years ago get it. They responded well
to a remedy called triple sulfa. You might try that or a more recently
developed antibiotic.

New fish are very skittish and will panic and run into tank sides. That may
be why that condition is common among them. Panchax are sometimes included
in commercial shipments to the US, so I would guess they might be sent to
Canada too. They have to get used to the confines of a tank. I wonder if
they were captive raised or collected.

All the best!

Scott




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