Re: [Killietalk] help with Aplocheilus Panchax

[zapzap at aquaquebec_net]

Thanks Scott,

i will try to find something to cure them.
and if it columnaris, i am lucky this fish was on a 22 degre water , because 
column dont like at all water below 25degre.

Well talking about badis, it is one of the fish i looking for since 1 years 
now, and cannot put my hands on it.
anybody here have some badis to sell , i will be in US for the NEC convention,
or can arrange something else.

let me know , i love this fish :)

and yes i am in canada, montreal exactly and new to this marvelous list :)

Regards,
ZapZap

Selon 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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