Hey everyone, I am dealing with a disease in my tank for a while, but I cannot seem to figure out what it is and I hope you can help me identify it. Some of my rummy nose tetras are developing a white like growth underneath their scales. It looks like an egg of sorts in the pictures below. Some of them are worse then others, the one that has it the worst is displayed it the pictures. It has been going on for a few weeks now, and it seems to slowly grow over time. I was unable to figure out what it was, so I have tried out Esha2000 and an antiobiotic (Cerpfofor bactyfec) but they doesn't seem to help much. The affected fish behave and eat normally.
It is a community tank containing 7 Amano shrimp, a lot of Red Cherry shrimp, 5 Daisy ricefish, 4 Glowlight rasbora and one Harlequin rasbora.
All other fish seem to be completely healthy, the disease seems to only affect my rummy noses for some reason.
Some background:
The last introduction to the tank were 5 clithon corona snails several weeks ago (they unfortunately did not make it although I am unsure why. They kept falling on their shells and unable to turn. Perhaps still remenants of my no-planaria treatments from ~4 months back?).
The rummy noses were introduced before that, roughly 2.5~3 months ago.
Water quality:
The tank itself has been running for roughly a year.
Weekly water changes of around ~30-50% (with the occasional biweekly water change roughly once every month if the weekend is packed).
Any help or advice would be much appreciated!
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It is a community tank containing 7 Amano shrimp, a lot of Red Cherry shrimp, 5 Daisy ricefish, 4 Glowlight rasbora and one Harlequin rasbora.
All other fish seem to be completely healthy, the disease seems to only affect my rummy noses for some reason.
Some background:
The last introduction to the tank were 5 clithon corona snails several weeks ago (they unfortunately did not make it although I am unsure why. They kept falling on their shells and unable to turn. Perhaps still remenants of my no-planaria treatments from ~4 months back?).
The rummy noses were introduced before that, roughly 2.5~3 months ago.
Water quality:
- 0 ppm ammonia
- 0 ppm nitrite
- 15 ppm nitrate
- 6.8 Ph
- 6 Kh
- 7 Gh
The tank itself has been running for roughly a year.
Weekly water changes of around ~30-50% (with the occasional biweekly water change roughly once every month if the weekend is packed).
Any help or advice would be much appreciated!
