Patchy disease in Hillstreams
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:13 am
Hello,
I recently added 5 Gastromyzon sp. to my established tank and they are slowly dying off one by one. They appear to have the dreaded Patchy disease. After researching, it seems the only thing that helps is Maryacyn and Maryacyn-2, however apparently they are not available to me in Australia.
Is there anything else I can use to prevent the two remaining (apparently) healthy guys and the sick one?
I have a planted 4' x 1.5' x 2' tank, with a rivertank manifold using an AHJ-1121 powerhead (1400L/h) that has an air pump connected to it. I have sand as the substrate and a combination of driftwood and rocks.
Current inhabitants are:
2x kuhli loaches (hoping to add more when the LFS restocks)
2x crystal red shrimp
2x Gastromyzon scitulus (one healthy one sick)
1x Gastromyzo zebrinus
2x leopard Danios
2x zebra Danios
4x white clouds
a ton of horrible snails that wont die off fast enough
and just for some randomness 1x Damselfly larva
Any help would be greatly appreciated, these guys are hard to come by in my area and expensive. Aside from that, I love them
I recently added 5 Gastromyzon sp. to my established tank and they are slowly dying off one by one. They appear to have the dreaded Patchy disease. After researching, it seems the only thing that helps is Maryacyn and Maryacyn-2, however apparently they are not available to me in Australia.
Is there anything else I can use to prevent the two remaining (apparently) healthy guys and the sick one?
I have a planted 4' x 1.5' x 2' tank, with a rivertank manifold using an AHJ-1121 powerhead (1400L/h) that has an air pump connected to it. I have sand as the substrate and a combination of driftwood and rocks.
Current inhabitants are:
2x kuhli loaches (hoping to add more when the LFS restocks)
2x crystal red shrimp
2x Gastromyzon scitulus (one healthy one sick)
1x Gastromyzo zebrinus
2x leopard Danios
2x zebra Danios
4x white clouds
a ton of horrible snails that wont die off fast enough
and just for some randomness 1x Damselfly larva
Any help would be greatly appreciated, these guys are hard to come by in my area and expensive. Aside from that, I love them