I'm now 99.9% sure that my problems back a few weeks ago (the indicative
disease looked like lymphocystic conditions) were spoiled food. I changed
everything back the way it was before the holocaust began (besides some
nitrate issues). Added two new "big box stressed" rainbowfish 6 days after
the final deaths and saw zero occurrence of _any_ type of disease,
parasitism, mortality. I then added four new rainbowfish two weeks later,
again, no problems.
The only thing that changed was _the food_ in the systems that went down.
In the 30, where there was a stray voltage problem but did not receive any
of the tainted food, all problems ceased after the tank was at ground. Any
disease went away, there was zero mortality, even tho many of the animals
looked like they were walking along at death's gate.
The last thing I have yet to try is to establish some fish for a month
without any issues, and then begin feeding the plankton-o-death. I'm going
to hold off on this unless Sally's wants to be stinkers about sending me
some new food or some type of "one to one" compensation for their spoiled
product.
Always something to consider. Fish do not "just die" nor does disease "just
appear".
However, from what I've been reading, food (unless you have the unfortunate
problem of multiple spoilings) doesn't seem to be your problem Geoff. What,
if anything, changed prior to the outbreaks? Did you start running the air
conditioning, which can lead to a lowered available O2 level in the tanks?
Did you rewire an electrical line? Did the presence or behavior of new
additions (that were stressed from wild capture stress) stress out the
established fish?
I guess what I'm trying to illustrate here are the strangest things can
cause the greatest problems.
Todd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <nanfa_at_jonahsaquarium.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:33 AM
Subject: RE: NANFA-- white spots on Fundulus cingulatus
> Another thing to watch out for is old or moisture-damaged foods.
> Fish food goes stale just like people food. It also loses it's
> nutritional value. It can easily get damp by splashing or wet hands
> while feeding fish. Dampness in dry feed is disastrous. I ruins its
> quality and allows mold and bacteria to grow that may be toxic to
> fish. I suppose this is all well known. Just offering possible
> routes to consider.
> --
>
> Mark
> Ohio
> USA
> <))><
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