I've been waiting for a 'floater' so I can swab the skin and look at it
under my scope.
I know I'll have no trouble differentiating fungal hyphae from bacteria
and parasites.
I thought for sure at least two of my fishies have died, but I haven't
seen a carcass.
I have a gate separating my two ponds to contain the fish in the larger
pond and prevent the bodies from entering the skimmers, but no bodies to
be found.

Which leads my to a stupid question: do all dead fish float?

This morning I think I see two gray mutt koi/goldfish progeny with white
milk mustaches.

So- white sores on the sides and white milk mustaches- combo
fungal/bacterial infection?

I have a 10 gal hospital aquarium ready for fish, but I can't catch them;
they're fast little suckers!

I'm feeding antibiotic fish food, have salt concentration at 0.16%,
waiting for KMnO4 to arrive (this will be my last resort treatment),
added a bottle of Melafix (quackery or does it really work?),
ph still 9 (do I keep adding muriatic acid?), and I bought some
Furanase, which supposedly treats fungus and bacteria. Bottle states
"Treats: Mouth Fungus (Chondrococcus Columnaris) Bacteria (causing Fin
and Tail Rot), Cotton Wool Fungus.

Do I add the Furanase?

Thanks for everyone's help.

Jo Bohannon
Richmond, Va



Gregory Young wrote:

Greeting JO.
I'm BC in EM and IM, practicing mostly the former.
1) isolate involved fish in tank/pool, etc. Perform a gill/skin scraping and
look for parasites under a scope (which I know you can do based on your
training. You may need help identifying the parasites initially. I would
recommend you go to either www.akca.org or www.koivet.com which can help you
with that part.

Greg