captmicha
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So, my entire fish room came down with Mycobacterium marinum, which is incurable.
Basically, it’s kind of like HIV, it doesn’t kill you it’s self, but it disables your immune system, so that you can’t fight off otherwise survivable diseases.
This tends to happen anytime a heater stops working and a tank gets cold, or a filter stops when the electricity goes out, water quality drops, etc.
I adopted some Corys that were asymptomatic in 3 weeks of QT, and then fish started dying after I added them to the same system as everyone else. They must have caught it from shared water change equipment, etc.
I lost most of my fish and only have like 1 left of some of the species I had.
I didn’t get any new fish, bc I couldn’t bear to just infect more fish and sentence them to death, but I read an article about someone using an UV filter to decrease the Myco, so that deaths reduced and new fish didn’t get infected. They utilized a microscope to validate their claims.
Based on this potential possibility, do people think I should try adding a few fish to see if it even works?
I really want to try it, but I also would feel terrible if it just ends up sickening them too.
Another possible issue is, does using an UV filter constantly have any downsides? I don’t have much experience with them.
Yes, I’m pretty emotionally attached to my animals, even the fish.
Basically, it’s kind of like HIV, it doesn’t kill you it’s self, but it disables your immune system, so that you can’t fight off otherwise survivable diseases.
This tends to happen anytime a heater stops working and a tank gets cold, or a filter stops when the electricity goes out, water quality drops, etc.
I adopted some Corys that were asymptomatic in 3 weeks of QT, and then fish started dying after I added them to the same system as everyone else. They must have caught it from shared water change equipment, etc.
I lost most of my fish and only have like 1 left of some of the species I had.
I didn’t get any new fish, bc I couldn’t bear to just infect more fish and sentence them to death, but I read an article about someone using an UV filter to decrease the Myco, so that deaths reduced and new fish didn’t get infected. They utilized a microscope to validate their claims.
Based on this potential possibility, do people think I should try adding a few fish to see if it even works?
I really want to try it, but I also would feel terrible if it just ends up sickening them too.
Another possible issue is, does using an UV filter constantly have any downsides? I don’t have much experience with them.
Yes, I’m pretty emotionally attached to my animals, even the fish.
