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This article is fascinating for anyone interested in transmission - scroll to the epidemiology and prevention section: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/microbiolspec.tnmi7-0038-2016 .
It discusses how M. marinum can remain viable in soil and water for up to 2 years, which is frightening...
I don’t know very much about mycobacterium marinum, but mycobacterium tuberculosis can lie latent inside a person for many years and then be reactivated later when a person becomes immune suppressed. Many people have lung nodules from latent TB and don’t know it. Maybe it’s similar for fish?
The histopathologic hallmark of mycobacterial infections is granulomas, which can be seen under the microscope. Inside the granulomas, the bacteria can be seen and stained with something called acid fast, which turns them purplish red (this is another hallmark of mycobacteria).
I found this...
Yup - I actually just tested my water hardness with the API liquid test kit, and my tank water is about 107 ppm KH and more than 214 ppm GH (took 15 drops to turn the water green).
My tap water is 125 ppm KH and even more GH (took 18 drops to turn the water green). Not sure why my tank water...
Would a rainbow cichlid be an appropriate choice for my tank? I'm seeing that they're relatively peaceful for Central American cichlids. I would probably keep just 1.
Thanks for the support. I might try another apistogramma or other dwarf cichlid in a few years, but right now I should probably stick to more beginner-friendly species. I probably won't add any fish to my tank for a few months to make sure there's no pathogen spreading around! I might go with...
Also, forgot to mention this--I had been feeding a bit of freeze-dried bloodworms every now and then. I've read a couple posts on forums about how this might be bad for apistogramma, so not sure if that contributed.
Well, unfortunately my apisto died last night. Yesterday I noticed him flopping around and unable to maintain his buoyancy, so I tried to catch him and quarantine him but he hid well. Last night I finally managed to catch him and gave him an epsom salt bath for 20 min because I had previously...
Okay, sounds good. I actually just bought a bag of catappa leaves the other day, I’ll throw more in. My frogbit has grown to nearly fully cover the water surface, I’ll let it keep growing. And I will look into finding some more wood pieces for the front. Do you think having 9 corys in there...
Thanks for all the input! So, my options are:
1. Plant heavily in the foreground and hope he comes out more
2. Re-home him
Also sorry, misspoke - I meant API stress coat! My pH is 7.4-7.8 and water is very hard out of the tap, unfortunatelt. I know it’s not ideal.
I just hope he isn’t...
Sure thing--here's a pic of my tank. Since the pic was taken the frogbit has kind of overgrown. There are a lot of plants in the back, but I have this open area in the front because I thought the corydoras would like to sift through the sand there and wouldn't be as shy as they are. However...
This was good advice and I didn't take it until it was too late--I sold one of the females, and the other died shortly thereafter. Not sure why she died, she appeared to have swim bladder disease and was swimming upside down, then died a few hours after I moved her to a quarantine tank. The...
About 1.5 weeks ago, I bought a trio of apistogramma agassizii fire red (one male, 2 females). I had wanted a pair but the online store I got them from was only selling them in trios. When they arrived, one female was already slightly larger than the other. I have them in a pretty heavily...