Fish from Bangkok, Thailand

[stormhawk]

KL, bad news.. I found the male simplex dead when I got back home from camp earlier. Just bought Sera Mycopur to treat it but I was too late.

However the female is still surviving and she too has a slight fungal infection on her right gill plate. Currently treating her in a separate hospital tank. I guess if she pulls through I will give her to francis so that he can use her for breeding with his current pair. No use if I keep her to myself. I suppose francis can do with another female.

Nonn, my apologies for having lost this precious fish. Perhaps its just not my luck.

[hwchoy]

Hey,have you guy even seen a Fresh Water Jelly fish? Check them out here.

Also a new species of Stenasellus sp. from Thailand, that me and my friends discovered last year, here..

Nonn, interesting, is it really fresh or tidal? Wish I can help you translate your stuff to English! There are just so many good stuff on your site.

[timebomb]

KL, bad news.. I found the male simplex dead when I got back home from camp earlier.

Don't feel too bad about it, Jianyang. I'm sure you tried your best. I saw the delight on your face when you collected the fish so no one would be more heartbroken than you now.

It would be good if you can pass the female to Francis but please make sure she's completely cured of the fungal infection first.

Loh K L

[hwchoy]

KL, did we do the simplex first or the boraras first? make sure your tank of boraras don't all catch fungus, and you wouldn't be able to see through all those green water!

oh, and also Ronnie's randy australe… and sh!t, the minutillus!

[timebomb]

KL, did we do the simplex first or the boraras first?

Oh geez, I never thought of that

I think we took the pics of the simplex before the Boraras but I'm not sure. The most important question is when did we take the pics of the Oryzias minutillus? They were dropping like flies and I lost many of them before you came. Out of a batch of 50, I have only about 10 left. There were many fungused carcasses in the tank so there's a chance that the fungus might have spread to the other fish which occupied the photo tank.

Ronnie, your pair of australes were the last fish to take the photos so maybe you should keep a close check on them. However, I don't believe fungus spreads that easily.

Loh K L

[stormhawk]

I think you photographed the simplex first. Can't remember when you photographed the minutillus but I believe you photographed the gobies before the simplex because I wasn't around when you took photographs of the gobies.

KL, yes I'm pretty heartbroken alright. It was a pretty male. Well the thing is, I didn't realise this at first but the odd thing was the male had this odd scale protruding on his dorsal region. The very first fungus appeared here on this spot. Oh yes, I will make sure the female has fully acclimatised and is free from fungus before I pass her to francis.

I don't believe that fungus spreads that easily so I'm pretty confident to say that active fish like Ronnie's australes will not be affected. Perhaps the male was injured earlier because a healthy fish with no injury will withstand a fungal attack. Usually fungus comes as a secondary infection after a bacterial attack on a particular region of the body.

On a sidenote, I just checked my constanciae eggs and they were eyed-up!. Pretty happy news considering I just lost a precious fish. Not sure if I should dunk the peat now or wait a few more days.

[hwchoy]

OK, I checked the sequence of pics in my cam, in sequence is:

• your pair of killies who wouldn't come out
• simplex
• boraras
• randy australe
• minutillus

the gobies were shot in situ not in the phototank.

[RonWill]

Ronnie, your pair of australes were the last fish to take the photos so maybe you should keep a close check on them. However, I don't believe fungus spreads that easily.

Kwek Leong, since you mentioned it... my female is down... Male's fins are clamped...

Worst part is... my entire rack is now rigged as one total flow-through system and all my proverbial eggs are in one basket <gulp!>

I hooked up some lights to the rack and have been keeping close observation for symptoms. Some little fellas in other compartments are scratching themselves silly, including Tom's A. primigenium, A. exigoideum 'Ngoudoufola and... and... arrrrggggghhhh ! (sorry... need to de-stress)

Does anyone here use a in-line UV unit? NA LFS has one, 11w I think, for about SG$140 and am seriously considering getting a used unit (or new, if affordable) for hiccups like this...

[RonWill]

There's a brand called Waterlife which is available in some fish shops. They have different medications for different diseases but the one known as Protozin works very well against Velvet and Whitespot disease so I think it should be effective against fungus too.

Kwek Leong, is this 'Protozin' bio-filter and plant-safe? I'd flip if the rest of my plants go melting like butter. Any idea if it'd also stain the tanks' silicon?

Dosed Flubenol 5% earlier this afternoon (or rather, yesterday afternoon) and looks like I'll be doing water changes before I head off to work later.

who says killie keeping isn't exciting...

[timebomb]

Kwek Leong, is this 'Protozin' bio-filter and plant-safe? I'd flip if the rest of my plants go melting like butter. Any idea if it'd also stain the tanks' silicon?

Ronnie, the Protozin won't stain silicon. It also won't affect aquatic plants except for Hornwort. Hornwort, for some strange reason, is very sensitive to chemicals so almost all medications will cause it to melt. The medication also won't kill shrimp and snails so its very safe to use in a planted tank. The brand is "Waterlife". I've seen it on sale at Happy Aquarium and Clementi 328.

Loh K L

[timebomb]

OK, I checked the sequence of pics in my cam

You're sure about the sequence, Choy? If the Oryzias minutillus were the last fish to have their pictures taken, then the fungus infection on the simplex and the illness affecting Ronnie's australes couldn't have come from them. In any case, although fungus can spread, it usually won't attack healthy fish unless they have open wounds. Fungus, as far as I know, is everywhere in everyone's tanks. No matter how clean is your water, the fungus is there waiting for the right circumstances to appear.

Loh K L

[francis]

Stormhawk,

Sad to hear about your male simplex.So far my pair of simplex are doing well but they are still in the quarantine tank though.I`ll will galdly adopt your female simplex with thank.If i could spawn them i`ll pass you back some of their fry.Thank again.

Choy,

Those photo are great.Really must pickup some tips from you

francis

[hwchoy]

yes, they're in running numbers and also timestamped, cannot go wrong.

[hwchoy]

Choy,

Those photo are great.Really must pickup some tips from you

francis

no skills, just gear :wink:

[Nonn]

Hello,

I'm sorry to hear about the simplex. Actually it is my false not to inform you that when stress, simplex get fungus very easily. I normally put them in quarantine tank with all the fungus remedies for a few day to prevent this from happening. We have a lot of young growing up and hopefully will be able to send some to S'pore in a few month.

The Jelly fish is strickly fresh water species. The large body of water you see in the back of the picture is Mae Kong river, the other side of the river is Loas. The jelly fish is very small, about 1.5 cm. across the dish. The live in the form of Jelly fish for only a few month, then turn to something like Hydra for most of the year. It have to be a perfect timing to go see them. It was my first time to see them in this form

[stormhawk]

Nonn, you're not to blame. Perhaps I'll try again some other time.

Francis, bad news. The female died too. She didn't pull through the Mycopur treatment.

[ban_tse]

I sure understand how u feel stormhawk....
cos the pair of Betta simplex i got from Eco Culture, the male died of fungus too..just a week ago!
exactly same symptoms - fungus near the dorsal...
tried all sorts of medication, and i thought he was getting better as the 'cotton wool' was gone and the fish was rather active. instead i left him in methyl blue solution a day longer hoping to ensure it was fully cured,and when i got back from work, i was shocked to find him belly up...

now have a lone female in my wild betta comm tank...
currently searching for a male or pair ... sigh...

Ben