When Bacterium Attack

[sueandherzoo]

This is all so sad - I'm so sorry for your losses, not only the horses but soon the corals and inverts, too. I can feel how badly you hate to destroy them but it does sound like you have no choice. Very, very sad.
Thank you for sharing all this with us. All we can do is keep trying and keep learning from each other's experiences and hopefully someday we'll start figuring out how to eliminate at least some of these unfortunate circumstances.
Sue

 

[rykna]

I contacted several people regarding the Mycobaterium in my tank.
One was a Dr. Brian Aukes, a Fish Pharmceutical, who has specialized in Fish Disease for the past 41 years. Do to the fact that the sick horses were only in the DT for 24 hours, His diagnosis was leaving the DT fallow 3-4 months to starve the mycobacterium. This should should return the tank to normal levels. As for the corals Dr. Aukes said to keep them in the QT during the 3-4 months and do frequent water changes to avoid the build up of food and waste. His other comment was that mycrobacterium is always present in our tanks. Some fish are more susceptible to macrobactirium than others~ especially seahorses. One of the places seahorses pick up Vibrio, Myco Bacterium, and Hexamita Bacteria is from the LS. When our seahorses snick pods and other treats from the sand bed they are also snicking up all the bacteria in the sand bed. Because seahorses do not have a true stomach they lack the beneficial bacteria in their stomachs that helps ward off bad bacteria that are ingested.
I also spoke with Dan and Abby about prognosis Dr. Aukes had given me. Dan supported Dr. Aukes prognosis.
So this is my current plan:
3-4 months no food in DT
3-4 all corals in QT
The set up the tank and try again.

~Rykna

 

[teresaq]

Thats good news. I am glad to hear you also talked to Dan about it. Everyone can learn from this type of research.
TeresaQ

 

[rykna]

Originally Posted by TeresaQ
http:///forum/post/3040859
That's good news. I am glad to hear you also talked to Dan about it. Everyone can learn from this type of research.
TeresaQ
Thanks Teresa, I am so thankful that I did not have to kill everything in my tank. Thanks again for introducing me to Dan and Abby.

~Rykna