Disease Identification Help Please

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  1. oupoot

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    Hi Everyone

    I need some help here please, not sure if this is actually a disease?

    Disease

    Describe the problem that the fish is having - Green\Blue mark on body, getting bigger
    Is the fish eating? - Yes
    Has the problem occurred before? - killed 1 other fish
    Have you treated the problem and how? - Daily Water Changes, Rooibos Tea and a bit of Salt
    Have you had any other problems in the past? No

    Your aquarium & Maintenance
    How big is the tank. (L x b x h)? - 2ft
    How many litres of water? - 60L
    What type of filter do you run? Seachem Tidal 35
    What is IN the filter? Seachem Matrix, 2 x filter sponges
    How many litres per hour is the filter rated for? - 500 l/h
    How often do you clean your tank? - Weekly
    How do you clean your tank? - Water Change, Vacuum of gravel, remove dead plants\snail shells
    How much water do you take out for Water change?
    Do you prepare your water for water changes? How and what do you add? - Aged Water, declored
    What water do you use. (Tap, bore hole, RO)? - Tap
    What substrate do you have? -
    What else is in the tank (Rocks, plants, fake plants, shells, anything else)? Planter Tank

    Water parameters in your aquarium
    Describe the water (smell and colour)? Normal?
    Temperature of the water? 22
    Lights
    What light do you have? Jebo
    How long is the light on for? 12 Hours
    Do you have lots of plants in the tank (real or fake)? Real
    How do you fertilize the plants? Scap Complete, Scape NPK every few days

    If possible, can you post some pictures of
    (1) The sick fish
    (2) A close up of the sick fish, and/or effected area - The weird green spot, so far only on 1 x Harlequin Rasbora, the Espei that had the white tail died or is hiding
    (3) the full tank.

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  3. Shabir

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    Looks like a cyst to me
     
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    oupoot

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    Afraid not, got home today with 3 dead fish and 1 skeleton...

    My other fish also got the same white mold this afternoon, water is a bit dirty because I bumbed the plug and the filter restarted

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    @oupoot Im so sorry :(

    Also try to get better pics please. I know it’s difficult but most of the pics you’ve posted thus far don’t give much to work with.

    In the interim, seeing that it seems to spread and kill fast, google columnaris in ALL its presentations (do a deep search) if only just for elimination. If so Seachem Kanaplex asap can save your other fish but the affected ones are unfortunately unlikely to make it.
     
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    oupoot

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    Thank you for the response, I have been reading up since the original post and cant quite figure out what it is, but I went to take more photos now and I can see its spread rapidly on the sickest of fish, with my cories seemingly unaffected from the looks of it and otots I have 1 left while shrimp population has been wiped out and this green tetra is struggling to swim. i Have been doing weekly Water changes and cleaning of filter, so not sure, but this article seems to describe the symptoms quite well, especially the loss of the fish colors

    https://www.aquariadise.com/columnaris/

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    Yes on those pics it does seem like it unfortunately.
    Seachem Kanaplex asap to save the corys and other unaffected fish, repeat in 2 days time
     
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    Woke up this morning and had another 2 dead fish...

    When to LFP and could only find Sulfaplex, bought it cause i figured it should also help based on the website and dosed, hopefully it stems the tide
     

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