So I've read several disease flow-charts and here is the situation:
A couple months ago a female adult platy began loosing weight, hiding in the bottom of the foliage, and got a slight downward curve in her spine. I separated her from the others, but she died a couple days after that. I wasn't sure what caused it, but went through a couple disease flow charts and since her symptoms were sudden and not too specific, I wasn't too worried, but I did notice that tuberculosis came up more than once.
Well today I come in to work, I've got a male platy dead at the bottom of the tank, and a female platy swolen with the 'pine-cone' look. Everyone else (1 pleco, 7 dalmation mollies, 6 pristella tetras, 2 more platy) all look fine, so I got rid of the dead one, who had no physical indications of why he died, and flushed the bloated one just becuase she was already splitting open.
So looking at the disease pages and flow charts again, I see tuberculosis coming up more than once! When the first one died a couple months ago, I posted and got a mixed response saying it was not common or that if the dead one was gone, I shouldn't have a problem.
I'm starting to get a little worried about this, since the pages I've read say that if it is tuberculosis, it can be spread to humans. If I treat for tuberculosis, will it harm my other fish? Should I do a general treat for dropsy or something like that first? Will temp fluctuations make it worse? The tank ususally drops to 74/76 during the nights and stays around 82 during the day based on the building's heat system.
A couple months ago a female adult platy began loosing weight, hiding in the bottom of the foliage, and got a slight downward curve in her spine. I separated her from the others, but she died a couple days after that. I wasn't sure what caused it, but went through a couple disease flow charts and since her symptoms were sudden and not too specific, I wasn't too worried, but I did notice that tuberculosis came up more than once.
Well today I come in to work, I've got a male platy dead at the bottom of the tank, and a female platy swolen with the 'pine-cone' look. Everyone else (1 pleco, 7 dalmation mollies, 6 pristella tetras, 2 more platy) all look fine, so I got rid of the dead one, who had no physical indications of why he died, and flushed the bloated one just becuase she was already splitting open.
So looking at the disease pages and flow charts again, I see tuberculosis coming up more than once! When the first one died a couple months ago, I posted and got a mixed response saying it was not common or that if the dead one was gone, I shouldn't have a problem.
I'm starting to get a little worried about this, since the pages I've read say that if it is tuberculosis, it can be spread to humans. If I treat for tuberculosis, will it harm my other fish? Should I do a general treat for dropsy or something like that first? Will temp fluctuations make it worse? The tank ususally drops to 74/76 during the nights and stays around 82 during the day based on the building's heat system.
