curve spine?

last couple of months i been lossing fish, There spined get curve they loose there colors and die. those any one know what Disease is this? I lost several etras and platys, also sword tails.

This should be your problem buddy..did some research and found this:

FISH TUBERCULOSIS (CURVED SPINE)
Symptoms:
Curved or Crooked Spine Skeletal deformity.
Lesions on the body.
loss of scales.
Loss of appetite.
Body wasting Progressive thinness.
Dis-coloration.
Sluggish movement
Folded fins
Eye protrusion
Dark coloration and granular appearance of the cornea.
Hanging at the surface
Skin defects, including blood spots and open wounds that may ulcerate
Black spots, or overall dark coloration (in Cichlids particularly).

The best treatment for that is put them in a quarantine tank, raise the temp. and put salt on the water. and good luck usually is hard to save them once they get that..

isnt fish tb trasnitable to humans?

mmmm dont know that one but ill do some more research tho..

it can be a defect on the fish too u hav to go to a local breeder to get the best. i would look it up and see wat u can do but it looks lik theres nothin u can.

there were normal several months ago

Causes for a curved spine can vary from congenital defect (born with it, which clearly isn't your problem), nutritional deficiency (which should affect all equally, unless the fish in question has a problem with absorbing specific nutrients, but this should show up early in it's life). There's also Pleistophora (also called "neon tetra disease", but fish other than neons can get it), fish tuberculosis (which can be transmitted to humans), and camallanus (an internal parasite, which you can sometimes see sticking out the anus of the fish when they are at rest in the water - see photos: http://www.gaem.it/pubblico/articoli/mal… , http://www.alaquairum.net/imagenes/Camal… - the smoothness and pointed tip will distinguish this from "poop".

I'll put some links below where you can get info on these and treatments (if any):
Source(s):
http://www.fish-disease.net/diseases.htm
http://www.inkmkr.com/Fish/CamellanusTre…
The Levamisol treatment isn't available in all counties (and you have to get it though a farm supply or veterinarian), so this is an alternative treatment: http://www.petfish.net/articles/Diseases…

Yeah but they got the disease after they grew up, so it must be something else

TB can infect open areas on your skin. Always wear gloves when dealing with a tank that has a possible TB outbreak. They form open lesions on your skin and needs immediate medical treatment. If I suspect TB the fish is removed and tank cleaned (sanitized).

Good point Vixen, i would be very careful with that..

You might look into free electrical current, or vitamin C both can cause curved spines

Pillierox1 seems to be the closest to the problem.......Nutrition and bad water quality..............These factors cause fish to loose their disease fighting ability (immune system).......Check the water quality first.

The curved spine didn't happen over night, so it was from some deficiency over a period of time......Genetic defects usually show up pretty quickly particularly in young fish...........TB is just one possible disease that would be affecting your fish.

I check my water perm and there fine i do water changes twice a month 25%

you need to do WC at least 25% once a week Is the tank overstocked? The type of fish you have breed quickly and will overstock a tank in a heartbeat.

its understocket vix. heavy planted,

Fishstore has it .... usually due to poor quality foods/ lack of nutrition I have seen it alot in tetras fed Wardleys bulk foods when i worked in the pet store. Just my 2 cents

Curved spine is #1 symptom unfortunately of TB. Hopefully it is something different, but going by your description of other fishies suffering the same fate...it doesn't sound good.

Yeap sounds like TB. I myself would do the freezer or alcohol to put them out of their misery and t over.