I live away from home and just got back to find that half of 6 blood parrots have died in the past week. I had been notified over the phone of the first of the deaths and decided it was time to start cutting back the stock of the tank (see my previous thread), and after having seen the remaining bps myself, I'm definitely reducing the number of fish left in the care of my family.
The 3 remaining bps have whitish patches on their gills (the edges of their gills look "tattered", some look more like parasites hanging off) as well as a white area on the inside middle of their bottom lips. Their eyes look cloudy and even somewhat sunken in. Their their heads no longer have the full, plump appearance they used to, but appear rather "shriveled". They linger just under the water's surface in one corner of the tank. Any idea what it could be?
I don't have a camera to take pictures, but they look sad. Really sad. I don't know whether to try to treat them (and hope the family keeps up the treatments after I head back to school in a couple of days) or put them down. If I should put them down, can I get some humane suggestions?
The oscars and other fish seem totally unaffected: swimming normally, no whitish patches or cloudy eyes, nothing.
Regardless of whether I save the parrots or not, I'm only keeping the 2 oscars and severum to make tank maintenance more manageable for my family. It's just so sad as this tank was HEALTHY before I left for school
The 3 remaining bps have whitish patches on their gills (the edges of their gills look "tattered", some look more like parasites hanging off) as well as a white area on the inside middle of their bottom lips. Their eyes look cloudy and even somewhat sunken in. Their their heads no longer have the full, plump appearance they used to, but appear rather "shriveled". They linger just under the water's surface in one corner of the tank. Any idea what it could be?
I don't have a camera to take pictures, but they look sad. Really sad. I don't know whether to try to treat them (and hope the family keeps up the treatments after I head back to school in a couple of days) or put them down. If I should put them down, can I get some humane suggestions?
The oscars and other fish seem totally unaffected: swimming normally, no whitish patches or cloudy eyes, nothing.
Regardless of whether I save the parrots or not, I'm only keeping the 2 oscars and severum to make tank maintenance more manageable for my family. It's just so sad as this tank was HEALTHY before I left for school
