Yesterday a classmate offers me a pair of blind cave tetras. I accept, then begin to advise her on how to pack them up. She shuts me down with "I've been keeping fish for thirty years", and I believe her since there's no reason to doubt her abilities yet. This morning, I get to class and see a cup of pink, cloudy water on my desk. It's a tupperware container, which is fine, but the bottom of it is carpeted with food! WTF? I think she meant she's been killing fish for thirty years.
So I've got them in quarantine now and they've got pretty bad septicemia from the looks of it. Both have some blood in the fins and one fish has neon-red gills that elicit a pain reaction from looking at them. They are acting like normal blind cave tetras so far. The quarantine tank is a well-established 10g with an Aquaclear 30, and the two tetras are the only inhabitants now that I've moved the catfish to my 55 to make space for them. I added three spoonfulls of kosher salt in case of ich, etc. Is there anything else I can do for them?
So I've got them in quarantine now and they've got pretty bad septicemia from the looks of it. Both have some blood in the fins and one fish has neon-red gills that elicit a pain reaction from looking at them. They are acting like normal blind cave tetras so far. The quarantine tank is a well-established 10g with an Aquaclear 30, and the two tetras are the only inhabitants now that I've moved the catfish to my 55 to make space for them. I added three spoonfulls of kosher salt in case of ich, etc. Is there anything else I can do for them?
