I have a 55 gallon planted tank, with three small Uaru, 8 blue flame tetras, 10 neons, 10 black neons, 5 marble hatchets, 6 cory juliis and a twig catfish. The tank has been up and running for 2yrs without a problem. I recently had to move it to a new location, being heavily planted and stocked with small fish i couldnt catch them, so left a couple of inches of water in the bottom and moved it. The water obviously went cloudy, so I didnt notice 4 of the hatchets had bailed for several hours and found them dead on the floor...crap.
The tank has been stable for several months with no further fatalities. I saw some pencil hatchets and as I thought my last one must be lonley so I bought 3. I didnt buy more cause they looked healthy but just a bit off. I knew they were in that day so put it down to that. Big mistake. How could I be sooo stupid. Next day one was dead. Day later the other two were dead. 7 days later 2 neons died. Today all my neons, black neons and blue flames are dead. The uaru look like they are shedding their slime coat, but otherwise okay. The catfish seem okay. How crap is that.
Been through the fish health sticky, but nothing seems to fit. They showed hardly any symptoms. They just seemed a little quieter than normal, then dead. They died with their colour. There was no heavy breathing, no marks on the skin, no back bending, no fungus, no distended stomachs, no bloating, no loss of colour, no flashing....possibly a small lack of appetite and they were a little less active....
Any ideas?
The tank has been stable for several months with no further fatalities. I saw some pencil hatchets and as I thought my last one must be lonley so I bought 3. I didnt buy more cause they looked healthy but just a bit off. I knew they were in that day so put it down to that. Big mistake. How could I be sooo stupid. Next day one was dead. Day later the other two were dead. 7 days later 2 neons died. Today all my neons, black neons and blue flames are dead. The uaru look like they are shedding their slime coat, but otherwise okay. The catfish seem okay. How crap is that.
Been through the fish health sticky, but nothing seems to fit. They showed hardly any symptoms. They just seemed a little quieter than normal, then dead. They died with their colour. There was no heavy breathing, no marks on the skin, no back bending, no fungus, no distended stomachs, no bloating, no loss of colour, no flashing....possibly a small lack of appetite and they were a little less active....
Any ideas?
Hopefully, the water change will help the other survive.