give them a couple days. How was the appetite?What are you feeding?monstermonkee;3983007; said:
peacock bass died :[
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HULON;3983087; said:give them a couple days. How was the appetite?What are you feeding?
they're still not really eating. I just put them in with some rosies so they feel more at home.
I can't imagine what caused the death of the two pbass.
I have 2 pbass 3". Water temperature was 70F-77F, but recently I purchased a heater. Water change once a week, 20%. They live in a 75g tank with 75% of water. They are always hungry but I don't have time to feed them daily because feeders are too big for them, and I have to cut frozen shrimp to feed them once every two days, and their growth is <1" per month.
I have 2 pbass 3". Water temperature was 70F-77F, but recently I purchased a heater. Water change once a week, 20%. They live in a 75g tank with 75% of water. They are always hungry but I don't have time to feed them daily because feeders are too big for them, and I have to cut frozen shrimp to feed them once every two days, and their growth is <1" per month.
monstermonkee;3974397; said:ill give a full detail of my tank and what not.
The tank is a jebo 72 gallon tank with overhead filter. In the filter is those bio rings and lots of sponges.
Stock, 1 pleco, 4 feeder goldfish that grow that i used to cycle my tank when i first got it, and the 5 bass. Keep in mind this is just for grow out till 5-6 inches. They will be move to a 180 that i will soon purchase.
Water parameter is ammonia shows up at 0, nitrite is at 0 and nitrate is 1.
temperature is kept at 79-80 degree.
Water changes are done every 3-4 days, conditioned with prime to remove cholrine. Every change is 25% or 1/4 of the tank. The last one i did was half the tank since they seem to be stressing.
Since i notice they were stressing, i added salt and melafix.
The bass are the only ones showing signs of stress, the goldfishes are fine and so is the pleco.
signs that i noticed are, fading of colors, lost of appetite, they surface to gasp for air.(I have a powerhead with air line, so the powerhead provide alot of bubbles for the tank).
Dominator;3983909; said:I can't imagine what caused the death of the two pbass.
I have 2 pbass 3". Water temperature was 70F-77F, but recently I purchased a heater. Water change once a week, 20%. They live in a 75g tank with 75% of water. They are always hungry but I don't have time to feed them daily because feeders are too big for them, and I have to cut frozen shrimp to feed them once every two days, and their growth is <1" per month.
me neither, even though they were dirt cheap still kind of heart broken that they die. Hopefully the remaining 2 will pull through if not ill be getting more, for attempt number 2.
Ever think it might be something that you can't see with your eyes?
I'm going out on a limb here and saying it might be flukes, gasping for air is a for sure sign.
And I wouldn't worry about the pleco.
I'm going out on a limb here and saying it might be flukes, gasping for air is a for sure sign.
And I wouldn't worry about the pleco.
vaine111;3984363; said:Ever think it might be something that you can't see with your eyes?
I'm going out on a limb here and saying it might be flukes, gasping for air is a for sure sign.
And I wouldn't worry about the pleco.
wow i think you are a life-savior......Now that you mentioned fluke. I look it up and some of the signs seem to be what some of my fish were doing. Scratching and unbalanced swimming, sunken stomach.
If you feel that is what it is try coppersafe. Don't try anything else cause I tried cuprimine for my dats when they had it and it killed 2 of my pbass and left blood spots on my other 2 pbass's gill plates. Coppersafe works wonders and even works great in half doses.
Flukes can be in a fish for a long time before any signs are given. Seeing it is smaller pbass they are showing the signs first.
Good luck!
Flukes can be in a fish for a long time before any signs are given. Seeing it is smaller pbass they are showing the signs first.
Good luck!
vaine111;3984379; said:If you feel that is what it is try coppersafe. Don't try anything else cause I tried cuprimine for my dats when they had it and it killed 2 of my pbass and left blood spots on my other 2 pbass's gill plates. Coppersafe works wonders and even works great in half doses.
Flukes can be in a fish for a long time before any signs are given. Seeing it is smaller pbass they are showing the signs first.
Good luck!
should i use coppersafe or prazi-pro?
I have never used prazi-pro and can only vouge for coppersafe. It is one of the safest ways to treat with copper-sulfate IMO. I may be biased in the way that I have only used coppersafe but atleast I can say it has done it's job when I needed it.
