Hi mfk...
In the last couple weeks my aquaria has been a wreck. I've got two disasters on my hands, or one disaster and one worrying potential problem really.
Here's how it goes:
Problem 1 - Preditor tank with breif ich outbreak. A ropefish came in with ich and showed signs of it about 10 days after buying. I upped the heat, offed the lights, and treated with Nox-ich for days. It appears to be gone now, but my ropes are nearly non-existant in the tank now, one has a tiny red nub at the end of each nostril, and my bichir had a pinkish blush spread over his fins, gone now. I breifly put some anti-biotic (EM) in there food after noticing the pink.
Current Situation: The ropes are still missing from the swim-scene, and the one rope still has red nostril tips. Ammonia reading somewhere between 0 and <0.25
DISASTER - This tank is a mess. It's a 55g sporting various loaches, guppies, and other fish. A few weeks ago I got a weather loach and all seemed well. A couple weeks ago I got 8 glasscats, and there's where the problem began. (My stock was a bit high pre-glasscats, but 8 of them shouldn't have caused this kind of a problem, right?)
-Day of glasscats: One seemed to disappear 5 minutes out of the bag. They were carefully acclimated. 7 were left by the end of the night.
-Roughly a week later: I believe a glasscat died in this period, but the notable point was the deaths of my betta, a guppy, and a sumo loach overnight. No symptoms. No glasscat bodies. Was lightly treating for ich around this point in fear of infection from other tank. Melafix as well.
-Days following: Glasscats sickening one after another. Turning white, swimming on angles, dying. Only two bodies found out of 5 dead bodies. Frequent waterchanges throughout this whole thing. Kuhli loaches becoming considerably more lethargic and some hanging around the top of the tank for long periods of time.
-Current situation: 3 cats left, seem to be stable other than very short whiskers. Are eating. Two kuhli loaches found dead, one several days ago and another one today. Other kuhlis have seemed lethargic, wilted barbels in some, and one currently has two barbels very much shortened with red nubs at end. One guppy has been kind of wobbly for a while now, but all other fish seem fine. Have been treating the food with antibiotic. Ammonia readings 0.25ish. 10 fish dead following glasscat arrival, some with mentioned symptoms other without.
What is killiing them? I need to stop this soon, I can't take anymore dead fish. This whole thing is breaking my heart. Between nox-ich, melafix, anti-biotic, no symptoms other than lethargy and damaged barbels in the kuhlis... What else can I do?
Please help. I'm at my wit's end.
Cat
In the last couple weeks my aquaria has been a wreck. I've got two disasters on my hands, or one disaster and one worrying potential problem really.
Here's how it goes:
Problem 1 - Preditor tank with breif ich outbreak. A ropefish came in with ich and showed signs of it about 10 days after buying. I upped the heat, offed the lights, and treated with Nox-ich for days. It appears to be gone now, but my ropes are nearly non-existant in the tank now, one has a tiny red nub at the end of each nostril, and my bichir had a pinkish blush spread over his fins, gone now. I breifly put some anti-biotic (EM) in there food after noticing the pink.
Current Situation: The ropes are still missing from the swim-scene, and the one rope still has red nostril tips. Ammonia reading somewhere between 0 and <0.25
DISASTER - This tank is a mess. It's a 55g sporting various loaches, guppies, and other fish. A few weeks ago I got a weather loach and all seemed well. A couple weeks ago I got 8 glasscats, and there's where the problem began. (My stock was a bit high pre-glasscats, but 8 of them shouldn't have caused this kind of a problem, right?)
-Day of glasscats: One seemed to disappear 5 minutes out of the bag. They were carefully acclimated. 7 were left by the end of the night.
-Roughly a week later: I believe a glasscat died in this period, but the notable point was the deaths of my betta, a guppy, and a sumo loach overnight. No symptoms. No glasscat bodies. Was lightly treating for ich around this point in fear of infection from other tank. Melafix as well.
-Days following: Glasscats sickening one after another. Turning white, swimming on angles, dying. Only two bodies found out of 5 dead bodies. Frequent waterchanges throughout this whole thing. Kuhli loaches becoming considerably more lethargic and some hanging around the top of the tank for long periods of time.
-Current situation: 3 cats left, seem to be stable other than very short whiskers. Are eating. Two kuhli loaches found dead, one several days ago and another one today. Other kuhlis have seemed lethargic, wilted barbels in some, and one currently has two barbels very much shortened with red nubs at end. One guppy has been kind of wobbly for a while now, but all other fish seem fine. Have been treating the food with antibiotic. Ammonia readings 0.25ish. 10 fish dead following glasscat arrival, some with mentioned symptoms other without.
What is killiing them? I need to stop this soon, I can't take anymore dead fish. This whole thing is breaking my heart. Between nox-ich, melafix, anti-biotic, no symptoms other than lethargy and damaged barbels in the kuhlis... What else can I do?
Please help. I'm at my wit's end.
Cat
