History:
I've had 9 rosy tetras in a 57 litre (15 gallon) quarantine tank for a bit over a month now. They were in there with two catfish that I got at the same time and which turned out to have ich, which I successfully treated with high temperature (30C, 86F) and salt, which I then gradually phased out.
I never actually saw any ich on the rosies, but at the end of the treatment a couple of them were getting ragged fins, which healed very quickly as I lowered the temperature and kept up regular water changes (20 - 25% every 1 - 2 days).
Current situation:
I slowly got the temperature down to 25C (77F) and added some of the boiled indian almond leaf extract that I have in the big tank to acclimatise them to that water (the pH is identical in both tanks at about 7.5) and was about to move them all into my big tank when the rosies suddenly started acting extremely nervous, staying near the bottom of the tank in a tight shoal, breathing rapidly, moving jerkily, going slightly pale and being reluctant to come to the surface to to eat.
All but two or three will go to the surface, reluctantly, but act like they're going to be killed at any moment when they do. It started four days ago and yesterday I noticed that one of the fish that won't go to the surface has one protruding and pale eye.
I doubt it would be a water quality issue since I've been keeping up the regular water changes, and as I remember it the odd behaviour started just before I added the indian almond leaf extract (which I have other rosies living with happily in the big tank), although I could be wrong about that.
Since pop-eye is a symptom of other problems, I'm really not sure what to do. Any ideas?
I've had 9 rosy tetras in a 57 litre (15 gallon) quarantine tank for a bit over a month now. They were in there with two catfish that I got at the same time and which turned out to have ich, which I successfully treated with high temperature (30C, 86F) and salt, which I then gradually phased out.
I never actually saw any ich on the rosies, but at the end of the treatment a couple of them were getting ragged fins, which healed very quickly as I lowered the temperature and kept up regular water changes (20 - 25% every 1 - 2 days).
Current situation:
I slowly got the temperature down to 25C (77F) and added some of the boiled indian almond leaf extract that I have in the big tank to acclimatise them to that water (the pH is identical in both tanks at about 7.5) and was about to move them all into my big tank when the rosies suddenly started acting extremely nervous, staying near the bottom of the tank in a tight shoal, breathing rapidly, moving jerkily, going slightly pale and being reluctant to come to the surface to to eat.
All but two or three will go to the surface, reluctantly, but act like they're going to be killed at any moment when they do. It started four days ago and yesterday I noticed that one of the fish that won't go to the surface has one protruding and pale eye.
I doubt it would be a water quality issue since I've been keeping up the regular water changes, and as I remember it the odd behaviour started just before I added the indian almond leaf extract (which I have other rosies living with happily in the big tank), although I could be wrong about that.
Since pop-eye is a symptom of other problems, I'm really not sure what to do. Any ideas?
. The only thing I would suggest Kinbote, before buying more fish of any kind : ***Find out what the delivery days are for the stores you purchase them from. Figure out if you've been buying them right after the store gets the shipment, or if the fish have been in your store for a while..........Maybe the fish are treated poorly in transit, and need time to adjust before getting moved again. Or might be that the water at the store isn't the properly taken care of, so you need to get your fish asap, before the water at the store can affect the fish you want to buy. Also, how long of a ride are these stores from your place? When I get fish, I always take my styrofoam cooler to put them in. Then there not a lot of temp change, and it's nice and dark in there too, so they don't get stressed on my drive back home.