Hey everyone, quick question here:
So I bought some neon tetra and a rainbow shark from petsmart the other day (I know, terrible idea, but it was impulse).
After a few hours in my tank, I noticed one of the neons was breathing rapidly and had trouble schooling with the others. I pulled it out of the tank and placed it in a 10 gallon quarantine tank. I went to bed and it was dead the next morning. The next day, another one of the neons was acting weird, and had trouble swimming, but it also had a bit of a white bump on top of its head. I took it out, and it just died a few hours ago after spending 2 days in the quarantine tank. Yesterday, I looked at my tank, and saw one of the neons had died, even though an hour before it looked fine.
Now I've noticed one of the neons I have left has the white bump on its head too, and is acting a bit strange. I feel like this is all a fungal infection they had from petsmart (especially because the rainbow shark has some white patches on it), and I am going to start treatment for that tomorrow, but this white bump on the head is giving me pause.
Its happened on 2 of the 4 tetra now, in the same exact spot, like right above where the brain is. Is this not surprising with a fungal infection? Or could this actually be something else?
Thanks.
So I bought some neon tetra and a rainbow shark from petsmart the other day (I know, terrible idea, but it was impulse).
After a few hours in my tank, I noticed one of the neons was breathing rapidly and had trouble schooling with the others. I pulled it out of the tank and placed it in a 10 gallon quarantine tank. I went to bed and it was dead the next morning. The next day, another one of the neons was acting weird, and had trouble swimming, but it also had a bit of a white bump on top of its head. I took it out, and it just died a few hours ago after spending 2 days in the quarantine tank. Yesterday, I looked at my tank, and saw one of the neons had died, even though an hour before it looked fine.
Now I've noticed one of the neons I have left has the white bump on its head too, and is acting a bit strange. I feel like this is all a fungal infection they had from petsmart (especially because the rainbow shark has some white patches on it), and I am going to start treatment for that tomorrow, but this white bump on the head is giving me pause.
Its happened on 2 of the 4 tetra now, in the same exact spot, like right above where the brain is. Is this not surprising with a fungal infection? Or could this actually be something else?
Thanks.
