Wanted to share this to stress in importance of quarantining your fish. Little over 2 weeks ago I got a coupon for 25% off my purchase at one of the large chain stores. At the store I did all the normal things I checked all the tanks for dead or sick fish and only saw one tank that some of the fish didn't look right but I asked about if the tanks where linked and was told they where in sections and the section I was looking at wasn't linked to the questionable tank.
So I bought 3 angels and 4 BN pleco albino long fin, I put every one in a quarantine tank just to be safe. After 2 or 3 days one of the BN pleco died but everyone else looked fine, over the weekend I found the 3 other plecos dead and one of the angels had some kind of fungus that I didn't see on the BN plecos but with the color maybe I didn't notice. Put started treating for fungal but might be too late. Now waiting to see if the last 2 die.
This fish purchase was $30 and while it sucks to throw away $30 if I would have put them in my normal tanks I could have lost all my fish which would have been much worse.
I'm not going to name the store because I don't feel it is there fault, I have bought from other chain stores and have had the same issues. I feel the fault lies with the breeder and supplier of the fish, poor healthy fish from the start.
On the same topic I bought 2 green terrors the same day from a different store and those now have the symptoms as the angels. Not sure I caused the transfer or even if it is related, but treating everyone hoping they make it.
So I bought 3 angels and 4 BN pleco albino long fin, I put every one in a quarantine tank just to be safe. After 2 or 3 days one of the BN pleco died but everyone else looked fine, over the weekend I found the 3 other plecos dead and one of the angels had some kind of fungus that I didn't see on the BN plecos but with the color maybe I didn't notice. Put started treating for fungal but might be too late. Now waiting to see if the last 2 die.
This fish purchase was $30 and while it sucks to throw away $30 if I would have put them in my normal tanks I could have lost all my fish which would have been much worse.
I'm not going to name the store because I don't feel it is there fault, I have bought from other chain stores and have had the same issues. I feel the fault lies with the breeder and supplier of the fish, poor healthy fish from the start.
On the same topic I bought 2 green terrors the same day from a different store and those now have the symptoms as the angels. Not sure I caused the transfer or even if it is related, but treating everyone hoping they make it.
