Well tonight I came home from work and my good friend Bucky the 2nd (Betta) was laying dead at the bottom of the tank. :sad I don't get it he was fine last night when I went to bed and this morning when I woke up I think he was fine. Yesterday I added an Otto and 5 neons to the tank I was going to do a water change tonight and a good sweep of the tank looking for any dead neons. I expected to loose afew I always do within a day or so of adding them I always get them in 5's so I know 2-3 will live long healthy lives. But I was shocked that good old Bucky died! He was the first fish I added to the tank. He survived Ich and the end of a cycle he would eat out of my hand and what not. Hell I never thought I'd say this but I really loved that fish.
Now what I need to know is I lost 2 neons along side him. One I can say for a fact was one of the new ones. It was the runt of the new batch and I really didn't expect it to make it through the week. THe other neon was large so I can't tell if it was a new one or an older one. Both bodies were whole so Bucky didn't swallow any parts of them. Bucky's fins were intact last night, I saw him flare afew times so I had a real good look. When I fished him out tonight they were shredded abit and looked like he had fin rot. I'm guessing this was post mortem I think I would have noticed it last night. I just don't know how fast they decompose the little neon had a fungus like viel on him when I fished it out. I just haven't had a death in months and thought adding afew more neons and the otto would fill out the tank to a comfortable level then I'd call it done and leave it alone for a good while.
Is there a desease that could have killed them that fast? What can I do to make sure the others live in case of that? Oh The water temp was lower then normal 74 degrees It usaully is arround 76-80 degrees could that have stressed them? I turned up the heater abit and I'm going to watch it as best I can to make sure the heater hasn't crapped out on me. I have a back up I can use but can't get a GOOD new one untill next thursday. ANyways I'm really bummed out I just want to know what the hell went wrong. Oh water perams were (didn't test ammonia) nitrite 0, nitrate 30 (higher then I keep it) Ph/Gh/Kh all normal for my tank. Population prior to adding the new fish 5 white clouds, 3 cories, 4 neons and Bucky (male betta 2 inches +) added 5 neons (with expected losses of 2-3) and one otto less then an inch big. The store has good tanks that I've never seen any illness in and they are well maintained. It is a Petco so judge how you will there but I've looked all over the state and I still have more faith in their fish than any other LFS I've seen for fresh water fish. Thanks guys, Neo Sithlord
Now what I need to know is I lost 2 neons along side him. One I can say for a fact was one of the new ones. It was the runt of the new batch and I really didn't expect it to make it through the week. THe other neon was large so I can't tell if it was a new one or an older one. Both bodies were whole so Bucky didn't swallow any parts of them. Bucky's fins were intact last night, I saw him flare afew times so I had a real good look. When I fished him out tonight they were shredded abit and looked like he had fin rot. I'm guessing this was post mortem I think I would have noticed it last night. I just don't know how fast they decompose the little neon had a fungus like viel on him when I fished it out. I just haven't had a death in months and thought adding afew more neons and the otto would fill out the tank to a comfortable level then I'd call it done and leave it alone for a good while.
Is there a desease that could have killed them that fast? What can I do to make sure the others live in case of that? Oh The water temp was lower then normal 74 degrees It usaully is arround 76-80 degrees could that have stressed them? I turned up the heater abit and I'm going to watch it as best I can to make sure the heater hasn't crapped out on me. I have a back up I can use but can't get a GOOD new one untill next thursday. ANyways I'm really bummed out I just want to know what the hell went wrong. Oh water perams were (didn't test ammonia) nitrite 0, nitrate 30 (higher then I keep it) Ph/Gh/Kh all normal for my tank. Population prior to adding the new fish 5 white clouds, 3 cories, 4 neons and Bucky (male betta 2 inches +) added 5 neons (with expected losses of 2-3) and one otto less then an inch big. The store has good tanks that I've never seen any illness in and they are well maintained. It is a Petco so judge how you will there but I've looked all over the state and I still have more faith in their fish than any other LFS I've seen for fresh water fish. Thanks guys, Neo Sithlord
