My gold White Clouds need HELP!!!

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obyd

obyd
Mar 10, 2006
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Mesa, AZ
:help: I have a 30 gallon tank, gravel botton, several articial plants, power filter, and heater sset at 70 degrees. I have (had) 7 Gold White Clouds, 6 bloodfin tetras, 1 small pleco, and 1 cory cat. Over the last 8 or 9 days, I have lost 1 White Cloud every 2-3 days. I'm down to 4 left. No problems with the Bloodfins. I didn't find corpses for the first two White Clouds, but I did find some remains of the third one on the filter inlet screen... Any ideas? I'm at a loss to explain it... :confused:
 
I should also have said that these fish have been in this tank for over three months but the tank setup is over a year old and all the water levels have tested fine 3 times at 3 different stores in that 8 or 9 day time frame. I didn't realize until doing some research today that the White Clouds are cold water fish. So much for trusting the Petco guy!
 
move them into a plastic box (plastic is the key!) with original water....no heater of course ...the water will cool very slowly...then go shopping for a new setup :)
 
They are roughly one inch long and are about 3-4 months old. I'll move the ones that are left into plastic this morning. Thanks. I have a 10 gallon I'm not using. I guess it will becone a white cloud species tanks. I guess I'll get some more bloodfins and have a good sized school (12-15) of them. Thanks for the help! :dive2:
 
Your problem is not the temperature. I have white clouds in my tank at 75 degrees and they are perfectly healthy and active (and have been for well over a year). They are a cool water species, but can also thrive in a tropical tank.

Not to contradict the previous advice, but I would hate to see you start losing other fish if you have some kind of parasite or disease.

Keep in mind though, at a high temperature white clouds may be more prone to disease, etc., and therefore could be the first to register symptoms of a pathogen.
 
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