Hello...
I just got 10 neon tetras and a SAE , not adults yet and they are currently in my QT tank.
20 gal tank. Not matured. Am - 0.25ppm, nitrite - 0, nitrate - 0.
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Prophylaxis : Added a bit of salt every day. for 5 days. Until I discovered the death of 1 neon.
So the 1 neon died. Another 1 has pop eyes. Stopped the salt, did a 15% PWC added, pima and melafix. The next day, one of the pop eyes has subsided.
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My biggest concern now is my SAE. AS of late, all it does is hide. I understand that the neon with the popeye is hiding too. The rest of the neons are swimming around, though they still seem shy. I dont see the SAE moving around or eating. It simply hides and its gills are moving rapidly. Also, I remember see it 'yawn' (something like stretching its mouth). And I remember see it twitching it fins but only rarely.
What should be my next course of action?
Thanks !
I just got 10 neon tetras and a SAE , not adults yet and they are currently in my QT tank.
20 gal tank. Not matured. Am - 0.25ppm, nitrite - 0, nitrate - 0.
-------------
Prophylaxis : Added a bit of salt every day. for 5 days. Until I discovered the death of 1 neon.
So the 1 neon died. Another 1 has pop eyes. Stopped the salt, did a 15% PWC added, pima and melafix. The next day, one of the pop eyes has subsided.
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My biggest concern now is my SAE. AS of late, all it does is hide. I understand that the neon with the popeye is hiding too. The rest of the neons are swimming around, though they still seem shy. I dont see the SAE moving around or eating. It simply hides and its gills are moving rapidly. Also, I remember see it 'yawn' (something like stretching its mouth). And I remember see it twitching it fins but only rarely.
What should be my next course of action?
Thanks !