I was losing about 1 fish a week and couldn't seem to nail down the culprit. I haven't lost a fish in nearly a month but today one of the tetras are showing symptoms again.
I'll try to list all the info asked for in the diagnostic sticky.
40G Breeder setup with plants on 8/7 and fish added with a mature XP3 on 10/30.
~30 ember tetras (lost about 10 now all but 6 were purchased at the same time as the cories at the end of Sept and were QT for 4 weeks)
~5 panda cories (lost about 7 now)
~5 Otos (bought around same time as amanos a year ago, none lost until this)
~15 Amano shrimp (none lost)
CO2 Injected
No ferts recently
50% WC weekly
Just tested with API
pH - ~7.0
kh - 11
gh - 9
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrates - 10
Ember tetras exhibit....
Swollen belly (scales at the lowest section of belly are slightly protruded)
Loss of appetite
Gasping at surface
Slight cloudiness to skin, lost it's sparkle the ember tetras have
What looks like internal bleeding, a red dot here and some red squiggles there, not constant or consistant.
Some of them had dark blotches under skin in QT (4 weeks) but showed no other signs of illness and did not die. They have all since developed mentioned symptoms and passes away. The fish that is currently sick is the first to not have the blotches AND is one of my orginal 6.
Panda cories exhibited....
Paleness in their lighter sections (black stayed black while the off white/tanish parts went white)
The cycle I have seen with the ember tetras (cories die within a couple days with no signs of illness for a good 5-6 days in between)
Day one - no signs of illness
Day two - 1 fish might not be schooling as well
Day three - fish hangs out at surface
Day four - swollen belly, gasping, red spots, cloudiness
Day five - same
Day six - dead
Day seven - no signs of illness
Day eight same as day one
When the ember tetras and cories die they go limp get pushed around, try to swim very unsuccessfully (upside down, sidways etc.) go limp again etc.
From my research it could be parasites, bacterial or require anti-botics. The symptoms fall in many categories so I don't know how to treat it, where is the safest place to start? Sorry it is so long but I'm tired of watching my fish die, especially when I treat them so well!
I'll try to list all the info asked for in the diagnostic sticky.
40G Breeder setup with plants on 8/7 and fish added with a mature XP3 on 10/30.
~30 ember tetras (lost about 10 now all but 6 were purchased at the same time as the cories at the end of Sept and were QT for 4 weeks)
~5 panda cories (lost about 7 now)
~5 Otos (bought around same time as amanos a year ago, none lost until this)
~15 Amano shrimp (none lost)
CO2 Injected
No ferts recently
50% WC weekly
Just tested with API
pH - ~7.0
kh - 11
gh - 9
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrates - 10
Ember tetras exhibit....
Swollen belly (scales at the lowest section of belly are slightly protruded)
Loss of appetite
Gasping at surface
Slight cloudiness to skin, lost it's sparkle the ember tetras have
What looks like internal bleeding, a red dot here and some red squiggles there, not constant or consistant.
Some of them had dark blotches under skin in QT (4 weeks) but showed no other signs of illness and did not die. They have all since developed mentioned symptoms and passes away. The fish that is currently sick is the first to not have the blotches AND is one of my orginal 6.
Panda cories exhibited....
Paleness in their lighter sections (black stayed black while the off white/tanish parts went white)
The cycle I have seen with the ember tetras (cories die within a couple days with no signs of illness for a good 5-6 days in between)
Day one - no signs of illness
Day two - 1 fish might not be schooling as well
Day three - fish hangs out at surface
Day four - swollen belly, gasping, red spots, cloudiness
Day five - same
Day six - dead
Day seven - no signs of illness
Day eight same as day one
When the ember tetras and cories die they go limp get pushed around, try to swim very unsuccessfully (upside down, sidways etc.) go limp again etc.
From my research it could be parasites, bacterial or require anti-botics. The symptoms fall in many categories so I don't know how to treat it, where is the safest place to start? Sorry it is so long but I'm tired of watching my fish die, especially when I treat them so well!