I live in a small area and there is only one place to get fish without traveling at least 70 miles (minus Walmart). I like the little store, but I'm questionable about how they treat their cheaper fish.
today I decided to buy 6 neon tetras to add some color to one of my tanks. When the lady at the fish store went to net the fish, many of them went belly-up. She explained to me that it happened all the time with their neons and Oscars and she thought it was heart attacks. I saw a few of them "come back" after being put back in the tank, so I assumed it was shock. It made me nervous that she kept checking that the fish were alive while I was checking out.
It is a short 8 mile trip home. By the time I got there, one was dead. 15 minutes into floating their bag, two more died! There was no extreme temperature change or any unnecessary shock. one thing I did notice is there was a louse in their bag, and a pretty big one for as small of a fish they are.
I was wondering if they are just that sensitive of a fish that they are dying of stress/shock or if it is more likely a water condition/disease? I wish I would have saved some water to test (ooh and I got the louse off too!)
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today I decided to buy 6 neon tetras to add some color to one of my tanks. When the lady at the fish store went to net the fish, many of them went belly-up. She explained to me that it happened all the time with their neons and Oscars and she thought it was heart attacks. I saw a few of them "come back" after being put back in the tank, so I assumed it was shock. It made me nervous that she kept checking that the fish were alive while I was checking out.
It is a short 8 mile trip home. By the time I got there, one was dead. 15 minutes into floating their bag, two more died! There was no extreme temperature change or any unnecessary shock. one thing I did notice is there was a louse in their bag, and a pretty big one for as small of a fish they are.
I was wondering if they are just that sensitive of a fish that they are dying of stress/shock or if it is more likely a water condition/disease? I wish I would have saved some water to test (ooh and I got the louse off too!)
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