Tank: 29 gal, fresh
76 degrees F
30% water changes weekly
Established for 9 months
Filtration: Fluval c4
Sand substrate.
Both fake and live plants.
Water params are all very good, though pH has been quite low for a long time, and is 'normal' for the tank.
Occupants: 1 adult angelfish, 4 brilliant rasbora, 5 black phantom tetras
Syptoms: white 'stuff' appearing on fins and body. this stuff isnt just on their skin, but protrudes.
I am having a flare-up of an unknown illness that has swept this tank at least 4 times now. Killed 2 schools of 4 giant danios and 2 pictus cats. Quarantined danios and treated with rid-ich. Rid-ich appeared to clear them up, but then the illess woudl flare up again in a week and kill them.
Here's the kicker, This time, when the phantoms showed the early stages of getting sick, I caught them with a net and brought them to the pet store for diagnosis. When I got there and presented te tetras to the aquarist, the white blobs on them were gone! They looked perfectly healthy. This makes me think that the act of catching them with a net and transporting them shook off whatever was growing on them.
In every case of this disease flaring up, it has affected the giant danios, and the angelfish and rasboras never whoed signed and are active and healthy. This time around with the tetras, 1 of the rasboras shows a couple small spots showing he may be getting sick. 2 of the tetras look ill.
Here are picture of the current state of the phantom tetras, and the advanced state of the disease on a late-danio. The tetra has a 'thing' on his chin, white patches on the tips of pectoral fins, and a couple spots on dorsal and anal fins.
76 degrees F
30% water changes weekly
Established for 9 months
Filtration: Fluval c4
Sand substrate.
Both fake and live plants.
Water params are all very good, though pH has been quite low for a long time, and is 'normal' for the tank.
Occupants: 1 adult angelfish, 4 brilliant rasbora, 5 black phantom tetras
Syptoms: white 'stuff' appearing on fins and body. this stuff isnt just on their skin, but protrudes.
I am having a flare-up of an unknown illness that has swept this tank at least 4 times now. Killed 2 schools of 4 giant danios and 2 pictus cats. Quarantined danios and treated with rid-ich. Rid-ich appeared to clear them up, but then the illess woudl flare up again in a week and kill them.
Here's the kicker, This time, when the phantoms showed the early stages of getting sick, I caught them with a net and brought them to the pet store for diagnosis. When I got there and presented te tetras to the aquarist, the white blobs on them were gone! They looked perfectly healthy. This makes me think that the act of catching them with a net and transporting them shook off whatever was growing on them.
In every case of this disease flaring up, it has affected the giant danios, and the angelfish and rasboras never whoed signed and are active and healthy. This time around with the tetras, 1 of the rasboras shows a couple small spots showing he may be getting sick. 2 of the tetras look ill.
Here are picture of the current state of the phantom tetras, and the advanced state of the disease on a late-danio. The tetra has a 'thing' on his chin, white patches on the tips of pectoral fins, and a couple spots on dorsal and anal fins.
