Hello all, yesterday one of our neon tetra's we introduced into the tank had died. We had just introduced it 2 days ago, and I noticed that it had turned a pale color in the morning. When I came home from school, I found it dead. I disposed of it, thinking it died from not getting acclimated to the tank.
Sadly, this morning, Johnny Bigmac the 2nd, our betta, was incredibly pale and looked like he had caught "ich" within the time I disposed of the neon tetra, and the time I was asleep. I told my dad to go to our LFS and ask him what had happened to our fish, and hopefully buy medicine for Johnny. When I came home, I found the medicine on the table, but Johnny was missing. I removed the cave, only to find Johnny's lifeless body there.
I feel terrible, but I wish to know why he died, and if there is anything to prevent this from happening in the future. Obviously I believe it is from "ich" but does can it really kill a fish without showing visual signs within 24 hours?
I also cleaned the tank after I added the new fish, and rinsed off the filter, because it was blocking the bio-wheel from moving.
Thanks for the replies, I feel terrible, as I appear to have made plenty of mistakes as a beginner fish keeper. Since our family considers Johnny a part of the family, I think we'll give him a proper burial, for good times sake.
EDIT: I bought the neon tetras from petsmart, they have given us good healthy fish before, but I guess we had a bad one
Sadly, this morning, Johnny Bigmac the 2nd, our betta, was incredibly pale and looked like he had caught "ich" within the time I disposed of the neon tetra, and the time I was asleep. I told my dad to go to our LFS and ask him what had happened to our fish, and hopefully buy medicine for Johnny. When I came home, I found the medicine on the table, but Johnny was missing. I removed the cave, only to find Johnny's lifeless body there.
I feel terrible, but I wish to know why he died, and if there is anything to prevent this from happening in the future. Obviously I believe it is from "ich" but does can it really kill a fish without showing visual signs within 24 hours?
I also cleaned the tank after I added the new fish, and rinsed off the filter, because it was blocking the bio-wheel from moving.
Thanks for the replies, I feel terrible, as I appear to have made plenty of mistakes as a beginner fish keeper. Since our family considers Johnny a part of the family, I think we'll give him a proper burial, for good times sake.
EDIT: I bought the neon tetras from petsmart, they have given us good healthy fish before, but I guess we had a bad one