Dying Albino Socolofi

Thank you very much! So it is unanimous then? :) Thanks for chiming in everyone, it is always nice to hear that others agree with original responders.

Keeping my fingers crossed!
 
:swear: More "things" in my tanks! I just checked on the QT tank in case I needed it again and right away I see a wormy thing freaking out! It kinda looks like the nematodes I had before. I tried taking pictures & videos but my camera (and my camera skills) are just not good enough to get pictures of such small things.

They are about 1/4". Some are orangish brown while others are nearly clear. They almost look segmented and have a distinct head and end bump. They wiggle like crazy so it is hard to get much more detail.

I have only seen 4 so far. 1 orangish brown wiggling in the water column, 2 clear in the water column & 1 orangish brown one crawling on the rock.

All decor in the tank was taken from storage except 1 rock from the 72g, for bacteria.

I know there is not much you guys can do without being able to see it but maybe ALL the clues together can help? My guess is nematodes that I am only seeing now because nothing is in the tank to eat them BUT with the deaths lately I am trying not to let anything go unnoticed.


Everyone looks OK in the 72g as of right now, except the scratching still. There is only one noticeably smaller socolofi left and he seems to be ok. I even saw the biggest one do a little shimmy for a (suspected) female. There is only a hand full of floating plants left though, I had over 3/4 of the surface covered with plants 2 weeks ago. :(
 
Hi!
Have you checked recently the nitrate levels? Can you describe your feeding schedule?
 
In the QT nitrates are 0 & it has never been fed. In the 72g the nitrates were 5ppm when I checked 3 days ago. I feed them twice a day slowly over about 45 - 60 second period. They get NLS every evening except Sunday when they fast.

A.M. Foods
Sunday - Fast
Monday - Ocean Nutrition Veggie Flake
Tuesday - ON Veggie Flake (1/2) & algae wafers
Wednesday - Veggies (cucumbers, carrots or lettuce)
Thursday - ON Veggie Flake
Friday - ON Veggie Flake (1/2) & algae wafers
Saturday - Hikari Bio-Pure Spirulina Brine shrimp
 
Everything seems great!
I misunderstood that you were talking about nematodes in the 72gal and the problem is in your QT. Excuse me, please.
To avoid these things and keep my QT cycled, I always have a betta in it. When I need the QT, the betta is moved to a large bowl; but just temporarily.
 
The "things"(nematodes) are in the QT. :) The rock in the QT is from the 72g, which was put there when I put the sick socolofi in there. I just want to rule out that these things have anything to do with my dying fish.
 
I don't think those "things" have anything to do with your dying fish. They just found an environment without predators, IMO.
 
I think you are right but with my inexperience I certainly was not going to take MY word for it. :) Thanks! Back to figuring out why everyone is still scratching.....
 
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