Had Enough!

the diseases are all in the tank because of stress there are a few things to look at


aggression
dirty water
the wrong water conditions
the wrong temperature
bad diet
some kind of need not met (eg hiding places)

I may have missed something but you need to see which of these it is. The fish are not just magically getting these diseases.
 
Also you have a TON of fish in that tank. You almost have one fish per gallon of water. That will be a big problem. So I would suggest either going with Cichlids or the tetras, gourami and catfish. Either way you need to get rid of a bunch of fish. So anyway, do this and diseases should shut down. Anyway, hope this helps.
 
That's definately an issue of overstocking/ aggression problem. African cichlids shouldn't be mixed with anything other than other african cichlids. Not to mention if your acaras are male/female they're going to be very aggressive to the other tankmates. Also the africans require harder water/ higher ph, the south american cousins you also have require lower ph and softer water. The tetras will also require softer water as well as the rasboras, the otos, the plecos. You really need to make a decision and get rid of alot of fish.
 
Originally posted by Mini Me

I got the 4 butterflys, 2 acaras and the jade eye about a month ago, but even before then the fish have had diseases and those fish came from a ver reputable place, which was voted best retailer 2002.
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Yikes! you added fish to a tank that had problems with disease? That's not cricket! If it was my tank, I would leave the cichlids in the tank, and move the other fish to a different tank, and do lots of water changes, like 40% per day. You could also do the med route, but some believe that water changes are the best and most natural solution. But i am not speaking from first hand experience, I've never had a prpblem with disease in my tanks since I quarantine my fish for at least a month, have plants, do regular water changes an gravel vaccuming, and keep stocking levels reasonable.

Good luck and please hang in there!
 
Fish - huh! - what are they good for - absolutely nothin'...


Oh, sorry, ...

Too many fish too soon, adding fish with others sick, yikes. Sounds like alot of fish all together, but what are your water parameters (nitrite, nitrates), what kind of filtration, live plants or not, etc....
 
Well I better change my stock list to only onw bristlenose, as the male died today.

I really carnt see it being overstocked, but i spen quite abit of time just watching the fish earlyer and there does seem tobe some aggression in there, but it seems tobe within the cichlids, they dont seem to chase the tetras at all.
 
You don't see how it is overstocked? As I said in my earlier post you have almost one fish per gallon of water. Now the general rule (I hate general rules) is one INCH of fish per gallon, not one fish. By the way that is considering the adult size of the fish and all your fish are young. If you were to total adult sizes of all those fish, you have approximatly 102 inches of adult fish (when they reach max and even that is under what it probably is since I don't know the adult size of some of the Africans so just approximated at 3"). I would only put that bio-load in a 125 (but I wouldn't keep Africans with tetras). So as I said earlier decide on the africans or the tetras. Which ever one you decide on you will have to get rid of all the others. Even if there is no visible aggression to the tetras they are still stressed by the presence the bickering between the cichlids. So if you want to end the disease you have to get rid of one set of fish or the diseases will eventually do it for you (and I can guarentee you if that happens you will be left with the Cichlids). Anyway, hope this helps and hope you act soon.
 
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