I am having problems with my neons again...I have 12 at the moment. A few months ago I lost 4, which were replaced. I am convinced since the other 8 survived, and this was so long ago it was not NTD. However now I am having the same syptoms on a few of the fish (fading red stripe and a bit of tail rot), in addition to a new symptom. They seem to have a loss of buoyancy(sp?), a hard time staying away from the surface (which I wonder if it is related to the tail rot and/or bulging), and a bit of bulging around the end of their body, right before the tail fin. None of my other fish have ever, or now, seem to have any problems. The new neons were introduded at least 3 months ago.
Any ideas what this might be? The last fish that showed these symptoms were put in QT and lived for many weeks despite treatment, and eventually died, they never improved or got any worse. They never seem to be suffering (now or then) so I waited it out hoping for the best.
(the fish are in a 180 gallon tank with the same fish they've been with for over a year, ph is 7, nitrite/amonia 0, nitrate about 10. I did just transfer them to this tank a couple of weeks ago, but the fish showed very little stress, I was very careful about the switch).
Sorry this is so long, I appreciate any input.
Any ideas what this might be? The last fish that showed these symptoms were put in QT and lived for many weeks despite treatment, and eventually died, they never improved or got any worse. They never seem to be suffering (now or then) so I waited it out hoping for the best.
(the fish are in a 180 gallon tank with the same fish they've been with for over a year, ph is 7, nitrite/amonia 0, nitrate about 10. I did just transfer them to this tank a couple of weeks ago, but the fish showed very little stress, I was very careful about the switch).
Sorry this is so long, I appreciate any input.
