timgautrey
Member
I have a problem that has developed over the last couple of days that no-one seems to be able to answer.
I have a 40 gallon tank for freshwater tropical fish. The tank is relatively new and just settled down and cycled, so I thought I would introduce some fish.
I added some small fish, including some newly acquired Zebra Danios as well as some other tetras that I already had in another tank. I also added two Gouramis, 5 neons, one male and one female betta and two Angels (all purchesed this week)
I bought the danios from a reputable source that I have used before without any problems. However, within two days, one of them died with the following symptoms:
Locked jaw; unable to close
skimming the surface at a 45 degree angle
irratic behaviour; swimming frantically around the tank, bumping into other fish and plants etc, then spending minutes just floating round totally disorientated
Then it died.
Over the next day I lost another two by the same behavior pattern. I did a 50% water change straight away, treating the water with Tetra AquaSafe and Tetra EasyBalance. I was advised by the local pet shop that they had been fighting and this was the result of that. Last night, one of the other tetras went the same way.
Today I removed the remaining Danios from the tank and placed them in the other aquarium. they are all very lively and chasing each other around, but appear to be healthy. Half an hour ago, I lost another tetra by the same method, which leads me to the conclusion that there is a desease in the new tank.
Has anyone got any ideas as to what it may be, and how to treat it?
I have a 40 gallon tank for freshwater tropical fish. The tank is relatively new and just settled down and cycled, so I thought I would introduce some fish.
I added some small fish, including some newly acquired Zebra Danios as well as some other tetras that I already had in another tank. I also added two Gouramis, 5 neons, one male and one female betta and two Angels (all purchesed this week)
I bought the danios from a reputable source that I have used before without any problems. However, within two days, one of them died with the following symptoms:
Locked jaw; unable to close
skimming the surface at a 45 degree angle
irratic behaviour; swimming frantically around the tank, bumping into other fish and plants etc, then spending minutes just floating round totally disorientated
Then it died.
Over the next day I lost another two by the same behavior pattern. I did a 50% water change straight away, treating the water with Tetra AquaSafe and Tetra EasyBalance. I was advised by the local pet shop that they had been fighting and this was the result of that. Last night, one of the other tetras went the same way.
Today I removed the remaining Danios from the tank and placed them in the other aquarium. they are all very lively and chasing each other around, but appear to be healthy. Half an hour ago, I lost another tetra by the same method, which leads me to the conclusion that there is a desease in the new tank.
Has anyone got any ideas as to what it may be, and how to treat it?