Kevin Dennis
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I have been rapidly losing Harlequin Rasboras. Since Sunday I have lost a total of six.
I am hopeful someone here can tell me how this happened and how I can prevent it from taking out the rest of my tank.
The tank is 80 degrees and has:
8.2 PH
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
5 or less PPM Nitrate
Mouth/head rot.
Wasting away and losing color( they look like zombie fish).
Flipping upside down.
"Passing Out" and sinking to the bottom, sometimes they will come back, sometimes not.
Staying near the surface and not moving.
Rapid and trouble breathing. ( One was trying to "water ski" on the surface right before he died)
Not schooling with the ones less sick.
I watched one die on the surface. My wife watched one just sink to the bottom and die. All the bodies I have found in the mornings were on the bottom.
Strangley enough they will still eat, or try to eat until the end.
Thank you.
I am hopeful someone here can tell me how this happened and how I can prevent it from taking out the rest of my tank.
The tank is 80 degrees and has:
8.2 PH
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
5 or less PPM Nitrate
Mouth/head rot.
Wasting away and losing color( they look like zombie fish).
Flipping upside down.
"Passing Out" and sinking to the bottom, sometimes they will come back, sometimes not.
Staying near the surface and not moving.
Rapid and trouble breathing. ( One was trying to "water ski" on the surface right before he died)
Not schooling with the ones less sick.
I watched one die on the surface. My wife watched one just sink to the bottom and die. All the bodies I have found in the mornings were on the bottom.
Strangley enough they will still eat, or try to eat until the end.
Thank you.