trinket
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I've been keeping fish for awhile now. My problems started beginning of last year when I decided to set up a new, bigger tank. I bought new fish and so on, quarantined in a separate tank. The store apparently sold me sick fish though and despite a month or two in quarantine whatever it was, got into my main tank. Since then, apparently at random (I can't figure it out), fish will die. Not all together though, it's really only one fish at a time and the rest seem fine. Which seems bizarre to me.
I'm getting really frustrated and I've pretty much given up on the tank (still keeping it clean though). It's been...I'm not sure, 5 months since a last fish died. Then suddenly last week my pleco died (and he'd been through the whole thing from the tank set up before the new one). Now I'm left with 3 tetras that seem to be on the verge of dying at once (which would be a new thing). I've had the tetras since the end of last summer if I remember right.
I have stared and stared at the fish and there doesn't seem to be any obvious symptoms like spots, open sores and so on, except generally the fish get pale towards the end. When the cories died (one by one over a period of time) they'd start resting somewhere more than before, start going pale, acting off and towards the end, twirling as they'd try to swim. The honey gourami was hiding, then going pale, resting on the bottom of the tank, then eventually twirling a bit as well. The guppies I had seemed to bloat some if I remember right (that was right in the beginning of it all), they appeared to have pop eye but that only showed up after they died. The pleco was resting out in the open (which was abnormal) for about a week before the end, I saw him about a day after he'd died (I'm assuming), he had a lighter patch on him and his under side had gone black.
The tetras are pale when I turn the tank light on, one seems to have a hard time staying horizontal. Their gills seem slightly red but I'm not sure if that's because I'm really looking to find some kind of symptom I can work into the puzzle or if it's new. They don't go to the surface for food but do swim around like they're looking for it. I've noticed some flashing but only right after turning the light on and then they stop. The first cories I had were flashing in the beginning but stopped and it was awhile before they died so I'm not positive they died from what was causing the flashing (parasites is what does that from my understanding).
I've treated with Maracyn 1 and 2, Kanamycin, Parasite Clear tabs, Prazipro, Maroxy, and I think something else. I can't seem to fit it all into one category-parasite, bacterial, fungal, so over time I've tried different things (not all at once! over time).
I don't know what to do anymore and think maybe I should just humanely euthanize the tetras. But I really don't want to. Any suggestions to what the problem might be? My pH is in the average range, no ammonia shows, no nitrite, nitrate last I checked was about 10-20 ppm. Temp around 76-78 degrees. If I euthanize the tetras, how do I make the tank safe for new fish? What about my assassin snail and plants?
Please help.
I'm getting really frustrated and I've pretty much given up on the tank (still keeping it clean though). It's been...I'm not sure, 5 months since a last fish died. Then suddenly last week my pleco died (and he'd been through the whole thing from the tank set up before the new one). Now I'm left with 3 tetras that seem to be on the verge of dying at once (which would be a new thing). I've had the tetras since the end of last summer if I remember right.
I have stared and stared at the fish and there doesn't seem to be any obvious symptoms like spots, open sores and so on, except generally the fish get pale towards the end. When the cories died (one by one over a period of time) they'd start resting somewhere more than before, start going pale, acting off and towards the end, twirling as they'd try to swim. The honey gourami was hiding, then going pale, resting on the bottom of the tank, then eventually twirling a bit as well. The guppies I had seemed to bloat some if I remember right (that was right in the beginning of it all), they appeared to have pop eye but that only showed up after they died. The pleco was resting out in the open (which was abnormal) for about a week before the end, I saw him about a day after he'd died (I'm assuming), he had a lighter patch on him and his under side had gone black.
The tetras are pale when I turn the tank light on, one seems to have a hard time staying horizontal. Their gills seem slightly red but I'm not sure if that's because I'm really looking to find some kind of symptom I can work into the puzzle or if it's new. They don't go to the surface for food but do swim around like they're looking for it. I've noticed some flashing but only right after turning the light on and then they stop. The first cories I had were flashing in the beginning but stopped and it was awhile before they died so I'm not positive they died from what was causing the flashing (parasites is what does that from my understanding).
I've treated with Maracyn 1 and 2, Kanamycin, Parasite Clear tabs, Prazipro, Maroxy, and I think something else. I can't seem to fit it all into one category-parasite, bacterial, fungal, so over time I've tried different things (not all at once! over time).
I don't know what to do anymore and think maybe I should just humanely euthanize the tetras. But I really don't want to. Any suggestions to what the problem might be? My pH is in the average range, no ammonia shows, no nitrite, nitrate last I checked was about 10-20 ppm. Temp around 76-78 degrees. If I euthanize the tetras, how do I make the tank safe for new fish? What about my assassin snail and plants?
Please help.
