Bad luck with fish - Aquarium Advice

treedae · 09-14-2004, 01:57 PM

I'm having very bad luck with fish lately. I've completely cycled my tank and my initial inhabitants are all doing very well. 3 tiger barbs, 4 angelfish and 2 upside down catfish. After the cycle I added 4 glass catfish of whom 3 died during treatment for the ich they introduced. I continued to treat for 10 days after the last spot disappeared. I then tried to add 3 additional tiger barbs and all 3 died w/in 2 days. The last one had noticeable hemorrhaging in his lower jaw. Now I just lost a snowball pleco who I introduced about a week ago. Here's his pic. His belly looked fine. All i saw were white spots near his dorsal fin and on the dorsal aspect of his tail. What is going on with my tank? All my parameters are fine. Nitrites and ammonia are zero. pH is 7.0.

treedae · 09-14-2004, 02:01 PM

here's another pic

mitche8359 · 09-14-2004, 02:34 PM

First off, I wouldn't add any more fish for a month. When you start adding them, add slowly, one at a time. I should take my own advice sometimes, since I added 13 fish at one time, but it was a 55g tank that has been established for 10 years.

What size tank do you have?

treedae · 09-14-2004, 03:08 PM

It's a 29 gallon. I'd say I have about 9-10 inches of fish in it.

Menagerie · 09-14-2004, 06:29 PM

Since it looks like a cottony growth, it could be bacterial or fungal. I would treat the tank with a med that works against both. It will destroy your good bacteria, so treating in a [acronym:f637f2848b="quarantine or quart depending on context"]QT[/acronym:f637f2848b] tank would be best. Do any of the other fish have any spots? Are they all still eating?

treedae · 09-14-2004, 07:07 PM

All my other fish are fine and all have voracious appetites. It didn't look like a growth b/c the white area was flush with his skin. It more or less looked like an area that was more pale than the surrounding skin. (The pics suck, I know. I need to find a way to post on the web b/c whenever I try to upload a pic on this site it is very limited in the pixel dimension and overall size of the pic)

Unfortunately, I don't really have any fish which are sick to treat in a [acronym:80736bf705="quarantine or quart depending on context"]QT[/acronym:80736bf705] tank. Any sick fish I had is dead.

09-15-2004, 12:12 AM

Next time, put new fish in a seperate aquarium & watch them for a few weeks...if they appear healthy then move them to the community aquarium.

treedae · 09-15-2004, 01:17 AM

yeah, i'm not introducing another fish until I get a quarantine tank going. I'm just trying to understand what disease process is going on here.

Menagerie · 09-15-2004, 01:37 PM

Try looking through these sites:
http://www.aquatronicsonline.com/hobbyist/hobbyist3.htm
http://www.aqualink.com/disease/sdisease.html#ich
http://fish.mongabay.com/diseases.htm
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/AqBizSubW.../fishdisho.htm
http://www.fishpondinfo.com/health.htm

09-14-2004, 01:57 PM	#1
treedae Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 71	Bad luck with fish I'm having very bad luck with fish lately. I've completely cycled my tank and my initial inhabitants are all doing very well. 3 tiger barbs, 4 angelfish and 2 upside down catfish. After the cycle I added 4 glass catfish of whom 3 died during treatment for the ich they introduced. I continued to treat for 10 days after the last spot disappeared. I then tried to add 3 additional tiger barbs and all 3 died w/in 2 days. The last one had noticeable hemorrhaging in his lower jaw. Now I just lost a snowball pleco who I introduced about a week ago. Here's his pic. His belly looked fine. All i saw were white spots near his dorsal fin and on the dorsal aspect of his tail. What is going on with my tank? All my parameters are fine. Nitrites and ammonia are zero. pH is 7.0.

09-14-2004, 02:34 PM	#3
mitche8359 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Columbus Ohio USA Posts: 918	First off, I wouldn't add any more fish for a month. When you start adding them, add slowly, one at a time. I should take my own advice sometimes, since I added 13 fish at one time, but it was a 55g tank that has been established for 10 years. What size tank do you have? __________________ Tom 55 [acronym:c2414beb72="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:c2414beb72] fresh - planted 2wpg ~ Eheim eco filter ~ south american theme java moss - misc anubia - amazon sword - Red rubin sword - tennellus chain swords 4 ottos, 1 pleco, 3 high fin white tetras, 3 Black Phantom Tetras, 1 high fin black tetra, 1 black tetra, 2 diamond tetras, 3 yoyos Join the Ohio Regional Forum and share information with local enthusiasts Vote for Aquarium Advice Today

09-14-2004, 06:29 PM	#5
Menagerie Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 11,266 Images: 77	Since it looks like a cottony growth, it could be bacterial or fungal. I would treat the tank with a med that works against both. It will destroy your good bacteria, so treating in a [acronym:f637f2848b="quarantine or quart depending on context"]QT[/acronym:f637f2848b] tank would be best. Do any of the other fish have any spots? Are they all still eating? __________________

09-15-2004, 01:37 PM	#9
Menagerie Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 11,266 Images: 77	Try looking through these sites: http://www.aquatronicsonline.com/hobbyist/hobbyist3.htm http://www.aqualink.com/disease/sdisease.html#ich http://fish.mongabay.com/diseases.htm http://www.wetwebmedia.com/AqBizSubW.../fishdisho.htm http://www.fishpondinfo.com/health.htm __________________

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09-14-2004, 02:01 PM	#2
treedae Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 71	here's another pic

09-14-2004, 03:08 PM	#4
treedae Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 71	It's a 29 gallon. I'd say I have about 9-10 inches of fish in it.

09-14-2004, 07:07 PM	#6
treedae Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 71	All my other fish are fine and all have voracious appetites. It didn't look like a growth b/c the white area was flush with his skin. It more or less looked like an area that was more pale than the surrounding skin. (The pics suck, I know. I need to find a way to post on the web b/c whenever I try to upload a pic on this site it is very limited in the pixel dimension and overall size of the pic) Unfortunately, I don't really have any fish which are sick to treat in a [acronym:80736bf705="quarantine or quart depending on context"]QT[/acronym:80736bf705] tank. Any sick fish I had is dead.

09-15-2004, 12:12 AM	#7
Guest Posts: n/a	Next time, put new fish in a seperate aquarium & watch them for a few weeks...if they appear healthy then move them to the community aquarium.

09-15-2004, 01:17 AM	#8
treedae Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 71	yeah, i'm not introducing another fish until I get a quarantine tank going. I'm just trying to understand what disease process is going on here.

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