Re: New Tank & Dead Female Beta
Hello.
I started a 6.8 gallon tank about 3 weeks ago (Fluval Edge). I initially included 2 red guppies and live plants to help get the system running. It includes a filter and heater.
After confirming with the pet shop I attend that my balances were right, I proceeded to add 2 additional guppies, 2 zebra snails and one female crown tail beta - and at first everything went fine.
When I got home I proceeded to float each bag for a while and slowly added the fish. All of them ate when I fed them that night. The next morning I checked on my fish, and again everything seemed fine.
However when I got home later that afternoon, about 10 hours later, my beta was barely breathing, and within minutes died. I had pulled her out to isolate her and possibly see if it was a problem I could treat, but she didn't survive the transfer. When I did pull her out I noticed a white fuzz on one side of her that hadn't been there before. I wouldn't describe it as 'patchy', but fuzz that covered one side of her gills and a bit of her mouth. I have an idea of what it was, but need confirmation and input on what to do now.
I went back to the shop and they again confirmed my tank had the right balances. When I talked to the chap that owns the store, I indicated to him that I had seen some quarantine signs on a couple tanks. He said that an employee may have inadvertently used a net on the infected tank and then on the one my fish had been in without sterilizing it. He didn't say what it was but did recomend a treatment.
So what was it that killed her and what do I do? At present my guppies all seem fine, but will that last? I did as the store owner (and as a number of blogs have suggested) and changed 50% of the water followed by adding sea salt. But what else?
Should I treat the tank more? Do more water changes? Change filters?...
Hello.
I started a 6.8 gallon tank about 3 weeks ago (Fluval Edge). I initially included 2 red guppies and live plants to help get the system running. It includes a filter and heater.
After confirming with the pet shop I attend that my balances were right, I proceeded to add 2 additional guppies, 2 zebra snails and one female crown tail beta - and at first everything went fine.
When I got home I proceeded to float each bag for a while and slowly added the fish. All of them ate when I fed them that night. The next morning I checked on my fish, and again everything seemed fine.
However when I got home later that afternoon, about 10 hours later, my beta was barely breathing, and within minutes died. I had pulled her out to isolate her and possibly see if it was a problem I could treat, but she didn't survive the transfer. When I did pull her out I noticed a white fuzz on one side of her that hadn't been there before. I wouldn't describe it as 'patchy', but fuzz that covered one side of her gills and a bit of her mouth. I have an idea of what it was, but need confirmation and input on what to do now.
I went back to the shop and they again confirmed my tank had the right balances. When I talked to the chap that owns the store, I indicated to him that I had seen some quarantine signs on a couple tanks. He said that an employee may have inadvertently used a net on the infected tank and then on the one my fish had been in without sterilizing it. He didn't say what it was but did recomend a treatment.
So what was it that killed her and what do I do? At present my guppies all seem fine, but will that last? I did as the store owner (and as a number of blogs have suggested) and changed 50% of the water followed by adding sea salt. But what else?
Should I treat the tank more? Do more water changes? Change filters?...
