1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth, bloated, etc.).
Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish - Has dark spots, is mostly hanging out in one area of the tank and gasping a bit, is not eating well
2~What are your tank parameters:
Ammonia, Nitrate are 0. Temp is 82 degrees F.
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
55 gallon tank, has been set up for 3 months
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
Two HOB filters, one is an Aquapower 5-15, the other is an Aquapower 30-60
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
3 Neon Tetras
4 Swordtails
4 Cory Cats
4 Assasin Snails
1 Guppy
3 Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish
1 Balloon Molly
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? How often do you do this? How much water do you remove at a time?
Water was changed yesterday. Vacuum the gravel every other water change. Changing 50% of water at once.
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
Have had these fish for 2 months. Originally had 5, two have died from some kind of swim bladder disease (fish were swimming in loop-de-loops and had already been pecked badly by other fish by the time we caught this)
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
Nothing new
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
Tetra flakes mostly, with some freeze dried bloodworms as an occasional treat.
I've tried an entire course of Melafix per the instructions on the bottle in case this was evidence of some kind of bacterial infection, but it didn't seem to help. We've had several other fish deaths recently, all of which have come on very suddenly. (Two platys were fine one night, dead the next morning [not at the same time though], 3 tetras have one by one started floating vertically instead of horizontally, were gasping, and had a "pinched" look before succumbing, two balloon mollys died the same way the platys did)
Do these spots look like anything to anyone? The fish did NOT have them when we purchased it, and have gradually been getting worse.
Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish - Has dark spots, is mostly hanging out in one area of the tank and gasping a bit, is not eating well
2~What are your tank parameters:
Ammonia, Nitrate are 0. Temp is 82 degrees F.
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
55 gallon tank, has been set up for 3 months
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
Two HOB filters, one is an Aquapower 5-15, the other is an Aquapower 30-60
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
3 Neon Tetras
4 Swordtails
4 Cory Cats
4 Assasin Snails
1 Guppy
3 Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish
1 Balloon Molly
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? How often do you do this? How much water do you remove at a time?
Water was changed yesterday. Vacuum the gravel every other water change. Changing 50% of water at once.
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
Have had these fish for 2 months. Originally had 5, two have died from some kind of swim bladder disease (fish were swimming in loop-de-loops and had already been pecked badly by other fish by the time we caught this)
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
Nothing new
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
Tetra flakes mostly, with some freeze dried bloodworms as an occasional treat.
I've tried an entire course of Melafix per the instructions on the bottle in case this was evidence of some kind of bacterial infection, but it didn't seem to help. We've had several other fish deaths recently, all of which have come on very suddenly. (Two platys were fine one night, dead the next morning [not at the same time though], 3 tetras have one by one started floating vertically instead of horizontally, were gasping, and had a "pinched" look before succumbing, two balloon mollys died the same way the platys did)
Do these spots look like anything to anyone? The fish did NOT have them when we purchased it, and have gradually been getting worse.