I had posted this on another forum before doing more research-
Okay....so my son has a 25 gallon tank, and he had a mickey mouse platy in there, along with another that I forget the name of. Its long and slender, and it had grown to about 7 inches. They lived fine for the last year together. I added 2 dalmations and a Pleco, and they seemed to be ok.
Over the last few days the longer fish has been going kinda crazy.....going to the top, and staying vertical with his mouth out of the top of the water.
The Platy started doing the same thing, and he looked flaky. Next thing I know hes dead....then one of the dalmations......then the other, and the pleco is now dead as well.
The longer fish has some small dots on it that Ive never noticed before. Could they somehow be oxygen deprived? Did one of the new fish bring something with it and contaminate the tank?
Now Im down to the one longer fish. If the water was contaminated, what is my next step? Draining it and starting over?
EDIT: Its a dragon gobi...looks exactly like the one that is one page back.
Did he outgrow the tank?
If I understand it correctly, my fish died of Ich....and ultimately died due to my lack of knowledge on the subject. That being said, Im now doing my research and my son and I are going to start over.
Its been 24 hours since the last fish was removed from my tank. What is the next step? Since there are no fish, the Ich should be clear in a couple of days, correct? We currently have a filtration system that sucks water up and then back out into the top of the tank, cascading down. Should I add an airstone as well?
What temperature should the tank be kept at?
Okay....so my son has a 25 gallon tank, and he had a mickey mouse platy in there, along with another that I forget the name of. Its long and slender, and it had grown to about 7 inches. They lived fine for the last year together. I added 2 dalmations and a Pleco, and they seemed to be ok.
Over the last few days the longer fish has been going kinda crazy.....going to the top, and staying vertical with his mouth out of the top of the water.
The Platy started doing the same thing, and he looked flaky. Next thing I know hes dead....then one of the dalmations......then the other, and the pleco is now dead as well.
The longer fish has some small dots on it that Ive never noticed before. Could they somehow be oxygen deprived? Did one of the new fish bring something with it and contaminate the tank?
Now Im down to the one longer fish. If the water was contaminated, what is my next step? Draining it and starting over?
EDIT: Its a dragon gobi...looks exactly like the one that is one page back.
Did he outgrow the tank?
If I understand it correctly, my fish died of Ich....and ultimately died due to my lack of knowledge on the subject. That being said, Im now doing my research and my son and I are going to start over.
Its been 24 hours since the last fish was removed from my tank. What is the next step? Since there are no fish, the Ich should be clear in a couple of days, correct? We currently have a filtration system that sucks water up and then back out into the top of the tank, cascading down. Should I add an airstone as well?
What temperature should the tank be kept at?
