woofwoofgrrl
Aquarium Advice Regular
One of my new white fin tetras just died. I've had them for a week in my cycled 30 long. First obvious sign of distress was this AM when it started swimming vertically, with labored breathing. It's gills looked a tad swollen/splayed, but not any different in color. It stayed mid-level in the water, it did not swim to the top of the tank. 6 hours later it's dead. It's fins looked whole, not ragged, it was not bloated, it's scales were normal. Perhaps there was one little fleck of what *could* have been an ich on it's tail, but there are no other signs of ich as far as I can see. Other fish are acting normal. When I saw the little ich-ish thing I upped the temp from 78 to 80, and added the first of 3 planned batches of salt (each one about 1/3 cup).
Should I continue with the ich treatment just to be safe? Are there any other things I should be looking for/at? I prefer to know they 'why' when I lose a fish so I can learn and prevent.
The tank -
fishless cycled 30 long,
nitrates 0 (just did a partial water change yesterday, it was 10-20 before that).
nitrites 0
ammonia 0
PH 8.2
In the tank I now have
6 zebra/leopard danios and
5 white fin tetras
(all purchased at same time)
and a few java ferns.
AquaClear 200 filter,
12 inch bubbler
Marineland StealthPro 200 heater
Thanks!
Should I continue with the ich treatment just to be safe? Are there any other things I should be looking for/at? I prefer to know they 'why' when I lose a fish so I can learn and prevent.
The tank -
fishless cycled 30 long,
nitrates 0 (just did a partial water change yesterday, it was 10-20 before that).
nitrites 0
ammonia 0
PH 8.2
In the tank I now have
6 zebra/leopard danios and
5 white fin tetras
(all purchased at same time)
and a few java ferns.
AquaClear 200 filter,
12 inch bubbler
Marineland StealthPro 200 heater
Thanks!