youaremyjoy
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Hi, hoping someone can help out. I've had this happen on new acquisitions of Emperor Tetras while in quarantine, but never in an established tank.
Current set up: 65 gal tank, 12 Emperor Tetras, 4 Dwarf Gouramis, 3 South American Bumblebee catfish, 10 Julii Cory catfish, Mystery Snails, Malaysian Trumpet Snails. Sand substrate.
Water parameters: Temp 78F, pH 6.8, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 0. FIlter Eheim 2215.
History: Our power went out during an ice storm for 24hrs. I wrapped my tanks and transferred fish to smaller established tanks and used warm water to maintain temp as best I could. Transferred back to main tank when power restored and water temp ok. Acclimated as I would new fish. A week later, the Emperor Tetras broke with ich.
I treated the ich with immediate and daily water changes of 30%, increased the temp to 85F, and added salt. I continued treatment for 14 days. Cleaned filter.
At the end of 14 days, I did a 50% water change and did my weekly water tests (all good). Everyone looked great, was eating well.
I went out of town for 5 days last week and used an automatic Eheim feeder for small amounts twice daily. Came home Monday, everybody looked great.
Yesterday morning I noticed one of the ET's had a red ulcerated lesion on her side. I pulled her out and put her in my established 5 gal Fluval Spec V hospital tank. That afternoon, another female had a lesion. I pulled her out as well. I added salt and kanamycin to their tank (no charcoal). This morning there were 4 dead ETs, and 3 more had lesions. I pulled everyone out and added them to the hospital tank.
Any thoughts, suggestions, ideas?? It's only the Emperors that are affected. Like I mentioned earlier, I've had this happen with new fish when shipped to me. Usually appears within 12-24hrs of arrival and they die rapidly.
Thanks in advance....
will try to get some good pics
Jo
Current set up: 65 gal tank, 12 Emperor Tetras, 4 Dwarf Gouramis, 3 South American Bumblebee catfish, 10 Julii Cory catfish, Mystery Snails, Malaysian Trumpet Snails. Sand substrate.
Water parameters: Temp 78F, pH 6.8, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 0. FIlter Eheim 2215.
History: Our power went out during an ice storm for 24hrs. I wrapped my tanks and transferred fish to smaller established tanks and used warm water to maintain temp as best I could. Transferred back to main tank when power restored and water temp ok. Acclimated as I would new fish. A week later, the Emperor Tetras broke with ich.
I treated the ich with immediate and daily water changes of 30%, increased the temp to 85F, and added salt. I continued treatment for 14 days. Cleaned filter.
At the end of 14 days, I did a 50% water change and did my weekly water tests (all good). Everyone looked great, was eating well.
I went out of town for 5 days last week and used an automatic Eheim feeder for small amounts twice daily. Came home Monday, everybody looked great.
Yesterday morning I noticed one of the ET's had a red ulcerated lesion on her side. I pulled her out and put her in my established 5 gal Fluval Spec V hospital tank. That afternoon, another female had a lesion. I pulled her out as well. I added salt and kanamycin to their tank (no charcoal). This morning there were 4 dead ETs, and 3 more had lesions. I pulled everyone out and added them to the hospital tank.
Any thoughts, suggestions, ideas?? It's only the Emperors that are affected. Like I mentioned earlier, I've had this happen with new fish when shipped to me. Usually appears within 12-24hrs of arrival and they die rapidly.
Thanks in advance....
will try to get some good pics
Jo
