Rachel0001
Aquarium Advice Regular
This has been a rough month for the poor fish at my house.
I've had the heat/salt treatment going (for ick) in my 29 gallon for ten days and I was just starting to think about starting to lower the temp (no spots for about a week now) I came home to see my favorite Otto cat wearing a fuzzy white hat.
I lost all three of my kuhli loaches last week to the same fungus, all within a day. One day they were great and the next day they all died about six hours apart.
Did I make a huge mistake by not treating the tank for fungus after they were gone? I didn't realize the other fish, which have looked great after the initial ick outbreak, could catch it later. I don't know why I didn't think about it!
This tank is newly cycled (has been fully cycled for about a month) and I've done almost daily PWC's the entire time. I'm using prime and a TBSP aquarium salt with each 5 gallons as I replace it. I did a 30% PWC water change yesterday and 25% this evening after I fished my Otto out of the tank. He was breathing rapidly, was pale and starting to drift so I euthanized him...I just couldn't bear to see him so uncomfortable.
Parameters (tested with the API master test kit):
Am 0 - 0.25 (it comes out of the tap like that so I use Prime as my conditioner, mixed in a clean bucket before it goes in the tank)
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: between 0-5
Temp: 85.7, stable
I have two lone survivors, my other Otto cat and Guacamole, my dwarf guarami...aka the toughest fish ever, as he has not had a single symptom of ick or the fungus.
I have the tetra brand of fizzing fungus tabs standing by, but I hesitate because I don't have a QT tank and I hate to stain everything if I don't need to...but I will if it saves them!
Help!
I've had the heat/salt treatment going (for ick) in my 29 gallon for ten days and I was just starting to think about starting to lower the temp (no spots for about a week now) I came home to see my favorite Otto cat wearing a fuzzy white hat.
I lost all three of my kuhli loaches last week to the same fungus, all within a day. One day they were great and the next day they all died about six hours apart.
Did I make a huge mistake by not treating the tank for fungus after they were gone? I didn't realize the other fish, which have looked great after the initial ick outbreak, could catch it later. I don't know why I didn't think about it!
This tank is newly cycled (has been fully cycled for about a month) and I've done almost daily PWC's the entire time. I'm using prime and a TBSP aquarium salt with each 5 gallons as I replace it. I did a 30% PWC water change yesterday and 25% this evening after I fished my Otto out of the tank. He was breathing rapidly, was pale and starting to drift so I euthanized him...I just couldn't bear to see him so uncomfortable.
Parameters (tested with the API master test kit):
Am 0 - 0.25 (it comes out of the tap like that so I use Prime as my conditioner, mixed in a clean bucket before it goes in the tank)
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: between 0-5
Temp: 85.7, stable
I have two lone survivors, my other Otto cat and Guacamole, my dwarf guarami...aka the toughest fish ever, as he has not had a single symptom of ick or the fungus.
I have the tetra brand of fizzing fungus tabs standing by, but I hesitate because I don't have a QT tank and I hate to stain everything if I don't need to...but I will if it saves them!
Help!
How are they doing now? Did you end up treating for the fungus?
