Ozydego
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I was checking out my diamond tetra today, and noticed torn fins on all three that are left, one was euthanized 4 days ago because his upper face was being eaten away. I took a few pics because they work better than me describing it, I have a 55 gal fully stocked now, 2 powder blue gouramis, 3 diamond tetra, 10 blue tetra, 3 albino corys, and 2 clown plecos. Last water check tested at 0,0,35 with a pH of 7.3, a hardness of 6 and the temp is 77. these parameters have been steady for 2 weeks.
This is the one that I am the most worried about, he has a black area at the base of his tail that has been there for weeks, I thought it could be just him but am not so sure now compared to the other two. The dorsal fin is ripped and the tip of the anal fin is white with a little bit missing...
The other one that shows some damage is this one, notice the tail base is not discolored, but the dorsal fin is split and slight damage to the anal fin.
Also, my plecos are showing ich I believe, 2 days ago nothing, now this. I am thinking I will raise the temp for this, thoughts?
2 days ago
tonight
This caught me off guard because last photo session everything was looking good, except the diamond with the black tail, but like I said, on the left side it almost looks like his coloring, but the right side has the white deformity to it. I need advice now, this got out of hand really quick...
This is the one that I am the most worried about, he has a black area at the base of his tail that has been there for weeks, I thought it could be just him but am not so sure now compared to the other two. The dorsal fin is ripped and the tip of the anal fin is white with a little bit missing...
The other one that shows some damage is this one, notice the tail base is not discolored, but the dorsal fin is split and slight damage to the anal fin.
Also, my plecos are showing ich I believe, 2 days ago nothing, now this. I am thinking I will raise the temp for this, thoughts?
2 days ago
tonight
This caught me off guard because last photo session everything was looking good, except the diamond with the black tail, but like I said, on the left side it almost looks like his coloring, but the right side has the white deformity to it. I need advice now, this got out of hand really quick...