osxjamie
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hello. I just joined your site and basically to ask this question. I know I'm one of those oh so horrible people that take without giving but maybe now that I know this site is here I will start participating. Anyway here is my problem.
I have two tanks, a 55 and a 29. All of my fish are dying of this mystery disease in BOTH tanks! I don't switch fish out so there's no way that it could have been transfered. Worse than that I can't figure out what is wrong. All of my water levels (ammonia, nitrates, etc) are within good ranges. The fish right before they die have alot of spots. I know you're thinking ICK, but this is much different than ICK. I've had fish die of ICK before and they usually die when the spots are only so thick. Well in my case these fish are absolutely covered head to fin in these spots, big spots. They kinda have dimension too, like some of the spots will start to peal off. I've treated for everything I can think of. My 29 gallon community is down to a single oranda and a fantail goldfish. All platies, gouramis, everything is dead. My 55 gallon is likewise very depleated. What can I do? I just went out and bought new filter cartridges and took out the old ones, and yesterday I vacummed the 55 down to about half water level so that was a MAJOR water change. I hope it works. Any ideas. Thank you all SOOOOO much.
I have two tanks, a 55 and a 29. All of my fish are dying of this mystery disease in BOTH tanks! I don't switch fish out so there's no way that it could have been transfered. Worse than that I can't figure out what is wrong. All of my water levels (ammonia, nitrates, etc) are within good ranges. The fish right before they die have alot of spots. I know you're thinking ICK, but this is much different than ICK. I've had fish die of ICK before and they usually die when the spots are only so thick. Well in my case these fish are absolutely covered head to fin in these spots, big spots. They kinda have dimension too, like some of the spots will start to peal off. I've treated for everything I can think of. My 29 gallon community is down to a single oranda and a fantail goldfish. All platies, gouramis, everything is dead. My 55 gallon is likewise very depleated. What can I do? I just went out and bought new filter cartridges and took out the old ones, and yesterday I vacummed the 55 down to about half water level so that was a MAJOR water change. I hope it works. Any ideas. Thank you all SOOOOO much.