Comment/Question:
Iman it would seem from reading this that you know something went wrong when adding fish. Everyone is just throwing in their two cents.
Response:
I am aware of that, but when you get mixed advice, and you are confused, not to mention I lost all my fish I tend to get a bit touchy. Sorry about that.
Comment/Question:
Do you purchase all your fish from the same LFS? Have you asked if they had any problems?
Response:
It's not a LFS, it's more of a Pet Store, and I question how much they know and put into their caring of the fish. BUT GOOD NEWS! With some asking, and some determination I found an aquarium that gave me facts unlike my local Pet Store. The second thing I asked/mentioned was about transporting (he is a fair distance away, and told him how my local pet store says they can only be in the bag for 30 minutes. He told me whoever said that is an idiot for there are all types of things you can put them in, and depending on which one depends on how much air they have. He goes, if the 30 minutes were true, how can I get my fish from Hong Kong to here? He has a point! But I like what I saw and heard from this guy today, and tomorrow will be going back with a water sample. Should I bring anything else?
Comment/Question:
Very good question! I got parisites in my tankn from a dwarf gourami i bought from big-als. I brought back one which was dying, and they were very alarmed, and quartined the tank with the fish in question and treated it for 3 weeks (and lost alot of fish) before selling them again.
Some stores don't take kindly to accusations that their fish have disease - its their reputation/bread and butter on the line.
Response:
These don't really show any care. They go, well it might be your water. I am not going to this place anymore, unless I need something quick like food.
Comment/Question:
"iman74 wrote:
After about 1/2 hour, the other neon tetra was gasping for breath and dying. She looked up on the internet and it said something about it being oxygen deprivation so she did a PWC, but the neon tetra died. The cat fish and the everclear fish are still around, the catfish seem to be spirited and the everclear fish is hiding (she thinks it didn't eat). "
This is the only indication you've symptoms you've mentioned about the fish (other than that they all died.)
Response:
UR correct because they were happy campers in the morning. There were zero signs of anything wrong. Then I get home, and 5 are dead. It was like night and day, black or white, or however else you want to look at it.
Comment/Question:
Gasping for breath and dying... what kinds of "plagues" or illness might indicate these symptoms?
Were any of these fish used to cycle the tank? I know you mentioned it was a 6 week process, but did that include the houseguests?
Response:
During the cycle process there were 4 fish, and they all made it. Then some time after the orange one died. Then the rest were fine, and then you jump ahead and they are around when I added these new fish, and this happened. Not to mention all the other stuff that happened during this time I mentioned before.
Comment/Question:
Did the dead fish look like there was anything wrong with them? Spots or bloated, etc.
Response:
Last night I notice on the remainig cat fish weird red spots, and one looked like he had a huge red belly spot underneath him.
Comment/Question:
How did you acclimate your new fish, and did you quarantine them before adding them to the main tank with your existing fish?
Response:
No. There was no reason to, and there was I wouldn't even buy more fish. I did my standard steps. Leave the bag floating ontop of the water for 10 minutes to adjust to the temperature, then power the water through the net over a bucket, and as soon as the fish enters the net my wife puts the fish in the tank. For the most part this works.
Comment/Question:
iman74 wrote:
because I believe a one or more new fish brought on a disease. I feel this in my gut, and it's usually not wrong.
Diseases can be from many sources, such as bacteria or virii. It would seem that this is a likely scenario based on your observations and posts - have you tried to identify the particular disease that killed your fish? Were their any markings?
Response:
We tried, and there were some that sounded like it, but nothing definite.
Comment/Question:
It sounds like you have done the best you can, and I hope that you get through this. I have had many problems in my tanks, and have learned much. Good Luck.
BTW, I am very interested in whether the lfs had any issues with illness...
Response:
Thanks for the kinds words, and as far as them having problems. I have seen my share of dead fish floating in their tanks many times.