Ruby159
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I have a 40 gal tank of swordtails, I bought 8 online. They’ve been robust and beautiful. Ordered a second batch of 8 but it seems they were not as robust and healthy some have really not grown at all they are fed flake food frozen blood worms and a snak of algae tabs, this batch were pretty small when I got them. I added about 5 swords later on and all have been healthy. Later on one of the swords got a cotton looking growth in her gills, I quarantined her and treated with antibiotics that didn’t work. Tried malachite green, that didn’t work and she died. Now about 3 weeks later there are about 6 babies that were born here and did great, it seems now that they are all sick, there is nothing obvious. I’ve used a magnifying glass to get a close look, .Theydon’t want to eat and just kind of waste away. None have died. Ammonia 0,nitrites 0, ph 6.8, nitrates 5. I treated whole tank with para guard using only 3 caps instead of 4 as directed. It seems the fish are not doing well with it and look worse now. So I did about a ten gal WC.. I’m very frustrated and sad. I’m going to remove the sick babies to quarantine. Help! I feel like a failure