Deminox
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Tank setup: ten gallons. Heated. (Temp is in the high end of green on thermometer. I'm at work don't remember the exact number). Filtered, air stone as well, planted with 5 swords and a moss ball. Gravel substrate. 2 nerite snails. 6 neon tetras >1year old.
Tank condition: ph ranges between 6.9 and 7.1 month to month. Amonia/nitrite/nitrate - 0. KH is 4
Fish problem: over 2 months ago one tetra developed a white ball on the side of its lip, about the size if it's eye, maybe a bit bigger. Still ate and swam fine. Shortly after, a second one developed a smaller ball under its chin. All still behave normally. A week after that, sick goldfish in a different tank (29 gal, they are better now). No cross contamination between any accessories (except the tubing and gravel vac, but that gets washed and dries fully between every use. But no shared nets or anything). I thought maybe a town water issue since two tanks got sick around similar times.
Used melafix in both tanks, slight increase to salt as well, full treatments, water changes after, etc. Goldfish got better. No change in neons. I thought, "ok whatever this is clearly its benign. They still eat, are unaffected in any way"
Last week one started hiding in a cave looking deco. Looked pale. Next day, more of them looked pale, and some red gills. And tops of their dorsal finds look clipped, same with bottom of lower fins. Couple days later, one was stuck under the driftwood dead, belly open (though i guess in tetras that isn't uncommon for the belly to rupture if the body isn't found right away. I did a double shift so if it died in the morning it was about 11 hours between last seeing it and it being dead.) Also, that wasn't even the one that had been hiding.
Water STILL tests ok, so i don't understand the red gills, that usually indicates poisoning via water quality.
I looked up "white cotton fungus".. it doesn't look like that and there is no similar growth in the tank. it looks like a white ball.
I may lose the whole tank (except the snails which have started to lay eggs all over one plant. They won't ever hatch though,conditions won't be right for nerite.
Wondering A) Does anyone know what these white balls are? (More solid than fuzzy)
B) anyone know a safe way to treat the tank, where melafix didn't work)
C) if the tank wipes completely, anyone know how long i should wait before restocking, and how to treat without losing its cycle?
D) any ideas of the cause? Nerites don't normally lay eggs in fresh water aquariums, is that an indicator? Any clues in what I've said to pinpoint what may have happened?
This post brought to you by.. ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD
Tank condition: ph ranges between 6.9 and 7.1 month to month. Amonia/nitrite/nitrate - 0. KH is 4
Fish problem: over 2 months ago one tetra developed a white ball on the side of its lip, about the size if it's eye, maybe a bit bigger. Still ate and swam fine. Shortly after, a second one developed a smaller ball under its chin. All still behave normally. A week after that, sick goldfish in a different tank (29 gal, they are better now). No cross contamination between any accessories (except the tubing and gravel vac, but that gets washed and dries fully between every use. But no shared nets or anything). I thought maybe a town water issue since two tanks got sick around similar times.
Used melafix in both tanks, slight increase to salt as well, full treatments, water changes after, etc. Goldfish got better. No change in neons. I thought, "ok whatever this is clearly its benign. They still eat, are unaffected in any way"
Last week one started hiding in a cave looking deco. Looked pale. Next day, more of them looked pale, and some red gills. And tops of their dorsal finds look clipped, same with bottom of lower fins. Couple days later, one was stuck under the driftwood dead, belly open (though i guess in tetras that isn't uncommon for the belly to rupture if the body isn't found right away. I did a double shift so if it died in the morning it was about 11 hours between last seeing it and it being dead.) Also, that wasn't even the one that had been hiding.
Water STILL tests ok, so i don't understand the red gills, that usually indicates poisoning via water quality.
I looked up "white cotton fungus".. it doesn't look like that and there is no similar growth in the tank. it looks like a white ball.
I may lose the whole tank (except the snails which have started to lay eggs all over one plant. They won't ever hatch though,conditions won't be right for nerite.
Wondering A) Does anyone know what these white balls are? (More solid than fuzzy)
B) anyone know a safe way to treat the tank, where melafix didn't work)
C) if the tank wipes completely, anyone know how long i should wait before restocking, and how to treat without losing its cycle?
D) any ideas of the cause? Nerites don't normally lay eggs in fresh water aquariums, is that an indicator? Any clues in what I've said to pinpoint what may have happened?
This post brought to you by.. ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD
