byork
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Some background....
60 gal
10 Congo tetras, 4 kribs,1 A. Thomasi, 1 African butterfly fish, 1 African brown knife, 5 another smaller S. American tetra forget the name, 1 rubberlip pleco, 1 Colombian pleco, ~ 5 assassin snails, 2 upside down cats
6.8 pH
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
0 nitrates
Heavily planted
Fertilized 2 x weekly (flourish and nitrate sup)
50 % weekly water change adding prime and Vita chem
I bought a Molly at one if those unspeakable chain pet stores as a mate for one of my males that had come of age. This is in a 29 gal containing livebearers, fancy guppies, swords and (at that time) mollys. Of course I did not quarantine her, big mistake! I only have one quarantine tank and my krib had just laid so I wanted to keep it open for her and the fry. So of course the Molly has ich. I end up putting all my Mollys 4 at the time in the quarantine tank last Sunday 11/25. They are recovering. I turned up the heat and added salt to the 29. So far seems like everyone is fine. But on 11/25 I notice that my african brown knife has 3 white spots on its head and is flashing! Upon further inspection of the fish I observe others with symptoms so I decide to treat the whole tank. Of course I have to go out of town 11/26 so my hubby has to continue the treatment while I am out of town. The tank has been dosed each evening with 3.5 tsp of Rid ich. The ich seems to have been eradicated. However the 25% daily water change was not done because I was out of town.
So when I get back happy the ich seems to be resolved the fry seem healthy (although they are going to be lunch since the quarantine is occupied). I notice that one of the tetras appears bloated.
The tetras are only beginning to reach adulthood so I think it is very unlikely that she is full of eggs (plus I think it is a male). So what to do next? Remove the tetra and treat for dropsy, intestinal/internal parasites? Opinions please.
60 gal
10 Congo tetras, 4 kribs,1 A. Thomasi, 1 African butterfly fish, 1 African brown knife, 5 another smaller S. American tetra forget the name, 1 rubberlip pleco, 1 Colombian pleco, ~ 5 assassin snails, 2 upside down cats
6.8 pH
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
0 nitrates
Heavily planted
Fertilized 2 x weekly (flourish and nitrate sup)
50 % weekly water change adding prime and Vita chem
I bought a Molly at one if those unspeakable chain pet stores as a mate for one of my males that had come of age. This is in a 29 gal containing livebearers, fancy guppies, swords and (at that time) mollys. Of course I did not quarantine her, big mistake! I only have one quarantine tank and my krib had just laid so I wanted to keep it open for her and the fry. So of course the Molly has ich. I end up putting all my Mollys 4 at the time in the quarantine tank last Sunday 11/25. They are recovering. I turned up the heat and added salt to the 29. So far seems like everyone is fine. But on 11/25 I notice that my african brown knife has 3 white spots on its head and is flashing! Upon further inspection of the fish I observe others with symptoms so I decide to treat the whole tank. Of course I have to go out of town 11/26 so my hubby has to continue the treatment while I am out of town. The tank has been dosed each evening with 3.5 tsp of Rid ich. The ich seems to have been eradicated. However the 25% daily water change was not done because I was out of town.
So when I get back happy the ich seems to be resolved the fry seem healthy (although they are going to be lunch since the quarantine is occupied). I notice that one of the tetras appears bloated.
The tetras are only beginning to reach adulthood so I think it is very unlikely that she is full of eggs (plus I think it is a male). So what to do next? Remove the tetra and treat for dropsy, intestinal/internal parasites? Opinions please.
