Dieing BB Gobies

[azn_fishy55]

I got my bumble bee gobies on thursday and ever since they have been hapily eating live brine shrimp.I fed them on friday but I did not on saturday because nobody was home.But today I found 4 BB gobies dead and one with fungus on its gill.How do I stop them from dieing and cure the fungus?

 

[rich311k]

What size tank? How old is it? What are your test readings? is the tank brackish? Were they kept in brackish water at the lfs?

 

[lmw80]

bumble bee gobies are brackish fish. You need to get their brackish tolerance up slowly and add a fungal medication.

 

[azn_fishy55]

Ummm,the tank size is 14 gallons,about one and a half months,yup about on sg of 1.004(since I have plants),well no but I got them right out of the bag.I'll give u the paramiters tomorrow...its my bedtime.

 

[rich311k]

How did you introduce the fish to the tank? Quick changes in salinity can be very bad for fish.

 

[azn_fishy55]

I drip acclimated for about...30-40 mins.BTW here are my water parameters pH:7.8 Ammonia:.5 ppm Nitrite:.1ppm Nitrate:10 ppm.Also I am having a breakout in hair algae what do I do?

 

[rich311k]

Well you need to finish your cycle, but you probably already know that. I think the change in salinity and the presense of ammonia did in what can be very sensitive fish. You can put in melafix to try and save the last one.

 

[azn_fishy55]

there about 4 BB gobies left but will melafix(bought it before hand)hurt the plants??