zephyr
Aquarium Advice Freak
I purchased some lemon tetras about 2 wks ago and they didn't appear to acclimatise very well. 2 died within the first two days, and I associated it with stress as I assumed they died quickly as it happened overnight.
The other 3 were cautious but seemingly healthy, all with acceptable appetites and what not.
I purchased a pictus catfish about a wk and a half later for a friend who I'd give it to when he had a chance to see me (they're not always that easy to find here), it was only about 2-3 in long so I decided to put it in my tank 'til my friend could get it.
Unfortunately it just seemed to pass away, the fish store I bought it from didn't seem that clean and the water it came in was rather dirty looking. I assume it may not have been very healthy when I got it. It also didn't seem to eat any blood worms I tried to feed to it.
After it died my remaining lemon tetras started to die.
They'd get strange buoyancy problems where they'd scoot around with their tails in the air, upside-down and extremely erratically, as if they were scratching themselves or in pain or something. All three have died now.
There is a betta in there too who hasn't seemed to be affected.
I'm not really sure whats going on as I haven't dealt with much fish pathology except for ich??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
Jus.
The other 3 were cautious but seemingly healthy, all with acceptable appetites and what not.
I purchased a pictus catfish about a wk and a half later for a friend who I'd give it to when he had a chance to see me (they're not always that easy to find here), it was only about 2-3 in long so I decided to put it in my tank 'til my friend could get it.
Unfortunately it just seemed to pass away, the fish store I bought it from didn't seem that clean and the water it came in was rather dirty looking. I assume it may not have been very healthy when I got it. It also didn't seem to eat any blood worms I tried to feed to it.
After it died my remaining lemon tetras started to die.
They'd get strange buoyancy problems where they'd scoot around with their tails in the air, upside-down and extremely erratically, as if they were scratching themselves or in pain or something. All three have died now.
There is a betta in there too who hasn't seemed to be affected.
I'm not really sure whats going on as I haven't dealt with much fish pathology except for ich??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
Jus.