Neon tetra disease?

[danielt]

Please help, all of my neons have become really pale, so much so that they are quite literally clear with faint red and blue lines. I found one dead the other day, completely white. They've started staying quite still at the bottom of the tank. I have a few pictures.

 

[jcolon]

Are they breathing rapidly? My son's 10gal just lost 3 (on separate days) out of 6 since Wed ... had the same symptoms as yours ... lost of color and rapid breathing. The three died the next morning from when I first noticed the symptoms.

If it is NTD ... nothing you can do, there's no treatment.

 

[danielt]

I hope it's not my doing. My water levels are right, everything's ok. :/ and they keep moving their mouths fast? The other day, they were at the surface breathing, for no reason at all.

 

[jcolon]

When did you get them? Neons ... from what I've read ... are notorious for this, especially newly introduced stock.

 

[danielt]

They've been in a while. 3/4 weeks? Although, that is recent, isn't it?

 

[danielt]

3 or 4 weeks ago? All from the same place too ( obviously, I don't know, I'm throwing thoughts about )

 

[jcolon]

If it's only been 3-4 weeks, then your in that 1 month QT time as I like to call it. It's why QT'ing new stock for a month is recommended since some illnesses can take that long to show. With Neons what your seeing is typical of what I know about them. They'll do fine for weeks and then loss of color, rapid breathing, then they drop like flies.

Hopefully that will not be in your case.

 

[danielt]

Should I take the neons out, or leave them to die in the tank?

 

[jcolon]

If it's all your Neons and there're no other fish ... just leave them in. If you do have other fish, then QT the neons to another tank, tub or bucket.

 

[danielt]

Now my water is cloudy and smelly :/ everything is happening!

 

[jcolon]

Now my water is cloudy and smelly :/ everything is happening!

Sounds like your parameters are off somehow. How are you testing the water? Test strips or a liquid kit like the API test master kit? Test strips are junk and are notoriously inaccurate.

First I'd do a 50% PWC and then re-test with the API-test master kit. An aquarium with good water parameters really should not be cloudy or smell.

 

[danielt]

The weather perimeters are fine;







And look how murky the water is;