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Having successfully set up my first ever "real" fishtank (290 lts) and it being sweet 3 months later, i talked her into letting me start a 2nd, smaller tank ( 90 lts ).
I followed the same, fish in cycle method as the first time except i kick started it with some bio-media, water and a couple ornaments from my cycled tank, 3 weeks in i added 5 harlequin rasboras to the existing 10 neons, as it turns out, 1 of the harlequins was heavily infested with ich, being new to the hobby, the whole concept of qt fish b4 adding them to a tank wasnt a topic I'd come across in my extensive ( and probably excessive ) hours of research, it was only coincidence that i stumbled across a site describing ich that i realised that I'd seen that on 1 of the harlequins but not b4 id used the magnetic algae scraper from my big tank in the new tank and put it back in the big tank.. So i bag the infested harlequin and take it to my lfs for confirmation, he sent me home with FORMALIN and VITAMIN C and told me to treat both tanks, 8 days later and 2 doses of formalin and 2 pc's i stop treatment in the big tank but continue it in the harlequin tank because the ich hasnt cleared.
My big tank is home to 2 orandas and 2 fantails ( all under 4') 6 wcmm, 6 zebra danios and a bristle nose pleco ( under 2' ) all of which have been in there since cycled and 6 gold danios that were added a week b4 the trouble started, since starting treatment ive lost 1 zebra and 3 golds, the remaining zebras arent their normal boisterous selves, to the point their not eating and ive removed 1 from the tank completely due to his inactivity and a dark red area above his mouth as well as his pectoral fins constantly sticking out at 90 deg angle to his body, both have red lines where they meet the body, his activity in the qt has improved but he still isnt eating.
All the wcmm, goldfish, pleco and the 3 remaining golds seem fine, it only seems to be the zebras atm.
Ive googled as much as i can without a decent result, this is my last option, sorry the the epic saga of a back story and thank you for taking the time to read
Tank parameters as of this afternoon
Ph: 6.5
Ammonia: 0
NO2: 0
NO3: 4.0
GH: 10
KH: 8
I followed the same, fish in cycle method as the first time except i kick started it with some bio-media, water and a couple ornaments from my cycled tank, 3 weeks in i added 5 harlequin rasboras to the existing 10 neons, as it turns out, 1 of the harlequins was heavily infested with ich, being new to the hobby, the whole concept of qt fish b4 adding them to a tank wasnt a topic I'd come across in my extensive ( and probably excessive ) hours of research, it was only coincidence that i stumbled across a site describing ich that i realised that I'd seen that on 1 of the harlequins but not b4 id used the magnetic algae scraper from my big tank in the new tank and put it back in the big tank.. So i bag the infested harlequin and take it to my lfs for confirmation, he sent me home with FORMALIN and VITAMIN C and told me to treat both tanks, 8 days later and 2 doses of formalin and 2 pc's i stop treatment in the big tank but continue it in the harlequin tank because the ich hasnt cleared.
My big tank is home to 2 orandas and 2 fantails ( all under 4') 6 wcmm, 6 zebra danios and a bristle nose pleco ( under 2' ) all of which have been in there since cycled and 6 gold danios that were added a week b4 the trouble started, since starting treatment ive lost 1 zebra and 3 golds, the remaining zebras arent their normal boisterous selves, to the point their not eating and ive removed 1 from the tank completely due to his inactivity and a dark red area above his mouth as well as his pectoral fins constantly sticking out at 90 deg angle to his body, both have red lines where they meet the body, his activity in the qt has improved but he still isnt eating.
All the wcmm, goldfish, pleco and the 3 remaining golds seem fine, it only seems to be the zebras atm.
Ive googled as much as i can without a decent result, this is my last option, sorry the the epic saga of a back story and thank you for taking the time to read
Tank parameters as of this afternoon
Ph: 6.5
Ammonia: 0
NO2: 0
NO3: 4.0
GH: 10
KH: 8
