hi sorry for the confusion, i have fish heres all the tank info its been running over 2 years, i have owned it for just over 12 months, Its a 45 gal tank with a 500gph built in over head filter and a fluval u2 filter i keep running in there, i have removed all carbon from the filters due to previous medicating. theres a couple of anubias and a few chunks of driftwood for decoration. ive got 2 heaters and i keep them running at about 78 degrees. params are 0.0.20 nitrates creep up to about 40 so i normally do 50%pwcs a week except when dosing the tank or doing more regulary cause of illness then usually 50% every 2-3 days
Stocking is as follows
1xctenompoma acutrostre
2 rainbow cichlids
4 cories
4 loaches
2 swordtails
1 leopard frog pleco
the stocking isnt as originally planned but fish died and others have been added over time.
I think i may have been stitched up when i bought this tank to be honest id bought it 2nd hand for a bargain price cycled (12months) with fish already in, out of which i only kept the 2 loaches and added 2 more.
because of the move the tank began a mini cycle for a few weeks but that was soon sorted, followed by a battle with nitrates which i found was down to old filter media which was changed and now is controllable
The fish that have died in my tank over the past 12 months as best as i can remember and diagnosed only through online assistance were:
1 guppys - dropsy
2 guppys - unknown
1 guppy - mystery red spot
2 julii corys - swimbladder
3 dwarf gouramis - dg disease
1 swordtail - fin rot
1 swordtail with white patches which i heard may have been columnaris...
1 neon - popeye
a few more guppys were euthanised after showing signs of illness
not all the fish listed were stocked at the same time as any of the ones listed at the top they were moved over into the tank when my guppys died... bad idea i reckon
anyways ive tried fungal and bacterial meds ive previously used salt baths for sick fish, any disease listed in the now deceased section were treated directly for the diagnosis except the neon with popeye and the dgs disease.
but now my favourite fish of all, my ctenopoma actirostre aka leopard gourami has a white pimple on his head between his eyes which in my other post has only been diagnosed with hole in the head syndrome and i honestly dont know what to do.. ive one swordtail female which i think is gonna die due to stress as her 2 girlfriends have died and my male wagtail sword keeps harrassing her, my male wagtail sword has a white lump actually in his head like a small pea maybe 3mm which doesnt stick out or anything and doesnt seem to be growing any more but i think may be a cyst or a tumour but im no vet, all the fish are active/eating and swimming around happily except my female sword who hides quite alot from the male. im hauling 40litre buckets around that much im suprised im not built like a wrestler. the only thing i havent tried is dosing the tank with salt and anything for parasites.
i am aware my stocking is pretty maxed out and to be honest until they came ill i was going to move my swordtails to another tank with my leopard frog pleco and corys but at the minute i darent move anything anywhere untill i find out and fix whats goin on.
i apologise for the rambling and i hope it all makes sense but trying to fit 12 month tank history into a post isnt that easy off the top of my head.
thanks for the posts so far i just hope some conclusion can be drawn as to whats going on, oh and please check my other post in sick fish about leopard gouramis white spot, ive had a cussing for bumping that thread but im pretty desperate to fix him asap before it gets any worse
thanks
PS - as far as feeding goes all the fish in there including the ctenopoma have tropical flake feed. my ctenopoma gets meal worms 2 or three times a week, every couple of days ill feed frozen bloodworm, daphnia, brineshrimp, cyclops. my corys get sinking pellets and hikari algae wafers. occasionally ill put in a frozen veg block or a peace of avocado or courgette for the bottom dwellers aswell. i try and mix it up a little but all my fish share everything that goes in except the bushfish who wont eat the veg but will eat flakes..
