rehobothBeachBum
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hello all,
I started an aquarium in August of this year and have been slowly adding fish. I'm concerned about my most recent addition. Three weeks ago, going against my better judgement, I bought four neon tetras from a tank that looked like it had sick fish (the blue neon stripe was pale on some of the fish in tank - though not on the ones that I brought home).
Well, two weeks ago, one of the new neons developed a white sack over its eye. It went away after a couple of days, but now the eye appears to be missing from the socket. It also appears that its head is sort of caving in on the side that's missing an eye, though I'm not sure about that.
Does anyone have an idea what's wrong with the fish? Is it catchy? For the good of the tank, must I euthenize this fish?
Details on my tank. 26 gallon bow front. Nitrite and ammonia at 0. Nitrate at around 20 ppm. I do a 25% water change, gravel vacuum every other week. Here's my fish list:
two dwarf gouramis
three zebra danios
four diamond tetras
six neon tetras
Thanks in advance!
I started an aquarium in August of this year and have been slowly adding fish. I'm concerned about my most recent addition. Three weeks ago, going against my better judgement, I bought four neon tetras from a tank that looked like it had sick fish (the blue neon stripe was pale on some of the fish in tank - though not on the ones that I brought home).
Well, two weeks ago, one of the new neons developed a white sack over its eye. It went away after a couple of days, but now the eye appears to be missing from the socket. It also appears that its head is sort of caving in on the side that's missing an eye, though I'm not sure about that.
Does anyone have an idea what's wrong with the fish? Is it catchy? For the good of the tank, must I euthenize this fish?
Details on my tank. 26 gallon bow front. Nitrite and ammonia at 0. Nitrate at around 20 ppm. I do a 25% water change, gravel vacuum every other week. Here's my fish list:
two dwarf gouramis
three zebra danios
four diamond tetras
six neon tetras
Thanks in advance!