I've been an aquarist for a couple decades, have a 130g, 90g, and a 50g. In over a decade I never lost one fish to illness.
My 50g is kind of a misfit or quarantine tank, new arrivals live in there for a bit, plus we have some other odds and ends fish that don't fit into the larger tanks, either because they're too small, or got picked on.
Inhabitants of the tank were
1 albino bushy nose pleco
5 bloodfin tetras
5 Scissortail
10 coolie loaches
3 panda cories
2 clown loaches
1 weatherloach
1 Bluejack
2 roseline sharks - new arrivals - Apr 25
3 Tri color sharks - new arrivals - Apr 25
Most the inhabitants were permanent tank mates, been living in there for a couple years, recently put in the roseline and tri color sharks for quarantine and to grow them up a bit as they were tiny before introducing to the larger fish.
This tank is overfiltered with sponge/air filters and 2 HOT filters.
I usually keep a close eye the first few days for signs of sickness. Week had passed, looked ok, and I let my guard down and didn't inspect closely anymore.
We awoke sunday Morning to find the 3 tricolor sharks dead, stuck on the filter, as well as the 2 roseline sharks. The bluejack looked like someone had rolled him in salt he was that spotted, and the two clown loaches were very lightly spotted. One of my hated diseases, Ich.
So did as I've done before, method that worked well whenever there was an outbreak, removed all the fake plants, vacuumed the gravel, increased the temp to 86, and added aquarium salt to the water, add extra air stones.
That night, the bluejack was dead, the two clown loaches, and 2 coolie loaches.
Next morning, all the scisortails were dead, vacuumed the gravel, partial water change, replaced the salt.
tuesday morning, the coolie loaches, panda cories, and albino pleco were dead. All that is left now is a small school of bloodfin tetras and a weatherloach.
Today... all the bloodfins were dead, and weatherloach, entire tank in a few days wiped out.
I thought maybe something happened and the tank cycled, or maybe old tank syndrome with me increasing the water changes. But the tests were fine, levels where they normally are, no ammonia, nitrates, etc, ph same as the other tanks.
So thinking there has to be something else, I've never ever seen ich kill like this, and I know that most fish can handle increased heat for a few days, so long as there is adequate oxygen supply. I mean if you would have seen this bluejack, he was a pretty big boy, and there wasn't one spot on his body that didn't have a salt spec.
So that brings me to here. I mean problem is solved, all the fish are dead, so I can clout and bleach the tank, reset it back to scratch. But I would like opinions on what I may have missed.
Thanks
My 50g is kind of a misfit or quarantine tank, new arrivals live in there for a bit, plus we have some other odds and ends fish that don't fit into the larger tanks, either because they're too small, or got picked on.
Inhabitants of the tank were
1 albino bushy nose pleco
5 bloodfin tetras
5 Scissortail
10 coolie loaches
3 panda cories
2 clown loaches
1 weatherloach
1 Bluejack
2 roseline sharks - new arrivals - Apr 25
3 Tri color sharks - new arrivals - Apr 25
Most the inhabitants were permanent tank mates, been living in there for a couple years, recently put in the roseline and tri color sharks for quarantine and to grow them up a bit as they were tiny before introducing to the larger fish.
This tank is overfiltered with sponge/air filters and 2 HOT filters.
I usually keep a close eye the first few days for signs of sickness. Week had passed, looked ok, and I let my guard down and didn't inspect closely anymore.
We awoke sunday Morning to find the 3 tricolor sharks dead, stuck on the filter, as well as the 2 roseline sharks. The bluejack looked like someone had rolled him in salt he was that spotted, and the two clown loaches were very lightly spotted. One of my hated diseases, Ich.
So did as I've done before, method that worked well whenever there was an outbreak, removed all the fake plants, vacuumed the gravel, increased the temp to 86, and added aquarium salt to the water, add extra air stones.
That night, the bluejack was dead, the two clown loaches, and 2 coolie loaches.
Next morning, all the scisortails were dead, vacuumed the gravel, partial water change, replaced the salt.
tuesday morning, the coolie loaches, panda cories, and albino pleco were dead. All that is left now is a small school of bloodfin tetras and a weatherloach.
Today... all the bloodfins were dead, and weatherloach, entire tank in a few days wiped out.
I thought maybe something happened and the tank cycled, or maybe old tank syndrome with me increasing the water changes. But the tests were fine, levels where they normally are, no ammonia, nitrates, etc, ph same as the other tanks.
So thinking there has to be something else, I've never ever seen ich kill like this, and I know that most fish can handle increased heat for a few days, so long as there is adequate oxygen supply. I mean if you would have seen this bluejack, he was a pretty big boy, and there wasn't one spot on his body that didn't have a salt spec.
So that brings me to here. I mean problem is solved, all the fish are dead, so I can clout and bleach the tank, reset it back to scratch. But I would like opinions on what I may have missed.
Thanks