Big die off help!!

[Darkseid76]

Please I hope anyone can help me out.

In the span of just 12 hours I've lost 6 fish!!!

I'm in the process of doing a 50% water change and tidying up filter boxes. Gonna switch out some of the inserts.

I have no idea what happened! I lost my lone Cory on Friday. No visible signs of disease just dead. This morning before work I noticed one of my juvi platies in distress and another dead.

I isolated him ASAP and dosed my med tank with a shot of Melafix and went to work. I came home just now and the platy was dead but also in my main tank I lost 2 sword fry and my Neon!!

What the heck is going on!! I have a sneaking suspicion of a bacterial infection of some sort that I introduced when I bought a new betta last week. I don't think I QTed him long enough and now I'm paying the price.

How stupid of me!!

I haven't had a sick fish in over a year and now I've lost 6 in less than a day!!

All my shrimp look fine and my water parameters are: pH 7.4-7.6, ammonia 0 ppm, nitrites 0 ppm, nitrates 5 ppm. Water temp about 74 F

No hardness kit I have to order a new one.

Will be checking this thread periodically, still doing water change.

Thanks AA

 

[jcolon]

Sorry to hear about your fish losses .. hope it gets worked out. Judging by the your water parameters and the fact your shrimp are ok ... does sound like a fish disease introduced by the betta. One week's QT's not long enough ... really should be a month (2-3 months for wild caught fish). Some diseases take a few weeks to show up.

 

[Darkseid76]

I'm heart broken about my neon. She's been a real trooper the last year. She had survived ich twice and a move to a new apartment.

To see her go so fast wasn't fair.

 

[Fishanatic]

I am very sorry about your loss. It's never easy to lose a friend. I know how it feels. I couldn't diagnose your fish, but i sure do hope that this doesn't happen again.

Best Of Luck!

 

[Darkseid76]

Ok everything is looking great this morning. Lots of activity and everyone eating well.

Also my sword female birthed another batch of fry. I managed to nab 3 during water change and the rest are going to be on their own in the main tank.

 

[Darkseid76]

Well lost 2 more platy today.

Fiancé sent me this while I was at work








Got home to my RCS chowing down on a second. So did another PWC, 25%, added half dose API Salt and raised temp. Used last of Melafix also.

Just hope whatever it is affecting my tank runs its course.

Can't think of nothing else I could do. Deaths are sudden and quick.