I bought 6 tetras just to add some movement in my 20g long well-planted shrimp tank.
All was good for a week, 2 days ago, I came home from work and 1 was dead. No visible signs of anything, and was acting normal when I fed them in the morning.
Now today, another one of the tetras has a swollen eye, I'm assuming is popeye?
Is it contagious? I've only ever kept much larger fish and never encountered this before.
Understandably, poor water conditions seems to be the main cause of this health problem.
Though, my water is good (To my knowledge, I'll admit, I didn't research tetra care, but there is also 3 Ghost catfish in the tank, so I assumed the catfish would be for delicate than the tetras, from the looks of it I'm wrong)
Ph- 7.8
Amm - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrates - 5-10 (In between on colour chart)
GH - 100
KH - 60
I know Petsmart isn't the ideal place to buy fish, but I was there for the dog, and saw the tetras on sale for 1$.
Should I treat the entire tank for this, is there a chance others will come in contact with it? Should I bother trying to save the little guy? I don't feel like messing with my water just for the one tiny tetra... I just want to know if the other fish are at risk
All was good for a week, 2 days ago, I came home from work and 1 was dead. No visible signs of anything, and was acting normal when I fed them in the morning.
Now today, another one of the tetras has a swollen eye, I'm assuming is popeye?
Is it contagious? I've only ever kept much larger fish and never encountered this before.
Understandably, poor water conditions seems to be the main cause of this health problem.
Though, my water is good (To my knowledge, I'll admit, I didn't research tetra care, but there is also 3 Ghost catfish in the tank, so I assumed the catfish would be for delicate than the tetras, from the looks of it I'm wrong)
Ph- 7.8
Amm - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrates - 5-10 (In between on colour chart)
GH - 100
KH - 60
I know Petsmart isn't the ideal place to buy fish, but I was there for the dog, and saw the tetras on sale for 1$.
Should I treat the entire tank for this, is there a chance others will come in contact with it? Should I bother trying to save the little guy? I don't feel like messing with my water just for the one tiny tetra... I just want to know if the other fish are at risk