Hi all I am hoping someone might be able to shed some light on what might have happened to my Danios.
Back Story
I had 2 Danios which were in with 2 Goldfish. The tank they were in had an algae bloom / green water.
When I changed the water / got this corrected I put the 2 Danios in another tank by themselves. They were happy swimming and all was well in the world.
2 weeks ago I purchased a Fighter Fish and he was added to the tank with the Danios. They (looked) happy together and there was no aggression from anyone of them.
Fast forward to last night I came home from work and one of the Danios was on the bottom (assumed) dead. Wasn't able to remove him last night so when I got home from work today I went to get him out and found the other Danio was floating dead. I took him out and when I took the other Danio out he was gasping for air. I put him in a fighter fish tank with some fresh water.
The Fighter Fish is still swimming around and looks to be ok and happy.
I know I should have quarentined the Fighting Fish but don't believe that adding him has caused the two Danios to die.
If a fish is carrying some sort of bacteria or issue is it normal that it could take 2 weeks to see any ill effects on the other fish?
Thanks for any guidance and for reading this long winded post.
Back Story
I had 2 Danios which were in with 2 Goldfish. The tank they were in had an algae bloom / green water.
When I changed the water / got this corrected I put the 2 Danios in another tank by themselves. They were happy swimming and all was well in the world.
2 weeks ago I purchased a Fighter Fish and he was added to the tank with the Danios. They (looked) happy together and there was no aggression from anyone of them.
Fast forward to last night I came home from work and one of the Danios was on the bottom (assumed) dead. Wasn't able to remove him last night so when I got home from work today I went to get him out and found the other Danio was floating dead. I took him out and when I took the other Danio out he was gasping for air. I put him in a fighter fish tank with some fresh water.
The Fighter Fish is still swimming around and looks to be ok and happy.
I know I should have quarentined the Fighting Fish but don't believe that adding him has caused the two Danios to die.
If a fish is carrying some sort of bacteria or issue is it normal that it could take 2 weeks to see any ill effects on the other fish?
Thanks for any guidance and for reading this long winded post.