Jarred Darque
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Tank:
29 gallon tank
@150 gph filtration between two HOBs, 1 @ 125gph, 1 @ 25gph
Temp is 81*F
Params where slightly high in all aspects (NH3, NO2, NO3) have started to bring tank under control (not my tank,
, the owner wasnt taking proper care..i.e. wasnt doin enough water changes and wasnt cleaning out the gravel when she did do them)
So far, we have lost and Angel fish and a Cory cat, both of which where my fish for 6 months until they got moved, along with 4 more angels 2 months ago. The angel to die was the largest, at about 3 inches, the remaining are between .75-1.5 inches body length.
I moved the fish out of my tank due to aggresion from my Senegalus Bichir, he had taken many chunks out of hte angels tails, and left a nasty mark on the large angel. After a month in the new tank, all of the angels showed improvement in their fin regrowth, but the large angel did not show any improvement with his sore, but it did not get worse. About a month later, it started turning red, and then he started getting sores around the rest of his body, looked like missing scales and white patches. The worst of the new sores was over his gills, it seemed to eat completely through the gill plate. He died. A few days later, a cory cat, the largest one, started showing similiar signs, along with on his underbelly it looked like a pair of fins was completely ripped off. He died a few days later.
At about the same time the cory started looking bad, the next largest angel did as well. He now has the same spots over his body, and the holes in his gill plates are about 1.5mm across, and they appear to go clean through to his gills.
Half of his lip is missing as well, but I feel this is from fighting with another similiar sized angel who is also missing part of his lips, but not showing any other signs of illness.
My only guess is that injuries caused by fighting lead to a secondary infection that was promoted by poor water conditions, but this does not explain the cory cat getting sick.
I have been treating the tank for 5 days now with MAracyn 1 and 2, per directions, and with carbon removed from filters. There are so far no visible signs of improvement, but further signs of deterioration have slowed down. the remainder of the fish appear to be fine, except one small cory cat whose tail seems chewed on. He wont slow down enough for me to tell otherwise. The pleco (6in) and apple snail where removed and placed into my tank for safe keeping
Tank:
29 gallon tank
@150 gph filtration between two HOBs, 1 @ 125gph, 1 @ 25gph
Temp is 81*F
Params where slightly high in all aspects (NH3, NO2, NO3) have started to bring tank under control (not my tank,
, the owner wasnt taking proper care..i.e. wasnt doin enough water changes and wasnt cleaning out the gravel when she did do them)So far, we have lost and Angel fish and a Cory cat, both of which where my fish for 6 months until they got moved, along with 4 more angels 2 months ago. The angel to die was the largest, at about 3 inches, the remaining are between .75-1.5 inches body length.
I moved the fish out of my tank due to aggresion from my Senegalus Bichir, he had taken many chunks out of hte angels tails, and left a nasty mark on the large angel. After a month in the new tank, all of the angels showed improvement in their fin regrowth, but the large angel did not show any improvement with his sore, but it did not get worse. About a month later, it started turning red, and then he started getting sores around the rest of his body, looked like missing scales and white patches. The worst of the new sores was over his gills, it seemed to eat completely through the gill plate. He died. A few days later, a cory cat, the largest one, started showing similiar signs, along with on his underbelly it looked like a pair of fins was completely ripped off. He died a few days later.
At about the same time the cory started looking bad, the next largest angel did as well. He now has the same spots over his body, and the holes in his gill plates are about 1.5mm across, and they appear to go clean through to his gills.
Half of his lip is missing as well, but I feel this is from fighting with another similiar sized angel who is also missing part of his lips, but not showing any other signs of illness.
My only guess is that injuries caused by fighting lead to a secondary infection that was promoted by poor water conditions, but this does not explain the cory cat getting sick.
I have been treating the tank for 5 days now with MAracyn 1 and 2, per directions, and with carbon removed from filters. There are so far no visible signs of improvement, but further signs of deterioration have slowed down. the remainder of the fish appear to be fine, except one small cory cat whose tail seems chewed on. He wont slow down enough for me to tell otherwise. The pleco (6in) and apple snail where removed and placed into my tank for safe keeping
