Brookster123
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Water changes will get the nitrates down. Ultimately you need to get most of the plecos out of there. It's not a sustainable bioload.
Water changes will get the nitrates down. Ultimately you need to get most of the plecos out of there. It's not a sustainable bioload.
Tank has meds now. General cure. Ignore all that and do water change. My main concern now is how I save the rest of my fish?
What should I do right this second.
Tank has ich attack and general cure. First dose. Ich attack 2nd day and general cure 1 day.
Some fish had some white dots. Now look more like things coming out. See picture. Gill are red. Very red. They are not eating. And some fish look like they are having a bad time breathing. What u recommend? Could be 40 or 80. 40 it’s okay normally it’s 40 or under. 80 is bad. I been doing this test wrong all my life it seems. So I don’t know how bad it been before or good. Plecos been with me for like 6 months. So it can be a build up. But why all suddenly all the fish are dying? Is it because they had enough? Or the meds. Or both. I want need to safe the rest of my fish.
Afterward I would like to talk about why to many plecos are bad. Is it bcuz they r messy and eat and poop all day? I mean I got a koi pond with turtles and that’s all they do too. However my pond is 1000 gallons. But plzs just answer first what should I do right this mins. To save them.
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When in doubt change it out. Just make sure to treat and temp match.
have you done a flashlight test for velvet, turn off the lights and shine a flashlight and check for gold dust?
Are the white spots really white, pretty flat, and all the same size? probably ich?
Or the white spots have texture on them and stick out, vary in size? maybe epistylis, I don't even know if that's possible or likely.
It’s started out like white spots that I could only see in the gills. The gill also look rid. Then the fish started to look pale. Color faded. And in some before they died they look like they were peeling. Like cotton. The plecos before they died Had like red circle patches. When I grab a napkin and touch the fish it was almost like bleeding. Near the tail also is darker red. Gill are red. I lost about 15 fish in about 3 days. Got like 30-40 left. I try ick attack thrilling it was ich or velvet. Thought it was velvet because of the faded color. In the dark the fish also looks faded. Is the gold dust shiny or something u can tell right of the back?. If that’s the case it wasn’t. The next day gill were red. I have them general cure. Next day is today. Now I am thinking is something else.
I know meds is hard on plecos so not sure if bcuz of the med they are bleeding. Or had red patch cause the med is burning them. But before the angel died today he looked super pale and how skin peeling off him. So I would say defiantly white spot sticking out.
My nitrate is 40 or 80. Pic attachment both color look the same to me... not sure if this cause it all. Or a new plant. View attachment 319023
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For sure. Something cotton. I am guessing general cure won’t fox the issue?
it's a confusing and hard thing to work through, the others are really helpful with advice. I don't know. Do you have any fish stores besides petco where you could get meds? Some local fish stores may have wider range of medications. They didn't have the exact product, but I was able to find something with the same ingredients until the right one arrived.
good morning. I havnt lose any fish today. But they look faded. Skin peeling. See pics. Should i continue with general cure or switch to em erythromycin? Would em erythromycin endanger my plecos? Do i do water change today? The general cure is wait 48 hours. Been 24 hours. But i did do 30 % change last night like the nitrate reading show 40 or 80. Thanks
Were any fish gasping at the top before?
Ammonia burns will cause some of your symptoms. High nitrates will rapidly start to kill off fish within just a few days too