2 days ago i bought 3 glass catfish, they all looked perfectly healthy at the lfs when i got them home 2 had turned cloudy. One died 2 hrs after acclimation, one appears to be healthy still but the third one is still cloudy and has torn fins. Will he make it or will he infect the only healthy one?
Glass Catfish Turned Cloudy
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phoenixkiller
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Glass Catfish require groups of six, and pretty good water conditions. What are your current water parameters? Are you using an API Freshwater Master Test Kit?
phoenixkiller
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Yeah, I was thinking about that, and I am guessing the deaths are due to stress of too few of their own kind... just my two cents...
I agree on not wanting to add more, however waiting to add more glass cats could also increase stress due to there only being 2 in the tank?Just thoughts...Hope you have better luck with them as they are awesome fish!
Glass cats absolutely need to be stocked in schools, but that can't be the cause of your issues here. You would notice excessive hiding and shyness, possibly problems feeding, maybe eventually death..but not in two days.
What are you water parameters?
How did you acclimate them?
If your nitrates are in check and your tank is free of ammonia and nitrites, and you acclimated them slowly by introducing small amounts of tank water at a time (or drip), then you will probably just have to call it bad stock. They could have been mishandled or had a rough time in shipment, can't say for sure.
I don't believe the remaining cloudy cats are a danger to your other fish, but I can't say for certain. It's a good idea to invest in quarantine set-up if you can, so you can observe new fish for a period of time before adding them to your display tank, and avoid the spread of disease.
What are you water parameters?
How did you acclimate them?
If your nitrates are in check and your tank is free of ammonia and nitrites, and you acclimated them slowly by introducing small amounts of tank water at a time (or drip), then you will probably just have to call it bad stock. They could have been mishandled or had a rough time in shipment, can't say for sure.
I don't believe the remaining cloudy cats are a danger to your other fish, but I can't say for certain. It's a good idea to invest in quarantine set-up if you can, so you can observe new fish for a period of time before adding them to your display tank, and avoid the spread of disease.
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phoenixkiller
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A quarantine tank is definitely a worthy investment, I hope to set one up soon. I also see the same question, so what ARE your water parameters??
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siva said:
Yeah, I'm worried about that too. I would use drip acclimation for all but the hardiest livebearers. So how did you acclimate the Ghosts?
First i fill a 10 litre bucket with water from my tank then put the bag on top for 15 mins to come to temp then i open the bag and add some tank water into the bag and leave for 10 mins. After all this is done i empty the bag into the bucket then net them into the tank
I'm usually not able to do a full on drip acclimation myself, but it does need to be done more gradually then this. Float the bag until it comes to temp (right in the tank is best). Every 10 minutes remove a small amount of bag water and replace with an equal amount of tank water. Repeat until the bag water has pretty much become tank water. Or drip acclimate. Which is wonderful and easy. Acclimating Tropical Fish to Your Fish Tank
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