Okay this is a long post.
I have a 60 gallon tank that has been set up for over a year. It had 4 fancy goldfish and 2 large plecos. Little over loaded I know (everything grew faster and larger than anticipated) but I had two filters and I cleaned the tank every week and tested the water. Never had an issue, so I left it alone.
Last Saturday I did a small cleaning testing the water everything was fine. I have 2 filters on it. A 360 fluval canister and a small top filter that is on there simply to keep it cleaner-- can't think of the name but it is now fluval. The top filter got left off but the canister was still going.
When I stopped by to feed on Sunday, they are at the office, I found 2 goldfish dead, 2 dying, and plecos were stressed.
Water test showed nitrites were through the roof (dark purple on API test).
I have no idea what happened. The filter that got left off shouldn't have had any impact it was never designed for that aquarium. There was no power outage. I didn't overfeed.
I managed to save 1. (Actually 2 but the other was struggling to recover and 1 of the plecos decided it was food and it didn't survive the stress.)
So I have found a new home for the plecos and am about to bring home 4 new goldfish. Minor problem: they all have signs of anchor worm.
My LFS is treating them before I bring them home. I would like to put them with my other fish as soon as possible since he seems depressed all by himself.
It is a very good LFS and the fish came from outdoor ponds in Florida so anchor worms are not to shocking. Am I stupid for considering not quarantining them? They have been at the LFS for 2 weeks so I are not showing signs of any other illness. And they won't be coming home until they are healthy.
Thoughts please.
Darcy
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I have a 60 gallon tank that has been set up for over a year. It had 4 fancy goldfish and 2 large plecos. Little over loaded I know (everything grew faster and larger than anticipated) but I had two filters and I cleaned the tank every week and tested the water. Never had an issue, so I left it alone.
Last Saturday I did a small cleaning testing the water everything was fine. I have 2 filters on it. A 360 fluval canister and a small top filter that is on there simply to keep it cleaner-- can't think of the name but it is now fluval. The top filter got left off but the canister was still going.
When I stopped by to feed on Sunday, they are at the office, I found 2 goldfish dead, 2 dying, and plecos were stressed.
Water test showed nitrites were through the roof (dark purple on API test).
I have no idea what happened. The filter that got left off shouldn't have had any impact it was never designed for that aquarium. There was no power outage. I didn't overfeed.
I managed to save 1. (Actually 2 but the other was struggling to recover and 1 of the plecos decided it was food and it didn't survive the stress.)
So I have found a new home for the plecos and am about to bring home 4 new goldfish. Minor problem: they all have signs of anchor worm.
My LFS is treating them before I bring them home. I would like to put them with my other fish as soon as possible since he seems depressed all by himself.
It is a very good LFS and the fish came from outdoor ponds in Florida so anchor worms are not to shocking. Am I stupid for considering not quarantining them? They have been at the LFS for 2 weeks so I are not showing signs of any other illness. And they won't be coming home until they are healthy.
Thoughts please.
Darcy
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