TheChefSLC
Aquarium Advice Regular
I have something wrong with my fish. I am not quite sure what. There seems to be multiple symptoms.
My tank is a 36bf moderately planted
was dosing daily 3ml excel until current issues. was just after morning feeding
dosing weekly 3ml flourish
using prime for my water changes
moderate lighting finnex ray 2
lights are on a timer 4 on, 4 off, 4 on
feeding happens in am frozen blood worms on sunday, omega one super color flakes on the other days. 1 day will be a fasting day and is random
light surface agitation with power head (as needed)
weekly 30-40% water change
parameters
stocked
symptoms are as follows
I no longer have a QT since I have homed the bad mollie there.
I have been researching this and I am thinking that I may have Hex. As such, I have started feeding garlic and garlic soaked flakes.
Any other idea's on this? I will get some pictures posted shortly.
Hexamita Symptoms: slimy, white mucous feces, swimming backwards, blacken in color.
And this description leads me to believe that this is indeed part or all of my issue I am facing.
1 of my dead guppies did indeed start to get a black tail end of his body a couple days before death. The bloating of the tetra and the lumpy white poo could account for this. Also, as this is an internal parasite, It could easily account for my dead female ram. The red hemorrhage, the red and sunken in anus area after death.
As for my other "healthy" fish, I do not think they will really get issues with this, however, It is very possible they could. Anyone able to confirm this or have any other idea's? I really want to find out what I am dealing with. The sooner I know, the sooner I will be able to get this taken care of.
My tank is a 36bf moderately planted
was dosing daily 3ml excel until current issues. was just after morning feeding
dosing weekly 3ml flourish
using prime for my water changes
moderate lighting finnex ray 2
lights are on a timer 4 on, 4 off, 4 on
feeding happens in am frozen blood worms on sunday, omega one super color flakes on the other days. 1 day will be a fasting day and is random
light surface agitation with power head (as needed)
weekly 30-40% water change
parameters
- pH 8
- Ammonia 0
- Nitrite 0
- Nitrate 5-10
- Temp 79
- hardness 200 (1-11-15)
- alkalinity 180 (1-11-15)
stocked
- 13 neon tetra's (3 of these came from my 5g)
- 2 blue rams
- 3 oto's
- 1 guppy
- ghost shrimp (unknown number but less than 5)
symptoms are as follows
- 4 dead guppies, 3 of these came from my 5g and 2 of them has missing tails
- one of the dead guppies appears to have died due to stress, there were no real signs of other issues and I did not get any pictures of it. This happened after I moved the 3 males from the 5g to the 36bf. This guppy was one I bought for my initial stocking of my tank
- another one died and had half of it's tail missing. This was one from the 5g. This happened after I moved a male mollie from the 20L (replaced my 5g for my female guppy tank). I noticed a lot of aggression and stress from the mollie.
- another guppy died and he was basically murdered. He had no tail issues until he died, and was from the 5g (only guppy with a nice tail of the 3 from that tank). My ram's spawned that night, however, the mollie and that guppy i noticed what appeared to be fighting that day so I think he killed that one.
- my other guppy that died appeared to have a translucent head. This was almost there when I initially transferred him from the 5g. His tail was pretty bad but was getting better till i added the mollie. I removed the mollie and then his tailed was looking better but he could not pull through
- had a female blue ram with a red spot on her side. this turned out to be a hemorrhage. Upon death, I noticed that her anal area has a red spot and was a little sunken in
- i had one of 4 oto's die after having it for 10 days, I assumed this is due to the nature of that fish
- 1 of my large neon tetra's (could have been from the 5g) can see his gills a bit and they are a deep maroon
- my tiny neon tetra (yes he really is TINY) has been bloated. After a couple after I noticed, a couple days later, he passed a large white lumpy poop. I was not able to watch the whole passing due to having to leave, nor could I locate it after. He has since started looking normal as far as his body goes
- my ram's like to get air on the surface, they do this a few times a day. They do not look stressed for air, nor can i see if other's are doing the same.
- My male ram will flash and appears to focus on his tummy or mouth area. I have also seen my remaining guppy flash on plants.
- my tetra's appear to race around and sometimes they appear to crash or rub into each other.
I no longer have a QT since I have homed the bad mollie there.
I have been researching this and I am thinking that I may have Hex. As such, I have started feeding garlic and garlic soaked flakes.
Any other idea's on this? I will get some pictures posted shortly.
Hexamita Symptoms: slimy, white mucous feces, swimming backwards, blacken in color.
And this description leads me to believe that this is indeed part or all of my issue I am facing.
1 of my dead guppies did indeed start to get a black tail end of his body a couple days before death. The bloating of the tetra and the lumpy white poo could account for this. Also, as this is an internal parasite, It could easily account for my dead female ram. The red hemorrhage, the red and sunken in anus area after death.
As for my other "healthy" fish, I do not think they will really get issues with this, however, It is very possible they could. Anyone able to confirm this or have any other idea's? I really want to find out what I am dealing with. The sooner I know, the sooner I will be able to get this taken care of.