Kogi
New Member
New fishkeeper here. I currently have a 75 Gallon tank.
Tank consists of -
3 Albino Corydora
2 Bronze Corydora
2 Candy Pleco
7 Dumbo Guppy
2 Glofish Tetra (It was rehomed to me, I will be getting more so they don't feel lonely)
5 Cherry Shrimp
and 11 Cardinal Tetras (was 17)
Water parameters attached below. PH is 7.5
Also attached a picture of two dead cardinal tetras
My cardinals have been dying one by one each day, and today I found 2 of them dead. I already started ICH-X and Maracyn together yesterday, and just dosed it today as well. I'm not sure what else to do, I have cleaned the tank glass, gravel vacced daily and raised the temperature to 84 yesterday when starting the dosing. (I didn't redose ICH-X since it says to do 1/3 water change before adding another dose after 8 hours, since the Maracyn says to not change water until I do more doses every 12 hours. (I'm assuming it's a fungal since I saw a white patch on the side of ONLY 1 of the tetra (not fuzzy though)
All my other fish seem to be doing alright, only the Cardinals have been dying. Any tips or anything I should do or look out for? This is a fairly new tank (3 Weeks old) but it was instant cycled with pre-used media and filter (from my previous tank (corydoras were doing great and had it for a while so I trust the bacteria in it), along with Fritz 700 Turbostart. Ammonia and Nitrite have never spiked (especially since it's a bigger tank with some small fish) I did tests almost daily to be safe. I'm out of ideas, and it's breaking my heart to see my little babies dying. As a newer fishkeeper I'm trying my best to read up on the most I can to do preventative and current health maintenances on my fish, and I feel like I'm failing. As for food I always gave them a mix of Xtreme flakes, freeze dried blood worms, and bug bites in a new salt grinder as well to keep a balanced diet. (Algae Wafers for the shrimp and Pleco). I did try to give a tad bit more food to assure everyone was eating, and I would gravel vacc 3-5 hours after feeding so no left overs could cause an ammonia spike. Sorry for the long read but I'm not sure where I'm going wrong. Anything will help.
Tank consists of -
3 Albino Corydora
2 Bronze Corydora
2 Candy Pleco
7 Dumbo Guppy
2 Glofish Tetra (It was rehomed to me, I will be getting more so they don't feel lonely)
5 Cherry Shrimp
and 11 Cardinal Tetras (was 17)
Water parameters attached below. PH is 7.5
Also attached a picture of two dead cardinal tetras
My cardinals have been dying one by one each day, and today I found 2 of them dead. I already started ICH-X and Maracyn together yesterday, and just dosed it today as well. I'm not sure what else to do, I have cleaned the tank glass, gravel vacced daily and raised the temperature to 84 yesterday when starting the dosing. (I didn't redose ICH-X since it says to do 1/3 water change before adding another dose after 8 hours, since the Maracyn says to not change water until I do more doses every 12 hours. (I'm assuming it's a fungal since I saw a white patch on the side of ONLY 1 of the tetra (not fuzzy though)
All my other fish seem to be doing alright, only the Cardinals have been dying. Any tips or anything I should do or look out for? This is a fairly new tank (3 Weeks old) but it was instant cycled with pre-used media and filter (from my previous tank (corydoras were doing great and had it for a while so I trust the bacteria in it), along with Fritz 700 Turbostart. Ammonia and Nitrite have never spiked (especially since it's a bigger tank with some small fish) I did tests almost daily to be safe. I'm out of ideas, and it's breaking my heart to see my little babies dying. As a newer fishkeeper I'm trying my best to read up on the most I can to do preventative and current health maintenances on my fish, and I feel like I'm failing. As for food I always gave them a mix of Xtreme flakes, freeze dried blood worms, and bug bites in a new salt grinder as well to keep a balanced diet. (Algae Wafers for the shrimp and Pleco). I did try to give a tad bit more food to assure everyone was eating, and I would gravel vacc 3-5 hours after feeding so no left overs could cause an ammonia spike. Sorry for the long read but I'm not sure where I'm going wrong. Anything will help.