Dieing Tetras

[pumaf1]

I am slowly but surely loosing all of my tetras, they are apparently "albino" tetras. They all seem ok, but after a feed, one of them dies. this doesnt matter if it is flake or live food.

ll my other fishes are fine and happy, and as I type this I am seeing another one die.its at the top of the tank and just riding the current.

I cant put it into anoher tank as I have some fish in quarentine.

ll tank stats are spot on, but i cant get to a fish shop until the weekend. any ideas greatly taken

 

[kpintheshed]

what is ur temp? because tetras can die easily at 30 degress. 22 -24 is what i keep mine at.

 

[pumaf1]

what is ur temp? because tetras can die easily at 30 degress. 22 -24 is what i keep mine at.

dead on 24

 

[AndreaC]

How long have you had them?

 

[kpintheshed]

is u how good is ur water quality?
how often do u change it?
how many fish do u have?

 

[Dave1]

i had the same problem but with bloodfin tetras... no idea what happened.

 

[pumaf1]

How long have you had them?

about a month.

I think this ones dead, its trying to swim but not getting anywhere, should i envoke the power of god and kill it?

ph 7.2
ammonia 0
nitrate 10
nitrite 0

water changes 1/3 every 10 days -

6 no make it 5 tetras
2 corys

 

[pumaf1]

Its dead

 

[kpintheshed]

sorry i dont know what it could be. the water quality sounds good. well its a 7 gallon tank right, so roughly gallon each fish, i change my water every 4 days 1/3.(because i have mollys)

but urs seems good. maybe have a look and c if they have a disease.

http/www.####.co.uk/Diseases1.htm

maybe it shows some of the symtoms ur fish could have

http/www.####.co.uk

 

[pumaf1]

ts littterally they all look fine bt di after eating. nothing untoward on the dead fush, nothing, maybe my eater is faulty, gunna go to the chemist and buy a digital term now and see what the real temp is

 

[kpintheshed]

it must be the food.

maybe u should not feed them until u go to the fish shop or chemist

Good luck

 

[MHunt]

I had a series of mysterious deaths, especially in neon tetras for a while. It appeared to be kicked off when i added my first apisto's, and made worse when i added some platy's thet brought some whitespot with them. Ulktimately, what stopped the rot was a dose of interpet 9 anti internal bacteria med, haven't had a death in the tank since that i didn't know the reason.

On the temp side, i wouldn't take what the temp the heater says it's at as gospel. Always use a heaterh along with a good thermometer. Even just a stock on strip one's better than nothing. Then adjust the heater till you get the correct temp on the thermometer.

 

[pumaf1]

well its at 30 now according to the digitemp gauage so a ball park is 27 so i am knocking it down to the nex level

will they be ok until saturday without food?

 

[WILDER]

Check the gills to see if there pale with excess mucas on them, or red and inflamed.
Fish with flukes will sometimes swim in a jerky movement.
Anys signs of laboured breathing, or flicking and rubbing on objects.

 

[kpintheshed]

try and slowly bring the temp down to 21-24 i would say. but check on what wilder said because he knows alot about fish.