gabriel.mihu
Fish Fanatic
20g tank has been established for a few good months now, but has gone through a fish-in mini cycle (about a week) when I changed part of the substrate, about 5 weeks ago.
History:
4 weeks ago:
- removed 5 buenos aires tetras (been there for 3 months)
- removed 4 giant danios (been there for 3 months)
- introduced 2 swordtail females and 4 neon tetras
-> in the tank: 2 swords, 2 cory cats, 4 neons (1 died in 24-48 hours), 2 fancy guppies males (died in 1-3 days)
3 weeks ago:
- removed part of the gravel, changed with black, coarse sand
10 days ago:
- water parameters back to normal (7.6ph, 0 amonia, 0 nitrites, about 10 nitrates)
- introduced 2 fancy guppies males
- 1 sword dies
2 days ago:
- added 3 mollies, 1 sword male
Right now, the tank has: 2 cory cats, 1 sword male, 2 fancy guppies male, 2 sunset mollies, 1 lyretail molly, 3 neons; water params ok; 20g tank, lightly planted; internal filter
PROBLEM:
Yesterday, everything was fine, even last night. I reduced the filter flow, as the power head generated a too strong current, and the fish seemed kind of tired. They seemed to love that, and mollies/guppies started swimming around.
This morning I see my sword female is dead, and all I can see is the whitish spots on her. Check the images below and let me know if you have any advice, if this is something common, if this is treatable or not, or if it doesn't mean anything.
Any help would be appreciated, as I don't want to lose my fish - they are pretty nice, colorful, and they seem in good health at this point. I love the lyretail, and really loved the swordfish that died, too - she was a really fine specimen, as is the lyretail.
I want to introduce 5 more neons, but they're in my quarantine tank for a few days, just to be safe that they don't have any ich before putting them in the tank - I just got them a couple of days ago from the fish store.
I don't see any sickness signs on any other fish, they seem to be doing fine: swimming around, not too agitated, and eating just fine the flakes. Only on the guppy in the photo I see the pelvic fin a bit white - I don't know if that's a sign of anything.
Any advice is welcome.
History:
4 weeks ago:
- removed 5 buenos aires tetras (been there for 3 months)
- removed 4 giant danios (been there for 3 months)
- introduced 2 swordtail females and 4 neon tetras
-> in the tank: 2 swords, 2 cory cats, 4 neons (1 died in 24-48 hours), 2 fancy guppies males (died in 1-3 days)
3 weeks ago:
- removed part of the gravel, changed with black, coarse sand
10 days ago:
- water parameters back to normal (7.6ph, 0 amonia, 0 nitrites, about 10 nitrates)
- introduced 2 fancy guppies males
- 1 sword dies
2 days ago:
- added 3 mollies, 1 sword male
Right now, the tank has: 2 cory cats, 1 sword male, 2 fancy guppies male, 2 sunset mollies, 1 lyretail molly, 3 neons; water params ok; 20g tank, lightly planted; internal filter
PROBLEM:
Yesterday, everything was fine, even last night. I reduced the filter flow, as the power head generated a too strong current, and the fish seemed kind of tired. They seemed to love that, and mollies/guppies started swimming around.
This morning I see my sword female is dead, and all I can see is the whitish spots on her. Check the images below and let me know if you have any advice, if this is something common, if this is treatable or not, or if it doesn't mean anything.
Any help would be appreciated, as I don't want to lose my fish - they are pretty nice, colorful, and they seem in good health at this point. I love the lyretail, and really loved the swordfish that died, too - she was a really fine specimen, as is the lyretail.
I want to introduce 5 more neons, but they're in my quarantine tank for a few days, just to be safe that they don't have any ich before putting them in the tank - I just got them a couple of days ago from the fish store.
I don't see any sickness signs on any other fish, they seem to be doing fine: swimming around, not too agitated, and eating just fine the flakes. Only on the guppy in the photo I see the pelvic fin a bit white - I don't know if that's a sign of anything.
Any advice is welcome.