Not really sure how to proceed here.
I had a fish doing barrel rolls which I thought was a swim bladder issue. It may well be some sort of parasite after all.
I have several fish flashing their heads against wood and grass. I see no sign whatsoever of white spots on their bodies / fins etc. There are some white dots floating around in the water. I assumed that this was bits of this horrible white algae that collects on the rubber filter inlet from the external filter. That may or may not be the case still, I don't know. The fish tend to go to eat these white blobs them spit them out. The blobs do not move or swim around.
So, of a total of 21 fish, I'd say about 5 of them are flashing. One in particular is doing it a lot. He has a narrowed tail fin, as does another that looks less than pleased. Other than the flashing, they're swimming around fine and haven't lost their appetite. The one that was doing barrel rolls previously doesn't actually seem to flash in that rapid way and I haven't even seen her do a barrel roll since the first day so that may be unrelated.
Anyway, I have added a crushed garlic clove. They sort of nibbled it a bit but not much so I've got quite a bit of garlic everywhere. I did a 15% water change yesterday and a 10% today to help improve water conditions. I had a fry box in the corner of the tank and was adding liquifry and fry food in there, so that may have polluted the water. I have removed and cleaned that breeding box.
In the tank there are
6 forktail rainbowfish (2 or 3 flashing?)
7 celestial pearl danios (none flashing that I can see. I added them 2 and 3 days ago in two groups).
8 spotted blue eyes (2 or 3 flashing)
3 cherry red shrimp. I haven't seen one for a while. The other two have popped out every now and again and seem OK, though they don't seem particularly busy.
1 Zebra Nerrite Snail
In general the tank seem fairly agitated. I had put this down to adding the CPDs in the last couple of days but some sort of parasites or poor water quality seems just as likely.
Parameters are
0ish ammonia (I can never tell on the API master, which always seems to look like a very slight trace no matter what) so I bought a Seachem Ammonia Alert and that says it's all fine).
0 nitrite
5ish nitrate, though it comes out the tap at 20. I have plants that use it up.
I have King British White Spot and King British Revitalising Tonic (sounds like a shampoo), in the cupboard.
I have a 20l tank arriving tomorrow that I was going to use for fry but can be a quarantine tank. Presumably meds would kill the (very small) fry, which are about 6mm.
So the question is, what should I do now?
Thanks!
I had a fish doing barrel rolls which I thought was a swim bladder issue. It may well be some sort of parasite after all.
I have several fish flashing their heads against wood and grass. I see no sign whatsoever of white spots on their bodies / fins etc. There are some white dots floating around in the water. I assumed that this was bits of this horrible white algae that collects on the rubber filter inlet from the external filter. That may or may not be the case still, I don't know. The fish tend to go to eat these white blobs them spit them out. The blobs do not move or swim around.
So, of a total of 21 fish, I'd say about 5 of them are flashing. One in particular is doing it a lot. He has a narrowed tail fin, as does another that looks less than pleased. Other than the flashing, they're swimming around fine and haven't lost their appetite. The one that was doing barrel rolls previously doesn't actually seem to flash in that rapid way and I haven't even seen her do a barrel roll since the first day so that may be unrelated.
Anyway, I have added a crushed garlic clove. They sort of nibbled it a bit but not much so I've got quite a bit of garlic everywhere. I did a 15% water change yesterday and a 10% today to help improve water conditions. I had a fry box in the corner of the tank and was adding liquifry and fry food in there, so that may have polluted the water. I have removed and cleaned that breeding box.
In the tank there are
6 forktail rainbowfish (2 or 3 flashing?)
7 celestial pearl danios (none flashing that I can see. I added them 2 and 3 days ago in two groups).
8 spotted blue eyes (2 or 3 flashing)
3 cherry red shrimp. I haven't seen one for a while. The other two have popped out every now and again and seem OK, though they don't seem particularly busy.
1 Zebra Nerrite Snail
In general the tank seem fairly agitated. I had put this down to adding the CPDs in the last couple of days but some sort of parasites or poor water quality seems just as likely.
Parameters are
0ish ammonia (I can never tell on the API master, which always seems to look like a very slight trace no matter what) so I bought a Seachem Ammonia Alert and that says it's all fine).
0 nitrite
5ish nitrate, though it comes out the tap at 20. I have plants that use it up.
I have King British White Spot and King British Revitalising Tonic (sounds like a shampoo), in the cupboard.
I have a 20l tank arriving tomorrow that I was going to use for fry but can be a quarantine tank. Presumably meds would kill the (very small) fry, which are about 6mm.
So the question is, what should I do now?
Thanks!
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