Frustration

[Sorrell]

I have had so many random fish deaths this week I am going insane I lost Beam and Cage to something I have never seen before, it was like fin rot without the rot...they just sort of melted away Nova is following the same fate Then of course, my Levi had dropsy so bad when I came back from my trip I literally gasped when I saw him, and wouldn't have recognized him as Levi had I not have seen him in his tank.

Yesterday morning I walked into the fish room and noticed my super delta Kaiui wasn't sitting on his plant as he usually does in the morning...closer look-dead. He was flaring and eating when I went to bed the night before, no symptoms of anything. I lost one of his sisters, Lanai two days ago, same thing...no symtoms.

Last night I was doing rounds and Jack, one of the Wal-Mart fight rescues was laying on the bottom heaving. I fed him and when he came up to eat, the side he had been laying on had a gaping wound entirely covered with fungus. He was already in bettamax for his injuries at Wal-Mart, so I mixed up some tetracycline, salt and stresscoat. He was dead this morning

I am just so frustrated! I guess when you have as many as I do it's bound to happen now and then, but this much at once just sucks. Not really a question in here, I know I'm doing all that I can as far as medicating and observation. I just had to vent to some people who understand they are more then "just fish"

 

[cation]

Man, that really sucks, Sorrell. I had a similar thing at the start of the summer - everybody got sick. I only lost one, but I just felt like a big loser - every time I turned around, somebody had velvet, or fungus, or something else - no fun at all.

Anyway, hope your luck turns soon, and I'm sorry for all the losses. Have there been any changes to your local water lately?

 

[tekknocolor]

I'm sorry to hear about the trials you're enduring at the moment Sorrell, but as they say, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. I am sorry to hear about all the fish lost though. I hope everything turns to the better and you don't have to look back.

 

[MAM]

hmmm, odd. major temp changes up there yet? i had something similar happen a few months back, i chalked up to water issues. i never did test the water, as it didn't occur to me until too late. but i had started using a new product and apparently hadn't used enough. either that, or something funky was going on with the city water that week.

i feel your pain, its so frustrating,especially when you feel its beyond your control as you don't konw what is causing the deaths. i hope things get better for you soon

 

[Wyld-Fyre]

Sorry to hear of your losses Sorrell.

I'm hoping for you that you've reached the peak of your losses, and will lose fewer/no more.

 

[f250fisherman]

Sorry to hear it sorrel. Could it have been a bad batch of food? Do you have well water, or city water? Just seems like maybe they are connected in some way. Sometimes the city flushes lines. I hope whatever it was, is gone.

 

[lizard]

Awwww, sorry to hear that Sorrell Definately not fun. Unfortunately, it's one of the (few) downsides to keeping critters...

Hope things start to get better there

Pamela
aka Married Lizard