A few weeks ago my 125l tank had a serious algae problem and what sounds like fungus. I got rid of the algae (for now) but the fungus is all over my bogwood again. I've also had 7 recent fish deaths!
Unfortunately I only have test strips and don't have anything to test for ammonia (I'm saving up for a API master kit). According to the strips my water parameters are:
pH: 8
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 0
kH: 120
gH: 180
tank temp: 26C / 78F
Fish Symptoms:
Platies constantly rubbing themselves on soft leaves and allowing the last guppy to nip at their sides. 1 of them was always at the top and hardly moved except to eat, while the others spent most of their time hiding at the bottom amongst the plants.
Fins clamped very tight. No visible spots.
One platy keeps spitting out flakes, but she ate some bloodworms. While swimming seems to stop-and-start all the time. I also noticed what looked like stringy white poo, but I've only seen it once.
The other platy isn't interested in food at all. Also I noticed a bit of red just in front of her anus, its like little red hairs? Can't think how else to describe it. She seems quite weak and when with the other platy rolls on her side.
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My panda garras don't seem right but it could just be me looking for problems. Although I did see one of them having an itchy moment and rubbing itself on the wood, and its fins are also clamped. My second panda garra seems fine but leans to one side-not sure if its ill or if it's hurt 1 of its fins (the other garra likes to chase it around).
Volume and Frequency of water changes:
Usually change 25% every fortnight but due to illness I've started changing 25% weekly.
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:
Biomax, Clearmax, Ammonia Remover and Purigen.
The guy at our LFS thinks its some kind of parasite and gave me some Sterazin. I've never had to treat fish before so have no idea how long it should be until you first notice a difference. I've done 4/5 of the doses and haven't really seen any change.
Tank inhabitants:
4 guppies (now all dead)
2 black neon tetras (1 died)
4 cardinal tetras
4 platies (2 died)
2 panda garras
Recent additions to your tank:
I bought 4 guppies a while ago, all of which are now dead. I noticed the problems after they were added, but they looked healthy when i added them.
Any idea what parasite it could be? Or if it could be anything else? Is there a better medication I could use? Is there a way I can get my non-eating platy to eat? One of my dead platies dropped some fry, are they likely to be infected?
Thanks in advance!
Unfortunately I only have test strips and don't have anything to test for ammonia (I'm saving up for a API master kit). According to the strips my water parameters are:
pH: 8
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 0
kH: 120
gH: 180
tank temp: 26C / 78F
Fish Symptoms:
Platies constantly rubbing themselves on soft leaves and allowing the last guppy to nip at their sides. 1 of them was always at the top and hardly moved except to eat, while the others spent most of their time hiding at the bottom amongst the plants.
Fins clamped very tight. No visible spots.
One platy keeps spitting out flakes, but she ate some bloodworms. While swimming seems to stop-and-start all the time. I also noticed what looked like stringy white poo, but I've only seen it once.
The other platy isn't interested in food at all. Also I noticed a bit of red just in front of her anus, its like little red hairs? Can't think how else to describe it. She seems quite weak and when with the other platy rolls on her side.
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My panda garras don't seem right but it could just be me looking for problems. Although I did see one of them having an itchy moment and rubbing itself on the wood, and its fins are also clamped. My second panda garra seems fine but leans to one side-not sure if its ill or if it's hurt 1 of its fins (the other garra likes to chase it around).
Volume and Frequency of water changes:
Usually change 25% every fortnight but due to illness I've started changing 25% weekly.
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:
Biomax, Clearmax, Ammonia Remover and Purigen.
The guy at our LFS thinks its some kind of parasite and gave me some Sterazin. I've never had to treat fish before so have no idea how long it should be until you first notice a difference. I've done 4/5 of the doses and haven't really seen any change.
Tank inhabitants:
4 guppies (now all dead)
2 black neon tetras (1 died)
4 cardinal tetras
4 platies (2 died)
2 panda garras
Recent additions to your tank:
I bought 4 guppies a while ago, all of which are now dead. I noticed the problems after they were added, but they looked healthy when i added them.
Any idea what parasite it could be? Or if it could be anything else? Is there a better medication I could use? Is there a way I can get my non-eating platy to eat? One of my dead platies dropped some fry, are they likely to be infected?
Thanks in advance!
but this pet store sells things like chickens, ducks etc so hopefully they should have something there! Is there anything else that can be used? 
You need to get hold of some Levamisole, it is the only thing I've had any success with. You can get it in Harkers Harka Verm (a bird wormer)which I ended up buying on ebay (if you do a search on this site for callamanus worms there are some very helpful threads about dosage)or from a gentleman in America called Charles Harrison. It took about a week for a package to reach me. Unfortunately I can't do a search at the moment for his contact details but I will have a look tonight when I'm back home. Some people manage to get rid of them in just two treatments, you have to retreat to break the life cycle, but it has taken me alot longer. Wishing you lots of luck. 
