KatDis84
New Member
I have a 80l tank which has been running for 6months now,
Water parameters are as follows:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 2ppm (fluctuates between 0and under 5)
Ph 6.8
Temp 29 degrees.
Internal fluval 2plus filter, no carbon
The problem started in a 190l tank after adding 6male guppies which one by one over a course of 3 months died for no apparent reason. Would look listless, pant/gasp then die. Then the platies started to die, one by one, two or so weeks apart, but this time for some no weightless or listless behaviour necessarily. One platy starte flashing and had slight poss signs of ich so I medicated with formaldehyde and malachite green oxide, she didn't survive, others have had very pink gills and redness inside , then a larger yellow gourami (7cm) was losing weight and had red linear protuberances from her 'anus'. I suspected roundworm and on advice of lfs started medicating with sterazin by waterlife (malachite green, piperazine citrate, acriflavine hydrochloride, formaldehyde) I have raised the temp to speed the life cycle of any parasite and was gravel hoovering every day, now every other day, removing about 25% water I cannot see the red protruberences any more but a danio now Looks listless and the golden gourami who seemed to be responding looks worse the last 2 days. All I have in the tank are two very small danio (both juvenile- one I'll) one male betta, one seemingly healthy platy, one juvenile platy (looks quiet, no gasping but hanging around at the surface) and two gourami- one golden one blue. I have two long airstones on 24/7. It is now 14 days into the sterazin (last dose today) and I am stuck for ideas of what to do next. Any help appreciated as it's soul destroying watching fish you've had for a year and others you've inherited who are at least 4 die.
Thank you in advance, kathryn
Water parameters are as follows:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 2ppm (fluctuates between 0and under 5)
Ph 6.8
Temp 29 degrees.
Internal fluval 2plus filter, no carbon
The problem started in a 190l tank after adding 6male guppies which one by one over a course of 3 months died for no apparent reason. Would look listless, pant/gasp then die. Then the platies started to die, one by one, two or so weeks apart, but this time for some no weightless or listless behaviour necessarily. One platy starte flashing and had slight poss signs of ich so I medicated with formaldehyde and malachite green oxide, she didn't survive, others have had very pink gills and redness inside , then a larger yellow gourami (7cm) was losing weight and had red linear protuberances from her 'anus'. I suspected roundworm and on advice of lfs started medicating with sterazin by waterlife (malachite green, piperazine citrate, acriflavine hydrochloride, formaldehyde) I have raised the temp to speed the life cycle of any parasite and was gravel hoovering every day, now every other day, removing about 25% water I cannot see the red protruberences any more but a danio now Looks listless and the golden gourami who seemed to be responding looks worse the last 2 days. All I have in the tank are two very small danio (both juvenile- one I'll) one male betta, one seemingly healthy platy, one juvenile platy (looks quiet, no gasping but hanging around at the surface) and two gourami- one golden one blue. I have two long airstones on 24/7. It is now 14 days into the sterazin (last dose today) and I am stuck for ideas of what to do next. Any help appreciated as it's soul destroying watching fish you've had for a year and others you've inherited who are at least 4 die.
Thank you in advance, kathryn
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