Lost TWO MORE Khuli's !!!!!

[jeffrey]

I thoguht about the air too, but I do have a small airstone in the middle back of my main planted area.

Filtration is a hanging, and a fuval (404, 403??) canister, there is very good movement of the water at the bottom from this, so much that the corner where it sucks up from (it also has a drop for surface water) I had to put gravel instead of the rocks, same with the back of the tank where the water comes out.




I heard about the poor breeding of them creating genetic defects that make them very weak at fighting anything off. but I thought I got good ones, as the lfs quarentiened them for a month.

Mine have been and still are very active at all hours. playing tag, and seaming to do laps, its quite entertaining.


I always thought I had my tank set up perfect. but I guess not.
This morning I accounted for all fish left, and they all looked healthy, and scattered real fast when I dropped the flake food can and it hit the edge of the tank. and they are all eating (dropped some frozen tubiflex for them).

 

[jeffrey]

Lost another one.....

Man I am really really starting to REALY REALY HATE THIS!!!

I mean it sucks on the worst level. I dont even know whats wrong.


I think I saw this one though.
I saw them playing tag, with one stragler (they usually move real fast) so I watched him, 15 minutes passed befor he didnt move at all, jstu sat on the bottom gills moveing in and out really slowly.
He stayed there for like 30 minutes with his gills moving slower the whole time. And this is just killing me, I dont know what I can do.
then he jsut kinda stopped moving his fins that were stabalizing him and the current pushed him on his side. still moving his gills though.
15 more minutes passed and the other khuli's started to pick at him, so I picked him out into a bucket of tank water and put an air stone in it and some salt.
I could still see his gills moving.
I had to get some urgent stuff done for work befor 3 so I had to leave him for 30 minutes or so, and when I just looked at him, he wasnt moving at all.


Its so sad. I have no idea what happened to him, if it was a person i would almost say stroke or heart attack, but do fish have these?

I really dont want to lose more. I just hate seeing one of my fish like that.

I'm starting to think I might try and catch all the remaining ones and take them to lfs, cause I cant stand to lose anymore.

 

[Earthgirl]

I'm SO SORRY to hear about your Kuli's. That really sucks. I don't know the first thing about them. I really hope someone can help because it sure sounds like some kind of parasite.

 

[jeffrey]

Well I went to the LFS IU was going to talk to them about trading my remaining Khuli's in for something else, cuase I couldnt stad to see another die.

But it turns out within a week every last one of there has died for reason unknow to them, they got a shipment of like 300 of them, and had them all in a huge tank, This is the same shipment I got some of my khuli's from.

So I think that it might have jsut been some kind of poor breeding or something or another.
They have credited me for the cost of the khuli's I have gotten there.

So now I need to fill my tank again. but not to sure what with yet.