My Rummy Noses :(

[andyboy!!]

Hello

Last saturday I purchased 3 new rummy nose tetras. The next day one died, with another one shortly after that. I had a water test and they came back as "perfect". The fish shop owner replaced the two that died with two new ones from the same batch.

The one that was left from the first lot is still alive. However, his colours have faded quite considerably compared to what they were. He also, keeps turning himself upside down every so often, like he's about to die or something. Then he catches upto the other two and dashes around with them. He seems fine apart from that. The two new ones have also faded considerably in colour, although not quite as bad yet, and one is alot better than the other. The first ones been in for about a week now, the others about 5 day's. All thier bodies seem to have a slight yellow tinge to them as well. But they do swim around fast all day with each other, and appear normal and healthy apart from what I've pointed out above.

I also have 2 platys, 2 zebras and 5 neons who all seem to be very healthy. I feed them on normal tropical fish flakes.

Can anyone offer any advice?

Thanks a lot
Andy.

 

[timmystood]

Either the water quality isn't perfect like you say or something has got into the tank (a substance etc.)

What else is in the tank? How big is it? Are any other residents of the tank acting strange? Are fish from that shop usually good?

 

[b.c.f.c]

rummy nose teteras seem to get stressed very easyly from my experiance which is probly the main reason why they loose there colour.mine always lose a bit of colour dureing water changes but colour back up about half an hour after.
may i ask how big your tank is?
And i would suggest getting at least 3 more rummy noses as they are schooling fish.

 

[jolaf]

Dyou have airstones in your tank. The reason I ask is that I had a similar problem early on and the addition of a large across the tank airstone gave more air to my fish. I since then have had no problems with the more delicate fish. If they don't look sick I really can't think of anything other than the fact they may not be geting enough oxygen.

Hello

Last saturday I purchased 3 new rummy nose tetras. The next day one died, with another one shortly after that. I had a water test and they came back as "perfect". The fish shop owner replaced the two that died with two new ones from the same batch.

The one that was left from the first lot is still alive. However, his colours have faded quite considerably compared to what they were. He also, keeps turning himself upside down every so often, like he's about to die or something. Then he catches upto the other two and dashes around with them. He seems fine apart from that. The two new ones have also faded considerably in colour, although not quite as bad yet, and one is alot better than the other. The first ones been in for about a week now, the others about 5 day's. All thier bodies seem to have a slight yellow tinge to them as well. But they do swim around fast all day with each other, and appear normal and healthy apart from what I've pointed out above.

I also have 2 platys, 2 zebras and 5 neons who all seem to be very healthy. I feed them on normal tropical fish flakes.

Can anyone offer any advice?

Thanks a lot
Andy.

 

[Weaver]

Hi
In my (not vast) experience they are quite a picky fish who take a bit of time to settle into a tank.When you first get them they can be a bit faded for a day or two until they get used to the tank.They are also quite fussy about water conditions and their noses fade from bright red to paler when the water quality deteriorates.
You dont say how long the tank has been set up.If it is only cycling then thats your problem.They are not a good fish for new tanks.
bfcf is right in saying that you should really have at least 6.They are a shoaling fish and having only 3 means that they will be even more stressed.Size of tank is also important.
If you post their symptoms in the emergency section someone may be able to explain the upside-down bit
Beautiful little fish though

 

[andyboy!!]

Hi, thanks for all the advice.

My tank size is 2ft x 1ft x 1ft (58 litres).

Water tests have shown that the water is in very good condition.

I have a 12 inch airstone.

All the other fish appear fine.

It's been set-up since Christmas eve.

One other thing, the rummy's have varying amounts of white speckles on them that apear stuck on them if that makes any sense to anyone. Not actually on their skin like whitespot.

Also, it's not just their heads, their tails have faded too.

Any more advice?
Thanks, Andy.

 

[andyboy!!]

After reading some other posts, this looks like ich??? Is this the same as whitespot?

Can anyone offer any advice, I'm going down to my petshop asap.

It seems to be spreading 1 or two of the other fish now. Is this very bad news? Where does it come from?

 

[Weaver]

Sounds very much like ich/whitespot which are the same thing.Its a highly infectious and extremely common parasite.Agood whitespot med,increased temp&aeration and salt baths are all recommended.Im no expert in diseases so I would advise you to have a look at the emergency section where you will get good advice .One of the pinned articles explains the lifestyle of this parasite and its causes
I bought a lonely little rummynose a while back as I felt sorry for it and unfortunately it brought ich into the tank which wiped out all bar one of the rummynose shoal that I had.Ive found neither rummynose or neons to be very hardy so there could be casualties there.Platys,on the other hand are tough tough fish.
Hopefully you have got your meds and should start immediate treatment
Good Luck