willowstwin
Fishaholic
Came home from work 30 minutes ago, turned on the tank lights and checked all the shrimp and fish (as I always do at this time, and first thing in a morning).
Now, I've had a "dull" tetra for a while, but he swims/schools fine, eats fine, poops fine and has been this way for weeks without (obvious) signs of infection or rot, and the others have all been fine.
Tonight I find that another tetra is dull, and the original one has a missing left pectoral (maybe pelvic, I get confused) fin. He's slow and lethargic/ is just hovering. He's also more pale than usual, with kind of a white hue to him. The other one is lethargic too and dull (by dull I mean washed out colour, like neons do at night when resting).
I filled up my quarantine tank (a 20 litre plastic tank - not ideal but I thought it would be ok as it's temporary) but it split down the corner and leaked everywhere - no more 2nd hand stuff for me.
Any ideas what it could be? I don't think it's the new guppies, because I know the lfs I get them from quarantine the fish for 2 - 3 weeks before they go in the sale tanks (they showed me the quarantine areas and also tanks with poorly fish (mainly white spot) that were being treated), so I trust them. The guppies also seem healthy.
Water parameters are fine (had a recent water change so
ammonia - 0
nitrites - 0
nitrates - 60
pH 6.8 (I work in a lab so my pH tests are dead accurate - got bless pH probes)
temp - 26C (constantly)
Just seriously worried about my tank now. I dont want everything to get sick, and I can't go and buy another quarantine tank until saturday (I can get medicines from the village pet shop but they only sell generic little round "goldfish" bowls)
Now, I've had a "dull" tetra for a while, but he swims/schools fine, eats fine, poops fine and has been this way for weeks without (obvious) signs of infection or rot, and the others have all been fine.
Tonight I find that another tetra is dull, and the original one has a missing left pectoral (maybe pelvic, I get confused) fin. He's slow and lethargic/ is just hovering. He's also more pale than usual, with kind of a white hue to him. The other one is lethargic too and dull (by dull I mean washed out colour, like neons do at night when resting).
I filled up my quarantine tank (a 20 litre plastic tank - not ideal but I thought it would be ok as it's temporary) but it split down the corner and leaked everywhere - no more 2nd hand stuff for me.
Any ideas what it could be? I don't think it's the new guppies, because I know the lfs I get them from quarantine the fish for 2 - 3 weeks before they go in the sale tanks (they showed me the quarantine areas and also tanks with poorly fish (mainly white spot) that were being treated), so I trust them. The guppies also seem healthy.
Water parameters are fine (had a recent water change so
ammonia - 0
nitrites - 0
nitrates - 60
pH 6.8 (I work in a lab so my pH tests are dead accurate - got bless pH probes)
temp - 26C (constantly)
Just seriously worried about my tank now. I dont want everything to get sick, and I can't go and buy another quarantine tank until saturday (I can get medicines from the village pet shop but they only sell generic little round "goldfish" bowls)
