swammy
Fish Fanatic
Well, it seems that I have lost my first fish. Spanky was my black tetra who died 3 days ago. It started with ich, then tail rot....then he just kept getting worse each day. I didn't get to go to the store in time to get him some medicine. I came home from work and saw him struggling to stay alive. 
Well, after a little research I found a somewhat humane way to let him go. I took him in a cup of his own tank water...removed him from the tank. Slowly, I then added ice cubes until he finally just went to sleep. I hated to do it, but I would hate for him to suffer even more.
Bad part is.....my ghost knife has ich and tail rot now too. I have bought medicine, but it doesn't seem to be getting any better. I really seem to not have done a good job with this tank. If I lose all my fish, I'm going to empty the tank, clean everything out real good, and start from scratch. (cycle the tank properly this time). Any newbies out there (not that I'm NOT a newbie, but i'm speaking from experience).....don't do what I did and go out buying fish without cycling the tank. 1 or 2 platties to help cycle the tank is one thing...but don't go buy your full stock before all your readings go back down to zero.
Wish me luck everyone. I'm off to try to save my tank. I hope it all works out fine. I did, however, go out and do ONE thing right...I bought a hospital tank. (A little 10 gallon thing that fits right up underneath my 29 G) In the future, this will be used as a quaranting/hospital/breeding tank. Hell, maybe i will end up saving a few of my fish. It seems that, up to date, none of my other fish are developing symptoms...hopefully they wont. I am doing medication doses every day, maybe this is helping them prevent sickness. Well, hope you all have better luck than I am. Bye for now!!
Well, after a little research I found a somewhat humane way to let him go. I took him in a cup of his own tank water...removed him from the tank. Slowly, I then added ice cubes until he finally just went to sleep. I hated to do it, but I would hate for him to suffer even more.
Bad part is.....my ghost knife has ich and tail rot now too. I have bought medicine, but it doesn't seem to be getting any better. I really seem to not have done a good job with this tank. If I lose all my fish, I'm going to empty the tank, clean everything out real good, and start from scratch. (cycle the tank properly this time). Any newbies out there (not that I'm NOT a newbie, but i'm speaking from experience).....don't do what I did and go out buying fish without cycling the tank. 1 or 2 platties to help cycle the tank is one thing...but don't go buy your full stock before all your readings go back down to zero.
Wish me luck everyone. I'm off to try to save my tank. I hope it all works out fine. I did, however, go out and do ONE thing right...I bought a hospital tank. (A little 10 gallon thing that fits right up underneath my 29 G) In the future, this will be used as a quaranting/hospital/breeding tank. Hell, maybe i will end up saving a few of my fish. It seems that, up to date, none of my other fish are developing symptoms...hopefully they wont. I am doing medication doses every day, maybe this is helping them prevent sickness. Well, hope you all have better luck than I am. Bye for now!!
