so sad . . . balas & rummies died last night

[veen]

my 2 balas & 2 rummies died last night. got the ich i believe and didn't get the treatment in the water in time. so now gotta get a water tester and figure out what's going on. all my other fish are fine.

 

[WILDER]

Sorry for your loss, have you been adding new tank water back at the correct temp.

 

[veen]

Sorry for your loss, have you been adding new tank water back at the correct temp.

yep, the water temp is fine.

gonna quarantine the other fishies tonight and clean out the tank. don't want them to catch what the others died of

 

[WILDER]

Newcomer's can fetch itch into the tank that happened to me once, first time I had ever had itch, is your heater staying at a constant temp.

 

[veen]

Newcomer's can fetch itch into the tank that happened to me once, first time I had ever had itch, is your heater staying at a constant temp.

hmmm, that may be what happened then. i added some beautiful cardinal tetras and the next day (last night) is when the balas & the rummies died

yep, my heater rarely fluctuates the temp at all. it tends to keep the water at about 78-80.

 

[SHANTYMAID]

Sorry to hear about your fish Veen

 

[sylvia]

You know ich doesn't usualy kill fish in a day. I have had fish with ich for months before treating and I haven't lost any to it. You need to test your water parameters for ammonia, nitrIte and nitrAte. Adding new fish might have caused an ammonia spike if your tank isn't particularly stable and fish that get as large as balas can become stressed in smaller tanks and that makes them more likely to catch disease - and this in turn means their long-term tank-mates are likely to catch it from them. The new fish will not have been affected yet though an ammonia spike would be just as bad for them too.

 

[veen]

You know ich doesn't usualy kill fish in a day. I have had fish with ich for months before treating and I haven't lost any to it. You need to test your water parameters for ammonia, nitrIte and nitrAte. Adding new fish might have caused an ammonia spike if your tank isn't particularly stable and fish that get as large as balas can become stressed in smaller tanks and that makes them more likely to catch disease - and this in turn means their long-term tank-mates are likely to catch it from them. The new fish will not have been affected yet though an ammonia spike would be just as bad for them too.

ah, so they must have had it earlier & i didn't realize it in time well, can't change it now but can do my best to prevent it from happening to my other fishies.