Hello, I am new here, but not new to fish. I woke up this morning to a gruesome sight: 9 of 10 bloodfin tetras dead, who had been alive the previous day, and the last one quite unwell. I have kept fish for over 20 years, and have never seen anything like this before. I don't know, maybe I've been lucky, but the worst I have ever had has been ich.
The concerning part is this is in my main 60 gallon tank, that I have not touched (save for water and filter changes) in 10 months. No new fish have been added, one death of a 10 year old scissortail rasbora about 3 months ago. The tank itself has been runing for a year.
What worries me is it seems to be rapidly spreading to my danios, but no one else. Other tankmates include: 3 columbian tetras, 3 bleeding heart tetras, 4 scissortail rasporas, 2 cory cats (oddly enough there are 7 more of them in my QT tank to add) 12 black neon tetras, 2 neon tetras (also about 8 more to add in QT, had more but my 12 year old albino argentianian tetra ate all but 2, he has now been banished to my krib tank), and about 14 danios.
Symptoms are frayed fins and white patches/spots randomly with varying sizes (not ich, I have seen this many times, very different, larger spots, fewer in number, not uniform). Gills are not inflamed, scales are not protruding, breathing is normal, the infected fish are scratching on the rocks (like ich).
I have added "quich cure" for parasites, "melafix" for bacteria, and I can go get fungus meds if I need to. Carbon filter is off, airater is turned up. Temp is 78* F. My water is hard, being in the midwest. My other parameters are:
Nitrate 70
nitrite 0
Alkalinity 250kh
ph 8
I know my nitrates are kinda high, I was going to do a water change this weekend when the white horseman stopped by my tank.
I do have a 20 gallon QT tank going, but I have been a zookeeper and keep everything separate to a fault. I wear gloves when I work with that tank, it has it's own water bucket, it's own filter, it's own fishnet, and I always take care of it last and wash my hands with hot soapy water after. None of the QTfish, or either of my other 2 tanks have this
So, I am asking for help identifying what this is, and how to treat it. I will be doing a 50% water change in 3 days from now. It really hit the redfins hard, but what confuses me is that it is not hitting any other tetras, but rather the danios. Is it bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasite? Thanks for your help.
The concerning part is this is in my main 60 gallon tank, that I have not touched (save for water and filter changes) in 10 months. No new fish have been added, one death of a 10 year old scissortail rasbora about 3 months ago. The tank itself has been runing for a year.
What worries me is it seems to be rapidly spreading to my danios, but no one else. Other tankmates include: 3 columbian tetras, 3 bleeding heart tetras, 4 scissortail rasporas, 2 cory cats (oddly enough there are 7 more of them in my QT tank to add) 12 black neon tetras, 2 neon tetras (also about 8 more to add in QT, had more but my 12 year old albino argentianian tetra ate all but 2, he has now been banished to my krib tank), and about 14 danios.
Symptoms are frayed fins and white patches/spots randomly with varying sizes (not ich, I have seen this many times, very different, larger spots, fewer in number, not uniform). Gills are not inflamed, scales are not protruding, breathing is normal, the infected fish are scratching on the rocks (like ich).
I have added "quich cure" for parasites, "melafix" for bacteria, and I can go get fungus meds if I need to. Carbon filter is off, airater is turned up. Temp is 78* F. My water is hard, being in the midwest. My other parameters are:
Nitrate 70
nitrite 0
Alkalinity 250kh
ph 8
I know my nitrates are kinda high, I was going to do a water change this weekend when the white horseman stopped by my tank.
I do have a 20 gallon QT tank going, but I have been a zookeeper and keep everything separate to a fault. I wear gloves when I work with that tank, it has it's own water bucket, it's own filter, it's own fishnet, and I always take care of it last and wash my hands with hot soapy water after. None of the QTfish, or either of my other 2 tanks have this
So, I am asking for help identifying what this is, and how to treat it. I will be doing a 50% water change in 3 days from now. It really hit the redfins hard, but what confuses me is that it is not hitting any other tetras, but rather the danios. Is it bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasite? Thanks for your help.
