Zebra Danio Concern

EschTheEel

New Member
Joined
May 3, 2011
Messages
13
Reaction score
0
Location
Arizona
10 gal tank

I don't currently have any way to test my water parameters at the moment, however we take weekly trips to the pet store, the last being two days ago, to get our water checked. The associate said our water was in 'normal' ranges and 'doing just fine'.

82 degrees farenheight

One of our Long Fined Zebra Danios looks like its got something in its mouth that is causing it distress. He is mostly just floating at the top of the tank, with all of its fins splayed out. But, from what we can see it looks like something is perhaps in its mouth. We're very concerned, as its starting to look pretty weak - you know how you can always tell when the end seems near :/

Weekly water changes, about 25%. However, some of his tank mates showed signs of ich three or so days ago, and so we have been treating them with Quickcure and a small amount of aquarium salt. Because of this, we have been doing water changes every three days (as directed on the package), one of which being today.

Right now the only media in the tank is some gravel. We took everything else out due to the ich.

His tank mates are: one other long fined zebra danio, two 'regular' zebra danio, a rubber lipped plecostomus, two glass catfish, a peacock eel, and a handful of ghost shrimp.

All of them are reletively new additions. The danios themselves are the newest, being less than a week old.

Again, the only chemicals he has been exposed to are Quickcure and a little bit of salt.

I don't have a picture of him, I'm sorry :(

Any help or advice that could be given would be really wonderful. We're worried about the little guy :/
 
Regarding the danio I posted about: could it be some ich? I finally was able to get a good look at him, and it looks like it might be something puffy on his upper 'lip'. And, if it is ich, should we just leave him in the tank (or maybe in a net?) until he is feeling better? there's really no where else to put him. He's in our quarantine tank, being treated with ich meds....

http://www5.snapfish.com/snapfish/slideshow/AlbumID=3983154025/PictureID=139436007025/a=5634254025_5634254025/otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
 
As of now the poor fish has passed on :(

Thank you, though, to any of those reading this topic.
 

Most reactions

Back
Top