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Fish in tank slowly contracting same symptoms and dying - Curren |
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t fish Red Velvet Swordtail |
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By: SharkBait Date: January 7, 2016, 9:37 pm |
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Over the past two months we have lost 3 fish in our tank. We |
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have lost all three in the same way. Before I start let me fill |
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you guys in with my tank parameters. |
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13 gallon Wide Screen Aqueon tank (This is the pre-packaged |
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starter kit) |
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The Ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite are "Optimum" |
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The tank has been cycled for 5 months we had this problem in the |
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past 2 months |
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There are currently two black mollies, a mickey mouse platy, two |
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red platies and a SwordTail (The one that is currently dying) |
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(I know there are too many fish in there. They are all small |
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currently and will be moved to a bigger tank in a year or so) |
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We feed them the Aqueon brand flakes |
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Currently, the SwordTail is having trouble swimming, is |
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lethargic (Sometimes, other times it acts like the attached |
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video) it doesn't eat, and has a "bent spine" (Also shown in |
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video) |
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As mentioned before, these symptoms have shown in the previous |
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fish that died. They start with the "broken" spine and swim up |
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and down. They bloat around the dorsal area and then are |
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lethargic. They usually die within the week after these symptoms |
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show. |
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I really don't want the rest of the tank to die from this. What |
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can I do? |
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Re: Fish in tank slowly contracting same symptoms and dying - Cu |
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rrent fish Red Velvet Swordtail |
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By: SharkBait Date: January 7, 2016, 9:39 pm |
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The video : |
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https://youtu.be/Wy7DMmdEOMM |
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Re: Fish in tank slowly contracting same symptoms and dying - Cu |
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rrent fish Red Velvet Swordtail |
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By: PaulMartin61 Date: January 9, 2016, 10:04 am |
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In the shape he's in now.. not much you can do really. |
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He needs to be in his own tank, which helps keep the rest of |
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your fish from getting whatever he has. |
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My guess is that he's suffering from Neon Tetra Disease, or even |
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worse Fish Tuberculous. Both these diseases can cause in later |
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stages, a curved spine. |
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Best of luck to you and your fish! |
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Paul |
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Re: Fish in tank slowly contracting same symptoms and dying - Cu |
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rrent fish Red Velvet Swordtail |
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By: SharkBait Date: January 14, 2016, 5:59 pm |
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Thanks Paul for your response. That was helpful !! |
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