- Have you tested your water?
- Yes
- If I did not test my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.
- Do you do water changes?
- Yes
- If I do not change my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.
Has anyone ever seen this before? I lost my whole angel shipment to this, and i'm trying to figure out what happened.
First of all, this was my 40g QT tank. Bare-bottom, lucky bamboo, giant duckweed, lava rock, artifical plant, 12 watt internal filter filled with established biomedia positioned at the back and output flow pointing upwards.
My params were right on and if they weren't, i'd know what to do. I added 7 angels shipped from Asia, and decided to QT 2 from another store at the same time. This might have been my mistake, I don't know? Although the 2 other fish were the healthiest ones....
The first thing I noticed was a pinhole in the middle of the dorsal fin. I thought it was a pinhole tear from fighting and didn't think much. Then I saw this one was not eating well (but pretending) and died within a couple days. The next day I noticed an actual hole in the body of another fish
This one actually lived the longest with the symptom.
And yet another had a small pit mark on its head.
Over the next couple months, I lost one angel by one. I notice they would lose appetite, i'd see little pinholes or larger holes anywhere on the body or fins about the same time and they just get weaker until they die (usually a couple days). I also observed whitish stringy poop.
For treatment I fed Epsom salts in a food soak because I thought it might be Hex. But when I saw the hole in the body, and the Esalts didn't have much effect, I suspected something else.
So as a desperate move, I treated the tank with methylene blue and salt (sodium chloride). It's not helping, but I don't have access to fish meds. I continued to lose my fish one by one until now I'm down to 1 fish.
Last fish is looking good but I think they are good, then all of a sudden I lose another.
Any insight as to what I was dealing with? I have never seen anything like this.
First of all, this was my 40g QT tank. Bare-bottom, lucky bamboo, giant duckweed, lava rock, artifical plant, 12 watt internal filter filled with established biomedia positioned at the back and output flow pointing upwards.
My params were right on and if they weren't, i'd know what to do. I added 7 angels shipped from Asia, and decided to QT 2 from another store at the same time. This might have been my mistake, I don't know? Although the 2 other fish were the healthiest ones....
The first thing I noticed was a pinhole in the middle of the dorsal fin. I thought it was a pinhole tear from fighting and didn't think much. Then I saw this one was not eating well (but pretending) and died within a couple days. The next day I noticed an actual hole in the body of another fish
This one actually lived the longest with the symptom.
And yet another had a small pit mark on its head.
Over the next couple months, I lost one angel by one. I notice they would lose appetite, i'd see little pinholes or larger holes anywhere on the body or fins about the same time and they just get weaker until they die (usually a couple days). I also observed whitish stringy poop.
For treatment I fed Epsom salts in a food soak because I thought it might be Hex. But when I saw the hole in the body, and the Esalts didn't have much effect, I suspected something else.
So as a desperate move, I treated the tank with methylene blue and salt (sodium chloride). It's not helping, but I don't have access to fish meds. I continued to lose my fish one by one until now I'm down to 1 fish.
Last fish is looking good but I think they are good, then all of a sudden I lose another.
Any insight as to what I was dealing with? I have never seen anything like this.
