Argh What Is Wrong Now?

[CBBP]

My SAEs are all breathing very rapidly and all shoaling next to one another instead of off eating at algae.

Parameters:
A: 0
Ni: 0
Na: 5-10
co2: Currently turned off to see if that is it.

can anyone help? They have been treated for flukes before.

 

[thegnu]

hi'
it could be a lack of oxygen. have you got stacks of plants that can turn the co2 to oxygen. strong enough filter/powerhead to ripple the surface

 

[DarkEntity]

If they are gasping id do a water change straight away, always first thing i do if anything should ever happen.

 

[CBBP]

they seem to be fine now but still breathing very rapidly. all the other fish are breathign slow and normal. SAEs are weird. why just them?

 

[WILDER]

How long have you treated for flukes as they take some getting rid of.
Flukes can cause bacterial infections on top as in there hooks they carry a nasty bacterial, once they have broke through the fish skin the bacteria enters the fish blood stream.
To be honest not sounding to good for the algae eater sorry.

 

[CBBP]

mm.. if all 6 die again i shall be mad.

I am not sure they had flukes or not but i treated them when i got them. i treated with prazi. twice.

 

[WILDER]

http/www.fishdoc.co.uk/disease/flukes.htm

 

[CBBP]

so it is gonna end up spreading to all my fish? and kill them all huh... ugh..

 

[CBBP]

well i left the co2 off all day and they are now breathing normally again. Umm... are SAEs scensative to co2?

 

[WILDER]

Don't no anything about C02.
I think we need to start again when all this started.
Looking at ever symtom the fish showed.
Also the symtoms of any dead fish before they died.

 

[frozenbarb]

uyea try lowerub it

 

[CBBP]

last time they died was a long time ago... they were just dead, they showed no signs of a problem or anything. poor guys. I would say it is co2 since when i aerated the tank for the last half of the day yesterday they were fine.