Fish Dieing

[death]

hi can any one help my fish are dieing theres some sign of a disease which i can only describe as a ball of fluff around the fish that have died,the misses reckons i should take the plants out as she reckons the disease is comming from them but i said to her i didnt think it was can anyone help please with a possible solution? thanks joe

 

[Nick16]

where is the fluff? fins, mouth, eyes?

what is the tank temp at?

what size is the tank and your stocking?

what is your water stats?

have you added anything to the tank recently?
(flora, fauna or decor)

how often do you gravel vac and change the water?

 

[death]

where is the fluff? fins, mouth, eyes?=its like is encased around the whole fish

what is the tank temp at?=25

what size is the tank and your stocking?=190 litres(not sure how many gallons)10 neons 1 imperial king plec 2 frogs and now 2 guppies

what is your water stats? not sure

have you added anything to the tank recently? no
(flora, fauna or decor)

how often do you gravel vac and change the water? once a week

 

[Nick16]

where is the fluff? fins, mouth, eyes?=its like is encased around the whole fish

what is the tank temp at?=25

what size is the tank and your stocking?=190 litres(not sure how many gallons)10 neons 1 imperial king plec 2 frogs and now 2 guppies

what is your water stats? not sure

have you added anything to the tank recently? no
(flora, fauna or decor)

how often do you gravel vac and change the water? once a week

well, i suggest you get a test kit that is a MUST for fish keeping in modern days. is it like a mucus like a kind of slime?

gradualy up the tank temp to about 28, (GRADUALY!!) like 1-2 degrees a day.

 

[death]

ok thanks ill up it 1 degree a day theres no sign of mucus/slime ill get a test kit tomorow with hopefully some treat ment

 

[celaeno]

sounds like fungus or columnaris. if it's columnaris, you should be lowering the temperature instead. either way, an anti-biotic treatment is in order.

 

[Smoochy]

sounds like fungus or columnaris. if it's columnaris, you should be lowering the temperature instead. either way, an anti-biotic treatment is in order.

I'll agree, it sounds like Columnaris. I too am dealing with this right now. It's awful. Start treating ASAP or you will lose them all.

I am using Furan-2, I have lowered the temp to 75, salt, and Jungle Anti Bac food.

Good luck.

 

[nosoup4you]

I think that what he is describing is what happens to all dead fish if left in the tank too long. Does the fuzz appear before or after the fish dies?

 

[death]

hi all just a quick update i spoke to the lfs and she said it was anti fungus treatment i needed so i have added that over the weekend no more deaths since then so fingers crossed.


i noticed there was a slight cotton wool around 1 of the fishes mouths,also nosoup4you you are correct in what you are saying about the fuzz appearing more after the fish dies,for some reason they were dieing at night then wen i went to the tank in the morning thats were the fuzz was around them so i didnt intenionally leave dead fish in my tank for a long period of time.i did remove them as soon as i noticed they were dead.

 

[nosoup4you]

I didn't meat imply that you had...the fuzz actually grows rather quickly.