Amunet
Fish Aficionado
I don't think I can save the fish in our Q/H tank but I want to know what's going on with them.
Currently in the tank are 2 male guppies and 2 danios.
It started yesterday when I got up and noticed that the danios were hiding inside of the cave and the guppies were hanging out at the top more so than usual.
So I did a 90% water change. I then put in half a tablet of Jungle Fungus remover since it's supposed to help with fungus and bacteria.
The fish perked up later on, but not much. They ate a little bit but I could tell they didn't have their usual energy. They all looked physically fine though. No marks, no nothing.
Then I wake up today... one danio is dead, and the rest of the fish are hanging at the top, very lethargic with white spots all over them.
I can't tell if the white spots are debris that they just don't have the energy to get off of themselves or if it's a disease.
The water has always been very well aerated and heated.
After another water change...I put in Maracyn 1 & 2 and a dose of Coppersafe.
It looks like they're too far gone though, the remaining danio is very still rapid gill movement and mouth movement.... and one of the guppies is having a hard time keeping itself from going bellyup.
No the tank isn't cycled (b/c the meds end up killing whatever bacteria has built up anyway).. which is why I do 80% water changes out of it every other day.
The day before I noticed anything, I did a water change as usual and took out 2 of the fish to put them back into the main tank (a cory and a blue danio... they're perfectly fine though).
I'd just like to know what is causing this so I'll know how to treat it properly if (god forbid) this happens again.
Update: The other danio died... guppies are still alive, but one of them is in pretty bad shape.
Another update: One of the guppies has died. I went into the kitchen to check on the fish and it was belly up but still breathing. I couldn't stand watching it suffer like that so I euthanized it... I never want to do that again..........
Currently in the tank are 2 male guppies and 2 danios.
It started yesterday when I got up and noticed that the danios were hiding inside of the cave and the guppies were hanging out at the top more so than usual.
So I did a 90% water change. I then put in half a tablet of Jungle Fungus remover since it's supposed to help with fungus and bacteria.
The fish perked up later on, but not much. They ate a little bit but I could tell they didn't have their usual energy. They all looked physically fine though. No marks, no nothing.
Then I wake up today... one danio is dead, and the rest of the fish are hanging at the top, very lethargic with white spots all over them.
I can't tell if the white spots are debris that they just don't have the energy to get off of themselves or if it's a disease.
The water has always been very well aerated and heated.
After another water change...I put in Maracyn 1 & 2 and a dose of Coppersafe.
It looks like they're too far gone though, the remaining danio is very still rapid gill movement and mouth movement.... and one of the guppies is having a hard time keeping itself from going bellyup.
No the tank isn't cycled (b/c the meds end up killing whatever bacteria has built up anyway).. which is why I do 80% water changes out of it every other day.
The day before I noticed anything, I did a water change as usual and took out 2 of the fish to put them back into the main tank (a cory and a blue danio... they're perfectly fine though).
I'd just like to know what is causing this so I'll know how to treat it properly if (god forbid) this happens again.
Update: The other danio died... guppies are still alive, but one of them is in pretty bad shape.
Another update: One of the guppies has died. I went into the kitchen to check on the fish and it was belly up but still breathing. I couldn't stand watching it suffer like that so I euthanized it... I never want to do that again..........
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