Firstly, hello. My name is Dave, and me and my wife have kept Tropical fish now for about 3 months.
Usually we ask for advice at Pets at Home, but even the so called experts don't seem to know what's wrong with our fish. Myself and my wife have been reading this forum and it seems to be full of people who know an awful lot about fish, so we're hoping someone will be able to help us.
In my wifes 60L tank (Zebra Danios, White Cloud Minows, Neon Tetras, Panda and Bronze Cories), we noticed that one of her Zebra Danios had inflamed gills and was rubbing itself on the gravel. Pets at home were useless, so we decided to treat that fish with salt in a seperate aquarium. It's been in the hospital tank now for a day and hasn't made much (if any) improvment.
What worried me more tonight, is I have noticed one of my Panda Cories doing the same thing in my seprate 60L (Guppies and Panda Cories) tank. It's gills are also inflamed, so I assume it has the same parasite as the Danio. We do share nets, and gravel hoovers between our tanks, so perhaps that's how the parasite spread. Whilst I'm typing this I'm watching one of the Guppies that shares the aquarium with my Pandas is showing similar symptions, and a few of the Guppies have inflamed gills.
We don't know an awful lot about fish just yet, but we do know that my wifes Neon Tetras will not like salt, so we can't treat her aquarium like I have done with my tank.
I lost a female Guppy tonight, however she did not have inflamed gills, nor did we see her rubbing against the gravel or objects. She does, or did, have a rather large belly after giving birth recently, so I think she may of had a swimbladder infection, but I can't be sure about that.
I will try and take some photos, but fish are incredibly hard to capture in a photograph.
So, can anyone advise us as to what parasite our fish may have?
Later edit: We think the poor water quality due to overstock was the problem. In one of the 60l we have 6 zebra danios, 6 minnows, 10 neons, 2 bronze cories, 4 panda cories. We've done a 50% water change tonight and hope to see some improvement by tomorrow. We are also considering rehoming some of the fish. We'll keep all the cories, but we're wondering which of the rest of the fish would be best to stay.
Usually we ask for advice at Pets at Home, but even the so called experts don't seem to know what's wrong with our fish. Myself and my wife have been reading this forum and it seems to be full of people who know an awful lot about fish, so we're hoping someone will be able to help us.
In my wifes 60L tank (Zebra Danios, White Cloud Minows, Neon Tetras, Panda and Bronze Cories), we noticed that one of her Zebra Danios had inflamed gills and was rubbing itself on the gravel. Pets at home were useless, so we decided to treat that fish with salt in a seperate aquarium. It's been in the hospital tank now for a day and hasn't made much (if any) improvment.
What worried me more tonight, is I have noticed one of my Panda Cories doing the same thing in my seprate 60L (Guppies and Panda Cories) tank. It's gills are also inflamed, so I assume it has the same parasite as the Danio. We do share nets, and gravel hoovers between our tanks, so perhaps that's how the parasite spread. Whilst I'm typing this I'm watching one of the Guppies that shares the aquarium with my Pandas is showing similar symptions, and a few of the Guppies have inflamed gills.
We don't know an awful lot about fish just yet, but we do know that my wifes Neon Tetras will not like salt, so we can't treat her aquarium like I have done with my tank.
I lost a female Guppy tonight, however she did not have inflamed gills, nor did we see her rubbing against the gravel or objects. She does, or did, have a rather large belly after giving birth recently, so I think she may of had a swimbladder infection, but I can't be sure about that.
I will try and take some photos, but fish are incredibly hard to capture in a photograph.
So, can anyone advise us as to what parasite our fish may have?
Later edit: We think the poor water quality due to overstock was the problem. In one of the 60l we have 6 zebra danios, 6 minnows, 10 neons, 2 bronze cories, 4 panda cories. We've done a 50% water change tonight and hope to see some improvement by tomorrow. We are also considering rehoming some of the fish. We'll keep all the cories, but we're wondering which of the rest of the fish would be best to stay.
