bellabean
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Let me start at the very begining....
3-4wks the 15g developed Ich. Long story short, treated with heat and meds. It appeared almost all gone except on my pleco. We were supposed to be upgrading the tanks. The new 29g was sitting there waiting for all the fish. Not to mention the family that was purchasing the 15g was getting impatient of waiting. I informed them of the ich so they didn't just add new fish, etc. We moved the fish to the bigger tank. This is when I noticed a large chunk of glass missing from the corner of the tank. Ugh!
The ich was still present on the pleco. I decided to treat again.
Within 2 days the pleco died
I dismantled the tank, put my lonely 2 remaining platy fish in a bucket with all the plants. Drove the 1.5hrs to return the tank. Drove all the way home. Opened the box... filter missing. ! I assembled the tank again. Dumped all the buckets of water back in the tank (minus fish bucket). Set up the heater, etc. Drove the 1.5hr each way again to get the filter. Ran out of time so poor fish had to wait again. Had to do school, picks ups, dinner and drop off my daughter at guides.
I came home and went to add the fish. Surprise!!!
I suspect that it was the mm platy as she was slightly round.
She dropped 19 in the bucket. I rescued all and put in the breeder box temp. Everything is assembled and fish all warm and happy again. Well in the am we had lost 1 fry but there was more darting around the tank. We rescued 6 more the others are hiding and wedging in rocks, so I left them.
My concern is 2 of the babies have what looks like a balloon belly. The others pick on one of them and almost dart at it.
Now the mother isn't looking good either. She is hiding under the driftwood and doesn't want to eat
I turned out the light and am hoping for the best. I feel bad as that was a lot of stress over the past month for one small fish. (It only ever got 2 noticeable spots of ich)
3-4wks the 15g developed Ich. Long story short, treated with heat and meds. It appeared almost all gone except on my pleco. We were supposed to be upgrading the tanks. The new 29g was sitting there waiting for all the fish. Not to mention the family that was purchasing the 15g was getting impatient of waiting. I informed them of the ich so they didn't just add new fish, etc. We moved the fish to the bigger tank. This is when I noticed a large chunk of glass missing from the corner of the tank. Ugh!
The ich was still present on the pleco. I decided to treat again.
Within 2 days the pleco died
I dismantled the tank, put my lonely 2 remaining platy fish in a bucket with all the plants. Drove the 1.5hrs to return the tank. Drove all the way home. Opened the box... filter missing. ! I assembled the tank again. Dumped all the buckets of water back in the tank (minus fish bucket). Set up the heater, etc. Drove the 1.5hr each way again to get the filter. Ran out of time so poor fish had to wait again. Had to do school, picks ups, dinner and drop off my daughter at guides.
I came home and went to add the fish. Surprise!!!
I suspect that it was the mm platy as she was slightly round.
She dropped 19 in the bucket. I rescued all and put in the breeder box temp. Everything is assembled and fish all warm and happy again. Well in the am we had lost 1 fry but there was more darting around the tank. We rescued 6 more the others are hiding and wedging in rocks, so I left them.
My concern is 2 of the babies have what looks like a balloon belly. The others pick on one of them and almost dart at it.
Now the mother isn't looking good either. She is hiding under the driftwood and doesn't want to eat
I turned out the light and am hoping for the best. I feel bad as that was a lot of stress over the past month for one small fish. (It only ever got 2 noticeable spots of ich)
