saz326
Fish Herder
I have an established tank 2 yrs old, and have been problem free for most of that time.
Two weeks ago I lost a tetra to what seemed to be old age. There were no signs of illness, was feeding, water stats were as normal, she started to bloat up a bit (was carrying eggs) but never performed the sex-dance with her boy pals. She simply stayed in a quiet spot. I bought a group of 3 new tetra to make the shoal up the next weekend.
Yesterday evening I fished out my Male apisto. (cockatoo dwarf). He was not old - and he did have visible signs of disease.
Skin had shown greyness and eyes began to white over since Saturday. He also had the start of HITH (lateral line erosion one - not the wormy one) - with a small dimple between his eyes. On sunday I started a course of Melafix (the Tea tree oil antibacterial one) as I had thoughts that it may be a bacterial issue spured on by stress maybe from the addition of new tetra.
This morning my corys are flashing against the substrate. I am still dosing the melafix to knock down any bacterial issues.
I have noticed that my keyholes also show signs of lateral line erosion - they have always had a few dimples but it looks like they may be progressing. I feed a varied diet but it looks like I may need to add vitamins to a twice weekly feed.
Water stats are Nitrite = unreadable (low), Ammonia = unreadable (low), Nitrate = 20/40 ppm pH = 8. (locally bred keyholes)
Am I doing the right thing by starting vitamin treatment (Abidec childrens drops - in feed) and continuing the course of antibacterial meds?
Suggestions greatfully appreciated.
Two weeks ago I lost a tetra to what seemed to be old age. There were no signs of illness, was feeding, water stats were as normal, she started to bloat up a bit (was carrying eggs) but never performed the sex-dance with her boy pals. She simply stayed in a quiet spot. I bought a group of 3 new tetra to make the shoal up the next weekend.
Yesterday evening I fished out my Male apisto. (cockatoo dwarf). He was not old - and he did have visible signs of disease.
Skin had shown greyness and eyes began to white over since Saturday. He also had the start of HITH (lateral line erosion one - not the wormy one) - with a small dimple between his eyes. On sunday I started a course of Melafix (the Tea tree oil antibacterial one) as I had thoughts that it may be a bacterial issue spured on by stress maybe from the addition of new tetra.
This morning my corys are flashing against the substrate. I am still dosing the melafix to knock down any bacterial issues.
I have noticed that my keyholes also show signs of lateral line erosion - they have always had a few dimples but it looks like they may be progressing. I feed a varied diet but it looks like I may need to add vitamins to a twice weekly feed.
Water stats are Nitrite = unreadable (low), Ammonia = unreadable (low), Nitrate = 20/40 ppm pH = 8. (locally bred keyholes)
Am I doing the right thing by starting vitamin treatment (Abidec childrens drops - in feed) and continuing the course of antibacterial meds?
Suggestions greatfully appreciated.