Oh What The Devil...

[CBBP]

Okay so.. I got 10 black neons.. I have never had trouble with them dieing before.. I used to just drop them right in to the tank and they would be fine in 2 hours.. this time i have ten. i drip acclimate them... and 4 are dead.. looks like another is gonna die.. there is no spike in my QT tank.. the PH is jsut a bit high but they wher ein high PH water when i got them.. why are they dieing?!

this is the reason i never used QT tanks before!!! this stupid stuff happenes...

P.S. the filter floss I am using as media is highly saturated in bene. bac. since it was in my goldfish filter for several months...

 

[dixaisy930]

What are your readings (ammon, nitrite, nitrate)?

 

[CBBP]

they are all good.. 0/0/5 (probably form the 72 gallon since that is the water I used) the fish are all sjut dieng one after another.. one goes away form the school.. dies.. and then another one doe sthe same thing.. I am down to 5.. grr..

 

[dixaisy930]

Did you take an actual reading from the QT? How long has the Qt been up and running?

 

[CBBP]

Did you take an actual reading from the QT? How long has the Qt been up and running?

yes the readings are from the QT
the tank has been up 4 days but the filter medium was cycled in my goldfish tank for several months.

 

[WILDER]

Black neons I have them are very hardy when you had them a while, but can die when you first buy them.
It happened to me bought six and four died in aday, If stats and ph wasn't far out I would put it down to stress and a bad bunch of neons/

 

[dixaisy930]

I've heard the exact same about them. If the stats are all fine, and they were fine in the lfs, I would chalk it up to stress. Would you be able to get a refund for the ones you've lost?

 

[CBBP]

yes.. i will be able to refund them.. luckly petsmart is the best place when it come sot neons! 14 days to return.. i currently have the dead batch in the freezer.. I will wait for the rest to either die or calm down..
how long should they be in QT tank? should i made them with general paracite cure or jsut see if they have any signs of paracites like flukeS?

 

[WILDER]

No leave them, there to stressed by the sounds of it.
Are they darting or swimming funny like swirling as that a sign of ph shock.

 

[CBBP]

no they are not doing that..

 

[WILDER]

Thats good then.

 

[CBBP]

Thats good then.

but theya re still dieing..

 

[WILDER]

Sorry not nice but it does happen.

 

[CBBP]

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it is one after another man!! what the hell is going on!!! 1 dies.. and then another one swims up to the top and then dies..

 

[LisaLQ]

We had the same problem with regular neons, but not at the speed you're on about - we lost several in the first week or two. Apparently they're not as hardy as LFS make out - and prefer a very well established tank.

Look on the bright side though - the QT tank was a good idea, had these gone in with your other fish and it was contagious, you'd have lost more than a couple of neons