Sick Black Kulie Loaches

[Socks]

About a week ago we lost power for 2 days,we had no heat either so it got a bit chilly in the house.I kept the tanks airated with battier powered pumps,and i manually fed the filters every once in awhile.Every thing came tho ok and none of my tanks exsprianced any spikes,but the temp did go down to about 59F.At first all the fish were not happy looking,but after a day of heat they all seamed fine,and still are,except 3 out of 6 of my black kulies are not eating,are slow and slugish(it's the only way i could have caught them),and seam to have a white haze on them in blotches.


They were housed in:
Tank size:44 gallon
ph:7.0
Hardness 4 dh
tank temp: 77 degress F

moved to this Qurentien set-up:
Tank size:5 gallon
pH: 7.0
ammonia:0
nitrite:0
nitrate: 23-24 ppm
Hardness: 4 dh
tank temp: 78 degress F

Weekly regular water changes and mantinace on all my tanks
No known chemicals(and very very low chance of acedental) and no treatments ever

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[WILDER]

You could be dealing with columnaris.
Any signs of flicking and rubbing in the tank.

Sudden drop in temp can cause swim bladder, whitespot, to columnaris.
Here a link for you.
http/article.discusnews.com/cat-02/columnaries.shtml

 

[Socks]

not sure what flicking is,but i haven't seen them rubbing...I did see one yesterday swiming in very tight circles...almost like chaseing his tail.I'll check out the link.

 

[Socks]

aye,thanks for the help.after read that link I am going to begin treating with erythromycin,seams the best way of what i have access to seeing as they still appear relitivly strong.
thanks again

 

[WILDER]

Good luck.

 

[Socks]

1 died.......The other 2 are doing great tho,they are eating now and the discoloration is gone.

 

[WILDER]

Bless him R.I.P. sorry for your loss.