Something is off....

[CaptainBarnicles]

A cherry barb and a praecox so far since noticing issues

 

[Alice B]

when one fish passes away, then another sickens and passes away a couple of days later, I call that a parasite issue. Worms would qualify as a parasite. Parasites move from dead host to living host. Is this the pattern you are seeing @CaptainBarnicles ?

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

when one fish passes away, then another sickens and passes away a couple of days later, I call that a parasite issue. Worms would qualify as a parasite. Parasites move from dead host to living host. Is this the pattern you are seeing @CaptainBarnicles ?

I'm not sure if I'm going to be totally honest....

I've been quite ill and wasn't able to manage the tank for some months, when I finally got back to it, I'd lost 1 rainbowfish, 1 Krib and quite a few cherry barbs. After getting the water back to optimal condition and giving everything a nice clean over a few weeks, I introduced a handful of tiny cherry barbs to make up the numbers, another Krib, 3 Boesemanis and 4 or 5 Praecox.

All was well until 2 weeks after when I put in the new coconut shells and swapped from Prime to API Tap Water Conditioner...

 

[Colin_T]

I'm completely lost with this thread now. Can you sum up the issues and what has been done?

If it started with a coconut shell and different water conditioner, get the coconut out and go back to the old conditioner.

If it started within 2 weeks off adding the new fish, then it might be from them. Were they quarantined be3fore being added to the main tank?

 

[CaptainBarnicles]

Colin 🤦‍♀️

The fish I had during my illness died from my neglect...is what I assume.

I pulled myself together and sorted everything out and added new fish to replace the ones I'd lost.

Everything was good for around 2 weeks-ish. I added 3 coconut shells and started using API the following week.

I then started noticing the fish flashing and acting off....when is when I started this thread.

I took out the coconuts and commenced with the salt treatment.

The fish improved some, but I euthanised a bloated cherry barb that had a red patch on her that I surmised was a bacterial...(that was the post that confused Colin) there has also been white poop from a few of the the fish but nothing long or stringy that I can remember, there had been a lot of plant melt from the salt treatment that the fish have been eating.

A little while after that was the bloated Praecox and the TB drama. I euthanised it.

I've been doing lots of water changes. I went back to using Prime for a reason I can't remember but when I switched back to API, the fish started acting off again.

I'm sticking with Prime.

I have 2 female Praecox getting skinny.

On Colins advice I've ordered NT labs anti fluke and wormer to treat the tank for worms...

Are we caught up? I hope I've made sense as I don't know how else to explain

 

[Essjay]

And for Colin's information, NT Labs Anti Fluke and Wormer is flubendazole.