Maxta
Fishaholic
I posted this in the cory section, but think its more appropriate for here.
I fell in love with catfish and decided to get some different types, so i went with albinos. I bought two about 2 weeks ago, and one of them died last week....i guess that was my fault due to the stress of changing the tank and putting new sand in, since he was a young one. So it left me with 1 albino. So two days ago i bought another two albinos to keep him company.
Now i think one of the new additions is gona die, again its the smallest. Ever since i added him to the tank hes been obsessed with the top of the tank, and the other one swims in the middle of the tank back and forth against the front window lol, i think he likes the airstone tbh. But anyways today iv noticed less movement from the smaller one thats at the top of the tank, and he kinda sits in a verticle position with his mouth at the very top of the water, and sometimes floats about with the current and then will swim off. Sometimes he done these kind of rolls too.
Also i noticed that the two new catfish have some kind of stuff, well fuzz, hard to explain, on their fins, and on the one who likes the airstone seems to have a tiny bit took out of his caudal, and his dorsal fin.
None of my 3 peppers have this, and neither does the other albino, or the betta.
The albinos i bought were from pets at home, and i made sure they were from a tank with no dead ones in, and the liveliest. And they looked in good condition when i studied them before buying.
Since noticing the one swimming at the top, i took the top off and put my hand in to chase him down and its worked. I also put my hand cupped in the water and he swam into it and started picking at me which was pretty cool. But since then ehs gone to the bottom of the tank.
Edit: Damn just after i posted this message, i thought he was dead. Was on the bottom of the tank practically on his side, so i moved the ornament to fish him out and hes now swimming about again....
Heres a video of him doing his thing, click it to view it:
If you look at the video and see the position hes in, verticle, thats what hes doing now, but no movement for a while, and then he'l be off again.
And if i had to guess, even though im not an expert and havent seen fin rot before, i would guess it was that. Their fins look ragged around the edges, with tiny irregularities in them, compared to all my 3 peppers and the other albino. Also the outside of the fins look whiteish.
Questions;
1) Is this fin rot? Could it also cause the other albino to be swimming at the top of the tank like that?
2) So i assuming i will need to buy meds, if so whats the best, or are they all effective? And will it affect any of the other fish who arent suffering?
3) Will the meds kill any bacteria in my filter? Im assuming they will because they kill the bacteria on the fish causing the fin rot, but need confirmation off someone. If it does, should i take the two media cartridges out of my filter and place them in a jar of tank water, along with one of the two sponges? And keep topping the water up regularly to keep the temperature up.
5) In relation to the question above. How long will the meds last, so that i can put my media back in the filter?
6) If it is fin rot, why only two of the albinos, why not the other one or any of the other fish? Could it be possible they had it when in the shop?
7) Could the fin rot be causing my albino to swim funny (as in video)?
Sorry for all the questions, complete newbie to fish diseases/problems.
I fell in love with catfish and decided to get some different types, so i went with albinos. I bought two about 2 weeks ago, and one of them died last week....i guess that was my fault due to the stress of changing the tank and putting new sand in, since he was a young one. So it left me with 1 albino. So two days ago i bought another two albinos to keep him company.
Now i think one of the new additions is gona die, again its the smallest. Ever since i added him to the tank hes been obsessed with the top of the tank, and the other one swims in the middle of the tank back and forth against the front window lol, i think he likes the airstone tbh. But anyways today iv noticed less movement from the smaller one thats at the top of the tank, and he kinda sits in a verticle position with his mouth at the very top of the water, and sometimes floats about with the current and then will swim off. Sometimes he done these kind of rolls too.
Also i noticed that the two new catfish have some kind of stuff, well fuzz, hard to explain, on their fins, and on the one who likes the airstone seems to have a tiny bit took out of his caudal, and his dorsal fin.
None of my 3 peppers have this, and neither does the other albino, or the betta.
The albinos i bought were from pets at home, and i made sure they were from a tank with no dead ones in, and the liveliest. And they looked in good condition when i studied them before buying.
Since noticing the one swimming at the top, i took the top off and put my hand in to chase him down and its worked. I also put my hand cupped in the water and he swam into it and started picking at me which was pretty cool. But since then ehs gone to the bottom of the tank.
Edit: Damn just after i posted this message, i thought he was dead. Was on the bottom of the tank practically on his side, so i moved the ornament to fish him out and hes now swimming about again....
Heres a video of him doing his thing, click it to view it:
If you look at the video and see the position hes in, verticle, thats what hes doing now, but no movement for a while, and then he'l be off again.
And if i had to guess, even though im not an expert and havent seen fin rot before, i would guess it was that. Their fins look ragged around the edges, with tiny irregularities in them, compared to all my 3 peppers and the other albino. Also the outside of the fins look whiteish.
Questions;
1) Is this fin rot? Could it also cause the other albino to be swimming at the top of the tank like that?
2) So i assuming i will need to buy meds, if so whats the best, or are they all effective? And will it affect any of the other fish who arent suffering?
3) Will the meds kill any bacteria in my filter? Im assuming they will because they kill the bacteria on the fish causing the fin rot, but need confirmation off someone. If it does, should i take the two media cartridges out of my filter and place them in a jar of tank water, along with one of the two sponges? And keep topping the water up regularly to keep the temperature up.
5) In relation to the question above. How long will the meds last, so that i can put my media back in the filter?
6) If it is fin rot, why only two of the albinos, why not the other one or any of the other fish? Could it be possible they had it when in the shop?
7) Could the fin rot be causing my albino to swim funny (as in video)?
Sorry for all the questions, complete newbie to fish diseases/problems.
