Worst 2 Weeks

[Nexorcist]

Last 2 weeks has been a nightmare.
I lost more fish than in last 8 month.
Started with Ich that came with my last glass catfish that killed one of my neon Rainbows (RIP), right after that now I have one of my dwarf neon gouramis struggling a losing battle with Dropsy, on top of that I just came home to perfectly health Platy on his back (RIP).
In my other tank (10gal), I lost 3 African dwarf frogs, 1 cristal red shrimp and 1 bamboo shrimp. All this in just 2 weeks. I do my water changes religiously every week, and my stats have been normal. I'm losing my mind here.....

 

[JustKia]

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Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):

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[WILDER]

How many gallon litres is the tank.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph.
Symtoms the fish are showing.

 

[FoilTinFish]

ok i dont know much about fish but .... my friend had the same thing happen in his 10g... he had 2 african dwarf frogs and two zebra danios.... the frogs got a weird white spot on em that kept growing and killed em within hours and then it moved onto the fish and killed them within a few hours. ... so he thuroughly cleaned the tank added fresh water... .cycled it again without fish... asked the pet store people for help... they sold him the same thing again.... 2 dwarf frogs and 2 danios... the same thing happened again... it only took about a week for the frog to get sick each time... the 2nd time it only killed one frog... and all the fish. so he kept the one living frog and got a betta fish.... all of a sudden the same thing happened... frog got a white spot and within 4 hours it was completely covered in a think white goo.... then the betta started getting all kinds of white spots and died...

we thought it was ich and treated for it but the fish and frogs all died before the treatment had time to take affect

 

[Nexorcist]

Thanks

Tank size: 29Gal
pH: 7.8
ammonia: 0
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 30
kH: ?
gH: ?
tank temp: 82F
Filtration: 1 Eheim 2213 canister Filter, 1 Whisper 30 Power HOB Filter.

Just Changed my HOB filters cartrige to remove coppersafe, but my EHEIM 2213 Still running strong.

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): Gourami Have a dropsy but still lives after a week, bloated, some pine cone effect and white long stringy poo. All other inhabitants look OK

Volume and Frequency of water changes: Every week on Mondays 40-50%

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Aquarium salt after every water change 5ml per every 4US Gal, Coppersafe for the Ich that i had a month ago.

Tank inhabitants: 1 Raphael Catfish(4inch), 4 Glass Catfish, 2 dwarf Neon Gouramis, 3 Ottos, 3 corydoras, 10 Platy's, 5 Neon dwarf Rainbows (1 RIP from Ich)

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): 1.5 month ago glass cats and rainbows

Exposure to chemicals: none



2nd Tank size: 10Gal
pH:7.8
ammonia: 0
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 10
kH: ?
gH: ?
tank temp: 78F
Filtration: 1 Aqueon 10 HOB filter, 1 DIY Sponge Filter (added few weeks ago)

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): They eat well and no symptoms

Volume and Frequency of water changes: Every Week On Mondays 20%

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: None

Tank inhabitants: 1 male Betta, 3 Ghost Shrimps, 1 red Cristal Shrimp, 1 Bamboo shrimp (2nd one died), and were 4 African dwarf frogs (last one died after my initial post, they were died one after the other in week increments)

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): 2 Bamboo Shrimps (as a gift that i didnt ask for)(one died)

Exposure to chemicals: None

 

[WILDER]

Have you tryed a bacterial med.
Parasites can cause bacterial infections.

Long stringy white poo can be consitpation, bacterial, internal parasites.

 

[Nexorcist]

Have you tryed a bacterial med.
Parasites can cause bacterial infections.

Long stringy white poo can be consitpation, bacterial, internal parasites.

I used some antibacterial meds from Jungle pharm.. at first sigh of dropsy. But i stopped after 3 days (it might have helped) and changed the carbon to clear it.

PS: Finally some good news, my gourami no longer looks like pine-cone and bloating slowly goes away (his still quiet bloated), he actually ate some today after 4 days of barely moving and no eating at all.

 

[WILDER]

Did you cut the med to short.
Epson salt baths to help draw the fluids out and a bacterial med.

 

[Nexorcist]

Did you cut the med to short.
Epson salt baths to help draw the fluids out and a bacterial med.

Well, i cut the meds on the 4th day as per instructions, also i tried salt baths by gradually adding salt, but before i reached 5ml per 3 gallon every fish was gasping for air so i end up doing 30% water change.
His still somewhat bloated and have a stringy white poo but his a lot more active today and actually fought for food and ate some more today.
I'm so happy i waited few more days, last week when he was suffering and looked like a bloated pine-cone i was actually looking for humane ways of putting him out of his misery (didn't have a heart to do it).

 

[WILDER]

Ok.
I would still do another round of the bacterial med.