whitepinehokie
11-02-2008, 01:45 AM
My fish are dying!!!! I don't know what's wrong with them, but I am at my wits end. I did (before this problem) have 5 cory cats (4 peppered, 1 green), 6 zebra danios and 4 platys in a 29 gallon tank.
Four days ago, I noticed one of the peppered corys had red streaks on his stomach. I thought he had scraped himself on the gravel and put a mental note to get some sand. He was dead in the morning, with his stomach red and slightly protruded. When I found him, his mouth was open as well. The next day, a zebra danio died with the same symptoms (red stomach, protruding stomach after death, mouth open after death). Yesterday, I had 2 zebra danios and a platy die. Neither of them had their mouths open or the red streaking. They both had protruded stomachs. On all of the fish, their scales were smooth like normal. None of them except the first cory had any symptoms before death. They didn't gasp at the surface or anything before they died either.
I just got my tank cycled a few weeks ago. I cycled with fish (I didn't know about fishless cycling). The zebra danios and 1 platy were from the cycling. That platy is fine. I added the cory cats a week after cycling finished and made sure I didn't have a mini cycle before adding 3 more platys.
I do a 50% water change every week and I have done one after each fish death as well. I did a huge water change last night. I took all the fish out (in a bucket) and really cleaned the gravel and scrubbed all the decor. Before I did such a large water change, I had no ammonia, no nitrites and 5-10 ppm nitrates. My pH is 7.2, GH between 0-25, and 120 KH. My ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates are done with a liquid test. pH, GH, and KH are on a strip. It is currently 78.1 degrees in there. I use a chlorine/chloramine remover when I change the water.
I'm really upset my fish have died so unexpectedly. I worry now because one of my platys (sunset) has really red gills and is swimming around with clamped fins. Another platy (red wag - cycled with her) is also swimming with clamped fins. I also worry because due to the deaths, my zebra danio school is down to three. They seem to have become rather nippy since there are so few of them left. I don't want to add any more fish until I figure out what's going on, however, I worry that their behavior and nippiness is stressing the other fish. The sunset platy has been given a salt dip, but outside of the water changes, that has been the only treatment thus far.
Are they just stressed? Could it be a bacterial infection? Any advice anyone has would be much appreciated. I am at my wits end. :confused:
Four days ago, I noticed one of the peppered corys had red streaks on his stomach. I thought he had scraped himself on the gravel and put a mental note to get some sand. He was dead in the morning, with his stomach red and slightly protruded. When I found him, his mouth was open as well. The next day, a zebra danio died with the same symptoms (red stomach, protruding stomach after death, mouth open after death). Yesterday, I had 2 zebra danios and a platy die. Neither of them had their mouths open or the red streaking. They both had protruded stomachs. On all of the fish, their scales were smooth like normal. None of them except the first cory had any symptoms before death. They didn't gasp at the surface or anything before they died either.
I just got my tank cycled a few weeks ago. I cycled with fish (I didn't know about fishless cycling). The zebra danios and 1 platy were from the cycling. That platy is fine. I added the cory cats a week after cycling finished and made sure I didn't have a mini cycle before adding 3 more platys.
I do a 50% water change every week and I have done one after each fish death as well. I did a huge water change last night. I took all the fish out (in a bucket) and really cleaned the gravel and scrubbed all the decor. Before I did such a large water change, I had no ammonia, no nitrites and 5-10 ppm nitrates. My pH is 7.2, GH between 0-25, and 120 KH. My ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates are done with a liquid test. pH, GH, and KH are on a strip. It is currently 78.1 degrees in there. I use a chlorine/chloramine remover when I change the water.
I'm really upset my fish have died so unexpectedly. I worry now because one of my platys (sunset) has really red gills and is swimming around with clamped fins. Another platy (red wag - cycled with her) is also swimming with clamped fins. I also worry because due to the deaths, my zebra danio school is down to three. They seem to have become rather nippy since there are so few of them left. I don't want to add any more fish until I figure out what's going on, however, I worry that their behavior and nippiness is stressing the other fish. The sunset platy has been given a salt dip, but outside of the water changes, that has been the only treatment thus far.
Are they just stressed? Could it be a bacterial infection? Any advice anyone has would be much appreciated. I am at my wits end. :confused: