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Senegal bichir, hemorrhagic septicemia?
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Hello, until a few hours ago, I had an albino senegal bichir, which I had for just over 2 days.
It died.
I should have examined it more carefully before I bought it. Anyway, I suspect it had a disease called hemorrhagic septicemia.
It was very lethargic, not eating. I assumed it had something to do with getting used to the new tank, but the symptoms suggested otherwise.
It had red streaks on its tail, bloatedness, a red belly and head, and swollen eyes.
So based on this I suspect I picked up a diseased fish from the lfs.
Can anyone confirm if its really hemorrhagic septicemia?
If so, what should I do about the fish tank?
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I saw this on yahoo as well.
As I said there... did you cycle it? Was it heated and filtered? How big was it/
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Yes cycled for 2 weeks. 55gallon tank, filtered, no heater because I'm in the tropics. Ammonia tested to be between 0-0.25ppm, can't see for sure. I use api test kit, liquid was yellow. The fish was about 2 inches. There were a few shrimp and guppies in there before it, about 5 of each, and all are doing ok. There are also a few plants.
The thing is, if it was poor water quality, I could monitor the condition and maybe leave it to cycle longer.
If its a disease I would need to clean out the whole tank and re-cycle...
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I'm curious how you cycled a tank in 2 weeks.
Wherabouts are you?
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I just left it there for 2 weeks. At first I added bacteria and natural earth and the guppies and shrimp a couple of days after that. Singapore. Here's some pics maybe it'll help.
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Singapore. I added the bacterial supplement to the filter and natural earth, then added the guppies and shrimp a couple of days later. The guppies and shrimp did totally ok, no deaths, at least none that I noticed. I didnt test the water but after 2 weeks I assumed things were ok and added the bichir. I should have tested the water first, but even now that I test the water im not seeing any toxic levels of ammonia. I posted some pics, coming up after mod approval.
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Just letting a tank sit for two weeks is not cycling it. If you had ammonia present it was not cycled.
Can I suggest you read up on the "cycling without fish" sticky before you try to buy fish again? Link is here.
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I dont intend to add any fish for a while. One casaulty is more than enough. Going to monitor the levels closely first.
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Hmm, singapore tends to have decent tapwater and some good aquarium shops.
I still bet on bad cycling. If you add just a few small things it will start the cycle, if you then add a massive fish you're asking for trouble.
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Well I wouldnt consider the addition of a 2 inch fish to a 55 gallon a huge addition. Bad water quality is possible. Maybe the guppies and shrimp survived because they are more hardy. But I still think it was diseased in some way. Ive never seen a fish turn red and bloated before this.
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