fish genocide..... this stinks.

[genocidex]

well ive been half taking care of my moms bh's tanks with him. got him into doing more frequent pwc and his tank was looking great, but a few days ago all his fish became ill with a fungal infection, had him treating with a combo of primafix (he had on hand) and furan-2. sadly he lost all but 1 fish, and that fish is on his way out. granted his stock was horrid, he had a balashark in a 55, but still stinks to see them all dieing... i guess hes going to have a clean slate for when he does the 150g....

[Slaphppy7]

That DOES stink, sorry to hear that. i know you did your best to help.

[genocidex]

ik, i didnt want to over step my bounds and step in and take over... but we are talking about what to add to his 150 (with a 55g sump)

[gronlaura]

Sorry about the losses. Major bummer.

Maybe help him with a stocking list on AqAdvisor. It would give him a starting point and you could assist in refining it. That way, you are helping, not doing.

Would he be interested in joining the AC?

[FinalJenemba]

That stinks. I've had a fungal die-off before and honestly once it starts to happen there's not much you can do. I tried to medicate but I think it just killed them faster. Make sure you nuke that 55 with bleach and bleach any decorations you plan to reuse. I ended up getting all new substrate too because it was too much to boil. That fungal stuff is nasty.

[fishmommie]

Sorry about the losses.
Why do you think a fungal infection set in and what kind of fungus was it?

[genocidex]

well it looked like fin rot, and white cloudy stuff growing on the mouth, gills, and eye of the fish.
ive tried to get him to join the AC here. i think my mom did join just never got into the whole idea of research i guess....

we are going to tare down the tank together as soon as the last catfish throws in the towel.