Jan 6th I added two new neon tetra's to my 10 gallon tank that was already home to 1 neon a sword tail and a pleco. (I didn't quarantine)
About a week or two later I noticed the side of one of the new ones (The older 1 is bigger then the two new ones) had a large spot on him that was pink/fleshy colored. He appeared fine but I googled and read this was a sign of Neon Tetra disease. Not wanting to even risk it I removed him from the tank into a small 5 gallon non heated aquarium for him to die without harming the others. Week later the little guy is still kicking so I moved him to my other 10 gallon non heated tank housing my ryukin goldfish, so he would have room to swim and i could clean the tank much easier etc. (I had read goldfish cannot get it)
About a week or so after that i noticed the goldfish and tetra both had ick.(I clean my tanks every sunday but had gone away for 12 days so i think it may have been ammonia and older filters) I applied ick treatment, changed the filters and both appeared to recover fully but Tweak (my goldish) never really got back his..tweaky-ness and died (he had weird bright red spots on his stomach?)
Anyways. Mr neon tetra who i'm considering naming lucky is STILL alive and now has a whole 10 gallon tank to himself. He seems quite happy but he still has the weird patch and also his bright blue stripe has a kink in it now...Like maybe the spine is curved from the disease? He's not even in a heated tank and he seems quite happy.
I'd really love to throw him back with the other two so they can resume their own little school of fish....But I'm really worried hes a "typhoid mary" to other fish.
Any advice at all? Is this perhaps not neon tetra disease and something else? I'm really concerned.
-liz
About a week or two later I noticed the side of one of the new ones (The older 1 is bigger then the two new ones) had a large spot on him that was pink/fleshy colored. He appeared fine but I googled and read this was a sign of Neon Tetra disease. Not wanting to even risk it I removed him from the tank into a small 5 gallon non heated aquarium for him to die without harming the others. Week later the little guy is still kicking so I moved him to my other 10 gallon non heated tank housing my ryukin goldfish, so he would have room to swim and i could clean the tank much easier etc. (I had read goldfish cannot get it)
About a week or so after that i noticed the goldfish and tetra both had ick.(I clean my tanks every sunday but had gone away for 12 days so i think it may have been ammonia and older filters) I applied ick treatment, changed the filters and both appeared to recover fully but Tweak (my goldish) never really got back his..tweaky-ness and died (he had weird bright red spots on his stomach?)
Anyways. Mr neon tetra who i'm considering naming lucky is STILL alive and now has a whole 10 gallon tank to himself. He seems quite happy but he still has the weird patch and also his bright blue stripe has a kink in it now...Like maybe the spine is curved from the disease? He's not even in a heated tank and he seems quite happy.
I'd really love to throw him back with the other two so they can resume their own little school of fish....But I'm really worried hes a "typhoid mary" to other fish.
Any advice at all? Is this perhaps not neon tetra disease and something else? I'm really concerned.
-liz