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37 gallon freshwater
78F
7.4 pH
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
Nitrate 0-5ppm
dGH and dKH high teens
Tank is almost 11 weeks old.
Lots of plants
No medication, treatments or chemicals of any kind other than weekly fertilization with flourish comp.
Weekly water changes in the 30% range... missed this weekend.
We have an emerald brochis that is struggling right now. I netted it and looked closely with a magnifying glass but can see absolutely no signs of any discolouration, gill issues, fin problems, parasites that might be visible, no spots nothing. I assume some swim bladder problem as the fish cannot stay upright, but tries. It is now somewhat "bent". at first I thought it was from curving while trying to get upright but it isn't the case, the bend must be a symptom.
The odd time it gets upright and swims for a moment and, other than the bend, it looks fine.
I skipped through all of the diseases here and the only one that doesn't have some other obvious visible symptom is the bladder.
Small backstory.
We bought 8 of these cats originally (47 days ago), got 9 (freebie), one with damaged dorsal fine. Two weeks, almost to the day, that fish passed. OK, it happens with new fish and I think the store guy sort of half expected it. I inspected the fish afterwards and found nothing obvious other than the fin problem and the resulting colour drain due to having been dead for at least a few hours... but I honestly don't think that alone could be a real fatal problem. I saw no symptoms in this case, one day 9 catfish, next day 8 catfish.
I bought two more almost three weeks ago (19 days). They were of the same original batch so I cannot tell them apart but I may assume that this is one of the new recruits... two weeks and a few days after bringing them home. Perhaps some delayed shock of introduction? I float the bags, add tank water gradually (over a minimum of 30 minutes... closer to an hour) then net them into the tank... I don't like putting store water in my tank if I can help it.
Jeff.
78F
7.4 pH
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
Nitrate 0-5ppm
dGH and dKH high teens
Tank is almost 11 weeks old.
Lots of plants
No medication, treatments or chemicals of any kind other than weekly fertilization with flourish comp.
Weekly water changes in the 30% range... missed this weekend.
We have an emerald brochis that is struggling right now. I netted it and looked closely with a magnifying glass but can see absolutely no signs of any discolouration, gill issues, fin problems, parasites that might be visible, no spots nothing. I assume some swim bladder problem as the fish cannot stay upright, but tries. It is now somewhat "bent". at first I thought it was from curving while trying to get upright but it isn't the case, the bend must be a symptom.
The odd time it gets upright and swims for a moment and, other than the bend, it looks fine.
I skipped through all of the diseases here and the only one that doesn't have some other obvious visible symptom is the bladder.
Small backstory.
We bought 8 of these cats originally (47 days ago), got 9 (freebie), one with damaged dorsal fine. Two weeks, almost to the day, that fish passed. OK, it happens with new fish and I think the store guy sort of half expected it. I inspected the fish afterwards and found nothing obvious other than the fin problem and the resulting colour drain due to having been dead for at least a few hours... but I honestly don't think that alone could be a real fatal problem. I saw no symptoms in this case, one day 9 catfish, next day 8 catfish.
I bought two more almost three weeks ago (19 days). They were of the same original batch so I cannot tell them apart but I may assume that this is one of the new recruits... two weeks and a few days after bringing them home. Perhaps some delayed shock of introduction? I float the bags, add tank water gradually (over a minimum of 30 minutes... closer to an hour) then net them into the tank... I don't like putting store water in my tank if I can help it.
Jeff.
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