Fish Woes

Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 2:48 am. 2 comments

They say when it rains it pours. I just assume that April Fool’s Day is a month long ordeal that is stretching into May for me. I have been meaning to post about how I see society today for over a week. I have been so busy and tied up with things that I did not have a chance. I was sick, S got really sick and to top it off my fish got sick!

Those that know me, know that I am a fish geek. I adore fish and love keeping them. It is rewarding for me and relaxing. I sit in front of my 55gl tank often and just watch them do their fishy kind of thing. They make me laugh.

Last Friday I noticed one of my Clown Loaches flashing but it looked healthy. I did notice a Bleeding Heart Tetra with a few Ich spots. I have mostly scaleless fish so using medications in my tank is very touchy. I tried the heat/salt method and it just exploded. My tank stunk of dead fish and I lost many. I lost all my Spotted Pictus cats. Whiskers, Nasdaq and my sister’s pictus that moved in Jethro and Sherman. I was heartbroken. I then lost all 5 of my Clown Loaches and all three of my Bleeding Heart Tetras, 1 White Skirt Tetra and 5 Serpae Tetra.

I had / I lost

4 Spotted Pictus – All four are dead
5 Clown Loaches – All five are dead
8 White Skirt Tetra – One died
8 Serpae Tetra – Five died
1 Common Pleco – He was sick but is still with me.
3 Glow Light Tetra – All three have been fine.
1 Apple Snail – moved to the 10gl tank and is fine
2 Four Line Pictus – My “babies” are fine.

I don’t know why it was so selective. My Four Lines are just a larger version of a Spotted Pictus they look the same pretty much. The Fourlines are darker and get bigger. They never showed a sign of a problem. They are as normal as can be. I moved them to my 10gl which really pissed them off. They were making their “barking” noises so loud and so pissed going into that small tank but I had to remove them from the water in the 55gl that had become so unstable. They are still in the 10gl and dealing. I can’t turn the light on. They freak out. Bubbles the Betta was removed from the 10gl and put in a 5gl bucket. He is sulking.

My Serpae were hit hard where as my White Skirts I only lost one. My Glow Light Tetra never looked sick or had a problem. It was just strange. I treated for Ich when I think there was a bacteria that was taking them out. *sigh*

I have not lost a fish in over 24hrs so I am hoping we are going uphill now. I will be changing out my gravel for sand now since most of the stuff in my tank has been removed and I have a low bioload of fish now on the 55gl. I wanted to switch to sand and this is a great chance.

I also do not plan to go with more Spotted Pictus they are taken out to fast by illness and medications are too hard on them. I think I may go with some larger freshwater sharks in place of the Spotted Pictus and Clown Loaches.