Putting my quarantine tank to good use

Gizmo · 12-09-2011, 08:55 AM

I have a 10 gallon planted tank with wisteria, java fern, java moss and vals. 17W T8 Floramax bulb, layered substrate starting with mineralized topsoil, then peat moss, then sand, then used Fluorite from bottom to top in that order. AC50 HOB filter (limited all the way down with a pretty gunked up prefilter as well).

Parameters as of last night:
Temp: 75 deg. F
Ammonia: 0.25 ppm (false reading)
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 10 ppm
GH: 7 deg
KH: 7 deg
Phosphate: 5 ppm
Copper: 0 ppm
Iron: 0.1 ppm

Just quarantined a sick neon tetra from my gf's tank. The tetra is emaciated, faded color, with red exposed gills, and is having trouble staying afloat (tail keeps sinking). Not sure if it's still eating yet. My gf had an albino danio pass away in her tank from what appears to be the same ailment (symptoms).

Q1: Could the tetra have gotten whatever-it-is from the dead albino danio?
Q2: Anybody have any idea what those symptoms are indicative of? The two things that come to mind are internal parasites and neon tetra disease.

Thanks!

jrman83 · 12-09-2011, 09:12 AM

I've lost 1-2 Neons with the same symptoms. Nearly every fish I've had get emaciated, not just Neons, never fully recover if you figure out something that works for them. I have made it to where they live a few months longer, but they still die eventually. I did have one Angel that started to look that way about a year ago and came through it.

Just my experience.

Once a Neon or Cardinal has its color fade I'll pull them out of the tank (if I can catch it) if it looks like they are sick. Only beacuse NTD is not a Neon specific disease and I think the spots don't always accompany the disease.

Gizmo · 12-10-2011, 06:19 PM

Update:

After 3 days of quarantine his ailment is dwindling away. He can swim upright, his color is back, his gills are no longer irritated, and he's eating like a horse and gaining weight again. Disaster averted, and at no cost to my plants (i.e. no medication).

12-09-2011, 08:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gizmo What do fish think about? Gizmo's Photo Gallery Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,350 Name: Guy Miller Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Feedback: 7 / 100% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 183 Times Said "Thanks" 451 Times Was Thanked 603 Times in 573 Posts	Putting my quarantine tank to good use I have a 10 gallon planted tank with wisteria, java fern, java moss and vals. 17W T8 Floramax bulb, layered substrate starting with mineralized topsoil, then peat moss, then sand, then used Fluorite from bottom to top in that order. AC50 HOB filter (limited all the way down with a pretty gunked up prefilter as well). Parameters as of last night: Temp: 75 deg. F Ammonia: 0.25 ppm (false reading) Nitrite: 0 ppm Nitrate: 10 ppm GH: 7 deg KH: 7 deg Phosphate: 5 ppm Copper: 0 ppm Iron: 0.1 ppm Just quarantined a sick neon tetra from my gf's tank. The tetra is emaciated, faded color, with red exposed gills, and is having trouble staying afloat (tail keeps sinking). Not sure if it's still eating yet. My gf had an albino danio pass away in her tank from what appears to be the same ailment (symptoms). Q1: Could the tetra have gotten whatever-it-is from the dead albino danio? Q2: Anybody have any idea what those symptoms are indicative of? The two things that come to mind are internal parasites and neon tetra disease. Thanks! __________________ Officially fishless until after the move....tune in later for details!

12-09-2011, 09:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
jrman83 ....has no life.... jrman83's Photo Gallery Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 9,468 Name: Ben Location: White Plains, MD My location Feedback: 16 / 100% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 3,396 Times Said "Thanks" 478 Times Was Thanked 2,431 Times in 2,286 Posts	Re: Putting my quarantine tank to good use I've lost 1-2 Neons with the same symptoms. Nearly every fish I've had get emaciated, not just Neons, never fully recover if you figure out something that works for them. I have made it to where they live a few months longer, but they still die eventually. I did have one Angel that started to look that way about a year ago and came through it. Just my experience. Once a Neon or Cardinal has its color fade I'll pull them out of the tank (if I can catch it) if it looks like they are sick. Only beacuse NTD is not a Neon specific disease and I think the spots don't always accompany the disease.

12-10-2011, 06:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gizmo What do fish think about? Gizmo's Photo Gallery Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,350 Name: Guy Miller Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Feedback: 7 / 100% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 183 Times Said "Thanks" 451 Times Was Thanked 603 Times in 573 Posts	Re: Putting my quarantine tank to good use Update: After 3 days of quarantine his ailment is dwindling away. He can swim upright, his color is back, his gills are no longer irritated, and he's eating like a horse and gaining weight again. Disaster averted, and at no cost to my plants (i.e. no medication). __________________ Officially fishless until after the move....tune in later for details!

Members currently in the chatroom: 6
	The most chatters online in one day was 16, 03-02-2012. CrazyMFFM, drunkenbeast, susankat, whitetiger61, zero, majerah1

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)