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Tetra Tragedy :(
Hey guys. So as the headline says I had a terrible thing happen today when I got home from the weekend. I left Thursday afternoon last week on my way to the Woodlands as I normally do.
From there James and I flew to California to start the mission of bringing back his parents minivan, a 1700 mile journey. Many of you know he rolled his explorer before the Christmas party this past year. This was to be the replacement vehicle for the time being. The weekend went by splendidly from the start however it ended with horror.
We made it back to Houston after 25 hours of nearly nonstop driving, pulling in around 3:00p today. We napped and then headed on to College Station to pick up James' dog. Upon our arrival we chatted and everything seemed normal.
I rose to go look at my main aquarium and noticed something terribly wrong. ALL of my bleeding heart tetras were dead. Floating at the surface with the tide while being tossed about flippantly. Not just them, but my black phantoms were gone, as well as my hybrids. A total of 12 casualties.
The ironic thing is that my original concern was about the blood fins. All were accounted for except one whom had also died.
I couldn't look for more than a few seconds as I got very upset and went upstairs to mourn my fish. Thankfully James was with me and helped me deal with the remains and the survivors.
After looking over the dead and the living he noticed the white spots of death. Ick. Severe cases of it. Somehow while I was gone an Ick outbreak had taken the lives of my favorite fish, my original fish who had brought me to love the hobby.
I'm flabbergasted at how it happened. I only bought my fish from reputable stores. The most recent ones added are still around, my Von Rio Tetras from Fish Gallery. I'm wondering if they are possibly responsible or if I just somehow missed an infection and it got out of hand.
I do weekly changes on my tank and am always careful when introducing new life there as well. The levels showed fine despite a little bit of a nitrate spike. James and I have started to treat the tank with salt and will be monitoring the other inhabitants closer.
I'm very beside myself for this happening. I had my bleeding hearts over a year, it doesn't seem too long but was very important to me. It's a sad day for me, I hope we can get the infection cleared up without losing anyone else.
There is one phantom left, she is very badly infected. I don't know if she'll make a comeback or not. How hard is it to completely eradicate this horrible parasite? James had me read a good website however other first hand accounts would be deeply appreciated.
I'm concerned about treating my Australian Lobster too due to taking some nerites from my community and putting them in with him. If it's even possible for that to pass it along to crustaceans.
Suggestions would be appreciated.
From there James and I flew to California to start the mission of bringing back his parents minivan, a 1700 mile journey. Many of you know he rolled his explorer before the Christmas party this past year. This was to be the replacement vehicle for the time being. The weekend went by splendidly from the start however it ended with horror.
We made it back to Houston after 25 hours of nearly nonstop driving, pulling in around 3:00p today. We napped and then headed on to College Station to pick up James' dog. Upon our arrival we chatted and everything seemed normal.
I rose to go look at my main aquarium and noticed something terribly wrong. ALL of my bleeding heart tetras were dead. Floating at the surface with the tide while being tossed about flippantly. Not just them, but my black phantoms were gone, as well as my hybrids. A total of 12 casualties.
The ironic thing is that my original concern was about the blood fins. All were accounted for except one whom had also died.
I couldn't look for more than a few seconds as I got very upset and went upstairs to mourn my fish. Thankfully James was with me and helped me deal with the remains and the survivors.
After looking over the dead and the living he noticed the white spots of death. Ick. Severe cases of it. Somehow while I was gone an Ick outbreak had taken the lives of my favorite fish, my original fish who had brought me to love the hobby.
I'm flabbergasted at how it happened. I only bought my fish from reputable stores. The most recent ones added are still around, my Von Rio Tetras from Fish Gallery. I'm wondering if they are possibly responsible or if I just somehow missed an infection and it got out of hand.
I do weekly changes on my tank and am always careful when introducing new life there as well. The levels showed fine despite a little bit of a nitrate spike. James and I have started to treat the tank with salt and will be monitoring the other inhabitants closer.
I'm very beside myself for this happening. I had my bleeding hearts over a year, it doesn't seem too long but was very important to me. It's a sad day for me, I hope we can get the infection cleared up without losing anyone else.
There is one phantom left, she is very badly infected. I don't know if she'll make a comeback or not. How hard is it to completely eradicate this horrible parasite? James had me read a good website however other first hand accounts would be deeply appreciated.
I'm concerned about treating my Australian Lobster too due to taking some nerites from my community and putting them in with him. If it's even possible for that to pass it along to crustaceans.
Suggestions would be appreciated.
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