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Lift the gill plate up and peek inside or cut the head off
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I have had ammonia spikes some fish look fine others are on the bottom breathing hard and died... Looked at there gills and they looked a mess...
While others looked fine...Comment
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I had a few tetra die off due to ammonia/chloramine spikes but just went and fed them to the other fish.
Had a loach almost pass out during a water change due to chloramines but caught it in time and put it into another tank.700g Mini-Monster tankComment
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Nooooooooo. Now I'm freaking out. A clown loach I quarantined last night died. I had put him in my grow out tank, and now two fry are about to die. So It can spread. I'll post another vid in a little bit.
2 mOre in my big tank died. Adult male Borleyi and a large male Mbua... Gosh. That's two grown loaches I've lost now.
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Looks like something is attacking their gills and they are suffocating.
Once their gills are burnt up they are pretty much done...Comment
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Here goes the fish up close. Gills and all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnHR9MLzg-I&feature=youtube_gdata_player
What do I do????240 and 35 Cichlid tanksComment
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If it isn't ammonia or nitrates might be some kind of bacteria if it has spread to your other tankComment
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Is there anything I can buy from the store??? I'm doing an 75% WC right now240 and 35 Cichlid tanksComment
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It looks inflamed.
From the vids your surface agitation/breakage looks really weak too. If you have a powerhead or large bubble wand throw it into the tank.
The vids look like perfect example of ammonia/nitrite/chlorine/chloramine poisoning.
Water change, if you can, hold the water in a tank before adding to the tank but if not double-triple dose prime if that's what you are using. I use Amquel+plus at double dose and add the stuff before pouring the water into the tank.
Also dose the tank with aquarium salt or non-iodized salt from the grocery store that DOES NOT HAVE ANTI-CAKING AGENTS at 1tbsp/5gal of water to reduce the harmfulness of nitrite poisoning and help gill function.700g Mini-Monster tankComment
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It just drives me crazy that the tank was running for like 5 days untouched and then 6 of my favorite fish are dead out of the blue.
As for flow in the aquarium I have 3 1050, 2 1200 gph Koria power heads, a filter in the aquarium itself pushing 1200 gph, and a dump with two drops and pump pushing over 900 gph. All as rated. The 5 powerheads are angles up to move the water in a circle and make ripples ( so to speak)
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Thanks a lot ya for yas help. Really appreciate it!! Thanks for all the tips!240 and 35 Cichlid tanksComment
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Agitate the water after you mix it prior to putting it into the tank.
I would also airate it prior to adding and add some epsom salt. I think its amonia, sometimes the fish will not display the damage until after a little time
Good Luck
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18 hrs and no more dead fish. . Did the 2 water changes in 2 days... Added aquarium salt last night.... And prime (recommended dosage. Everything looks better for now. I'll see when I get home this evening240 and 35 Cichlid tanksComment
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