Sick fish

Fire.is.fun · #1 12-24-2012, 05:38 PM

Last time I was at Blue world aquatic I noticed a lot of sick fish in the display, but like a fool I still bought some Corel frags and a feather duster. Two weeks later and now all of my fish are dying from a parasite or something. I thought it was ich but it must be something different because a healthy fish one day is dead the next morning. Has anyone else experienced this and has any idea?

Proteus · #2 12-24-2012, 06:05 PM

What do the fish look like. Got pics

Fire.is.fun · #3 12-24-2012, 06:10 PM

I took some pictures but you can't really see anything in the pictures anyway. The fish have aslime coat on their fins and white spots which I thought was ich but the fish literally die within a day of having this. Some are dead before any symptoms show to

Proteus · #4 12-24-2012, 06:15 PM

Rapid breathing. Ich will be on gills which makes it hard to breathe. The slime could be there natural defense to she'd the paristite off. In my experience gills and fins are the last spot to see ich

I'm no expert though

Fire.is.fun · #5 12-24-2012, 06:23 PM

There is rapid breathing but it seems more like velvet disease. Mortality seems to fast for ich

howdy20012002 · #6 12-24-2012, 06:23 PM

sounds more like marine velvet

Proteus · #7 12-24-2012, 06:56 PM

Yeah I was thinking that too.

Velvet does affect gills they will swell and bleed. You may notice gold spots on fish

Caused by a single cell organism (dinoflaggetes

I would call BW and let them know

Nano · #8 12-24-2012, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Titus99

Yeah I was thinking that too.

Velvet does affect gills they will swell and bleed. You may notice gold spots on fish

Caused by a single cell organism (dinoflaggetes

I would call BW and let them know

I've seen dino's in the tanks there a few times so its totally possible.

Either way since its a parasite of any type if your fish all die off you'd need to go fallow for at least 6-8 weeks to let the parasite die off in your tank, then qt new fish before stocking again.

Sorry for your lose(s) its tuff to lose the little buggers.

Fire.is.fun · #9 12-24-2012, 07:01 PM

Yeah, this is what I get for not qt. thank you all for the help

Borderjumper · #10 12-24-2012, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire.is.fun

Yeah, this is what I get for not qt. thank you all for the help

True.. But honestly why in the world would you even buy a fish from a tank that has sick fish.. Let alone take it home and put it in your tank..