heatherbee Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 Soooo I did something really naive in one of my tanks (I only have 2 currently) with no quarantine (I know better but we are currently living in a small space with quite a few little critters and I hadn't added anything new for months so to have an extra empty tank running didn't seem sensible). To the point- I bought 10 neon tetras that seemed fine in the store. One died overnight the first night and I assumed it was just a loss from not acclimating well because it looked fine before bed and there was no signs of anything. Within 36 hours I could tell there was a couple more that were isolating themselves and looking bad. I am 99% sure this was the neon tetra disease. .http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-health/freshwater-conditions/neon-tetra-disease.aspx I did something I've never done before and euthanized them because I found it is typically 100% death rate (and they were clearly not going to last long). This was at night and by the time I woke up all 3 of my otocinclus were dead :/. At that point I was very angry because I've had them for about a year so they were clearly thriving. It took me over an hour and I wrecked my planted tank but I managed to get the other neons all out and I took them back to the store. The only other things I have are my PFR shrimp, one AD Frog, snails and a BN pleco. The next morning after I wrecked thru the tank I found a small shrimp dead but thought I could have hit it because it was a serious battle getting those fish out around my heavily planted tank and driftwood. Everything's been looking okay the last few days but this AM I found one more shrimp dead- it looks fine on the outside. I don't want to medicate unnecessarily and end up killing things but I'm still worried that I should add something? Maybe salt, melafix or some other support type thing? This is an unknown area of mine as I've not had any sickness in my shrimp tanks before- only with fish years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 Usually diseases are specific to animal type. You may have stirred up a small cycle after disturbing the substrate chasing the fish. For peace of mind, you may want to do a wc and observe the shrimp to see how they do. Shrimp Life and heatherbee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatherbee Posted September 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 The mini cycle is a good point I didn't consider- everything looked okay after the first fish death and does now that I just checked it but it's possible I missed it if it was short! Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatherbee Posted September 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 Well poo my dwarf frog was dead today. My tests are all the same as they have always been. Shrimp all seem ok and I put 2 of my gold white cloud minnows in the tank about 36 hours ago and they are looking fine and busy spawning.... Any more opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 Off topic, but how hard is it to nreed white clouds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatherbee Posted September 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 It's supposed to be one of the easiest fish ever like guppies- to the point of being a nuisance but I've had mine about 18 months and never seen any babies - it's gotta be cause of the guppies & possibly the turtle in the tank they have been in. My turtle in that tank leaves the shrimp and fish alone but he will eat snails and tiny detritus worms etc so I believe the eggs and any possible fry have just gotten eaten by him or the guppies. They're always showing out with the males chasing females. The pair I've moved into the tank has definitely been spawning so I should see babies really soon. It's easier for me to watch this tank so I'll let you know Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 I'd love to hear your experiences and updates on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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