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Hi,
I ordered 40 blue green chromis (I love their movement in numbers) about 2 months ago. I got them into a QT tank and acclimated them. Over the first night I lost 8. I've been treating the surviving 32 with meds a friend at my LFS recommended ( prazipro and general cure). I follow the instructions and dosed as recommended, I added increased circulation and surface agitation, and did water changes prior to dosing as per the instructions. by the time I was done with the initial round of medication I had 3 of the initial 40 left.
I've quarantined many fish before and I have done nothing different this time compared two prior attempts. This is my usual QT tank which is sterilized after every use. I mix New saltwater for every QT process and make sure not to use nets or any equipment that I would use on my DT. I made sure that the salinity matched the water that the fish were shipped in, which was 1.026. I had no issues with nitrates or phosphates and I used a sponge filter with some of the purple bottle instant ocean nitrifying bacteria. I was at a loss as to why this happened and attributed it to the cold weather possibly stressing the fish during shipping. It is below freezing where I live and I made sure to let the company know that when I bought them. Anyway, the remaining three did well in the QT and I ended up moving them to my DT as they showed no signs of stress or illness. Within the past two or three days I've noticed that they appear to be breathing heavily with their mouths puffing in and out. I have other fish in the tank who appear fine and I'm wondering if I moved these into the DT too soon. I'm very concerned with my original fish catching whatever is killing these chromis. I've included a brief video of this behavior and was wondering if anyone has any idea what's causing this? Water parameters have been stable in the DT with no issues. Nitrate and phosphate is well within recommended levels and maintain with a zeovit system. this tank has been up and running for about 16 months with no issues prior to this.
At this point I'm assuming that the fish were either stressed in shipping or arrived with some sort of illness I was not able to get rid of. I feel terrible that I wasn't able to save these fish and I'm looking to improve my knowledge in regards to situations like this. Any advice for criticism is greatly appreciated.
I ordered 40 blue green chromis (I love their movement in numbers) about 2 months ago. I got them into a QT tank and acclimated them. Over the first night I lost 8. I've been treating the surviving 32 with meds a friend at my LFS recommended ( prazipro and general cure). I follow the instructions and dosed as recommended, I added increased circulation and surface agitation, and did water changes prior to dosing as per the instructions. by the time I was done with the initial round of medication I had 3 of the initial 40 left.
I've quarantined many fish before and I have done nothing different this time compared two prior attempts. This is my usual QT tank which is sterilized after every use. I mix New saltwater for every QT process and make sure not to use nets or any equipment that I would use on my DT. I made sure that the salinity matched the water that the fish were shipped in, which was 1.026. I had no issues with nitrates or phosphates and I used a sponge filter with some of the purple bottle instant ocean nitrifying bacteria. I was at a loss as to why this happened and attributed it to the cold weather possibly stressing the fish during shipping. It is below freezing where I live and I made sure to let the company know that when I bought them. Anyway, the remaining three did well in the QT and I ended up moving them to my DT as they showed no signs of stress or illness. Within the past two or three days I've noticed that they appear to be breathing heavily with their mouths puffing in and out. I have other fish in the tank who appear fine and I'm wondering if I moved these into the DT too soon. I'm very concerned with my original fish catching whatever is killing these chromis. I've included a brief video of this behavior and was wondering if anyone has any idea what's causing this? Water parameters have been stable in the DT with no issues. Nitrate and phosphate is well within recommended levels and maintain with a zeovit system. this tank has been up and running for about 16 months with no issues prior to this.
At this point I'm assuming that the fish were either stressed in shipping or arrived with some sort of illness I was not able to get rid of. I feel terrible that I wasn't able to save these fish and I'm looking to improve my knowledge in regards to situations like this. Any advice for criticism is greatly appreciated.