Lost fish now being told brook

[drakebuffie]

So I have a separate thread on r2r detailing the last couple months of my tank.


The guy who took back the puffer he gave me 2 months ago had 3 fish die overnight within a week of getting it back and he is saying it's brook.

I have had 3 fish die over a month. All with zero signs of illness. Went from fat and happy and eating to missing or dead.One I never even found.

After puffer guy got ahold of.me yesterday I looked very closely at my lat remaining fish. Posting pics. His tail is looking chewed up. But I see no other signs of illness and this is the first I have noticed this.

Per api store test parameters are perfect and have been for weeks

 

[Jay Hemdal]

So I have a separate thread on r2r detailing the last couple months of my tank.


The guy who took back the puffer he gave me 2 months ago had 3 fish die overnight within a week of getting it back and he is saying it's brook.

I have had 3 fish die over a month. All with zero signs of illness. Went from fat and happy and eating to missing or dead.One I never even found.

After puffer guy got ahold of.me yesterday I looked very closely at my lat remaining fish. Posting pics. His tail is looking chewed up. But I see no other signs of illness and this is the first I have noticed this.

Per api store test parameters are perfect and have been for weeks

Sorry, the pics aren’t clear enough for me to see much. Can you post a short video? That might work better.
Jay

 

[drakebuffie]

Sorry, the pics aren’t clear enough for me to see much. Can you post a short video? That might work better.
Jay

 

[drakebuffie]

https://youtube.com/channel/UCXLokzBHeBiSPPcQolXNUbg

 

[drakebuffie]

Nit a ton of detail but you can see the tail looks like it's not right

 

[Sharkbait19]

I can’t see too much, but a damaged tail usually indicates aggression to me.
Puffers can be real jerks, it may be the problem.

 

[drakebuffie]

I can’t see too much, but a damaged tail usually indicates aggression to me.
Puffers can be real jerks, it may be the problem.

Only fish in the tank is this guy.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

So - after viewing the video, it isn't clear what the problem is. This species of fish doesn't have much contract in its coloration, so ich won't show up well. I can see some diffuse spots/streaks, but that could be Brooklynella , bacteria or ich. I think we can rule out velvet because the fish didn't seem to be breathing too fast. The tail issue could be bacterial, it isn't ich or Brooklynella.

So - what treatment? Trouble is these three potential issues have three different treatments!

Jay

 

[drakebuffie]

So something is up. We are not sure what exactly. Take this fish out of display tank....worst case scenario how long fallow on display tank before adding qted fish

 

[Jay Hemdal]

So something is up. We are not sure what exactly. Take this fish out of display tank....worst case scenario how long fallow on display tank before adding qted fish

Worst case scenario - longest fallow period would be 75 days with no fish in the DT.

Jay