Has she seen any of the fish picking on the new Tetras? Also does she
have a acclamation process she goes though, or does she just dump them
in the tank? - Aaron Frymire
From: Kate Breimayer <kate@munat.com>
Reply-To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
Subject: dying cardinals`
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 18:25:18 -0700
Hi all I have a friend who bought a bunch of cardinal tetras several
times from the same LFS... even though they keep dying. The number of
fish dying is always equal to the number purchased though the
individuals afflicted are not always the newest arrivals, and the
fish that die do so within 24 hours of bringing home the new victims.
I went to her house a day after the latest batch and we watched one
settle onto a plant and expire. No visible symptoms were observed, it
was a fish that had survived a couple weeks... The color on the dead
fish was still good hours after dying, no protrusions or sunken
abdomens, no change in fins, skin texture, or anything at all that I
could see wrong with these fish, they just gently lie down on their
sides and die. Anyone have any ideas? She also has breeding zebra
danios in the tank, healthy angels, female bettas, and loaches. One
angel did have fin rot but it cleared up. She did not salt the water
until recently and then only added one tsp per 10 gallons (180 liter
tank). To make things worse for herself she keeps buying bettas at
Walmart and putting them in the tank, of course they are all sick and
die soon afterwards. I have told her to stop buying more fish but she
gets free replacements for everything that dies so she feels like she
would be throwing money away if she doesn't get her new cardinals.
The tetras did not come from Walmart, they come from a store most of
us know and respect.
Do cardinals die from stress? I lost a bunch of healthy neons the day
after an earthquake... I gave up on neons and cardinals years ago as
I couldn't keep them alive either.
She does not quarantine fish, as she only has one tank.
Anyone ever see apparently healthy tetras just drop like this?
Thanks,
Kate B
Oly WA
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