Black Skirt tetra dying?

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

My newly acquired black skirt tetra appears to be dying. It is very lazy but when I go up to the tank will swim around. I have it in a breeder box now as the others were chasing it. I noticed it had clear "poop" with air bubbles in it and doesn't appear to be eating. If it is, its not much. I have offered ken's tropical flake food (which it was readily eating at first) as well as blood worms. I have also treated the tank with Stress Coat when I saw a few tears in its fins. Does anyone have ideas as to what may be going on? If it's curable or should I expect it to pass. (Which I would be pissed since it's 1 of the remaining 4 from an 8 fish purchase for the tank. The other 4 were snacked on over night the first night grrrr.)

 

[bronzefighter]

White/Clear stringy feces is a telltale sign of an internal parasite. I would move it to a quarantine tank/jar/bucket and start treating it.

Maybe others can chime in here?

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

That's what I was thinking. I'm just unsure what to treat with and it may be too late. At lunch he was swimming at an angel so I don't know if I can get treatment quick enough.

 

[bronzefighter]

I've used Levamisole Hydrochloride to deworm my puffers. It's pretty common drug, as it's used to deworm dogs, cattle, etc etc.


Here is an amazing resource on how to treat fish using it.

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

Oh good to know. It went downhill very fast and seems to be the only one affected. :/ it's eyes are bulged, gills red, lost its color and just sits in one spot now. My guess is it will be gone in the morning.