So, I got a bunch of free fish, and setup a 5 gallon (guppies and platys) to QT them. I have a bunch of whisper 10's, so to setup the new QT tank I just took the filter out of my 5 gallon betta tank to seed the new filter media. I'm glad I setup a QT, because it turns out the fish have a parasite problem.
I noticed over the past week that my normally very docile betta (who doesnt even eat guppy babies) has been chasing the pygmies around. He has a tumor on his side that has not progressed much since it appeared. It doesn't seem to affect him thus far, so I haven't looked too much into treating it. He's remained healthy and happy. today I looked up at the tank (its on top of my desk) and noticed that he suddenly has dropsy.
AGH!
You know what I did? I forgot to put a filter back into the FREAKING FILTER BOX. And now the one that was in there has been sitting in a tank with parasites for weeks. I seem to be missing a pygmy, as well.
Needless to say, I did large water change, put filter media in, and seeded it from one of my healthy tanks. But COME ON.
I noticed over the past week that my normally very docile betta (who doesnt even eat guppy babies) has been chasing the pygmies around. He has a tumor on his side that has not progressed much since it appeared. It doesn't seem to affect him thus far, so I haven't looked too much into treating it. He's remained healthy and happy. today I looked up at the tank (its on top of my desk) and noticed that he suddenly has dropsy.
AGH!
You know what I did? I forgot to put a filter back into the FREAKING FILTER BOX. And now the one that was in there has been sitting in a tank with parasites for weeks. I seem to be missing a pygmy, as well.
Needless to say, I did large water change, put filter media in, and seeded it from one of my healthy tanks. But COME ON.
