Hello fellow fish keepers!
Looking for some sage advice regarding the well being of my remaining neon tetras and the rest of my stock. Over the course of a year my neons have died off slowly, one by one. What was once a healthy shoal of 11 neons is now down to only 2 individuals. Yesterday I noticed that one of the remaining neons appears to be bloated. Bloating, along with a curved spine, has been a common theme among the other dead neons. This sounds like neon tetra disease but I haven't kept fish long enough to be certain of my diagnosis. I have previously treated with prazi pro and erythromycin but apparently neither of those seemed to cure the problem. I'm curious whether this die off is common among neons or is it something that I should be actively trying to cure? I have only lost one white cloud and one rasbora to similar symptoms, the rest of my fish appear healthy and active. Do I need to be concerned about the other species even though the problem has been primaly with neons? I bought all the neons at Petco because they were cheap (rookie mistake), is it possible I got weak fish? Info that might help: the tank is 40g, water temp is ~80 degrees (high for GBR pair), and I do PWC at least once a week.
I'm all ears, thanks!
Looking for some sage advice regarding the well being of my remaining neon tetras and the rest of my stock. Over the course of a year my neons have died off slowly, one by one. What was once a healthy shoal of 11 neons is now down to only 2 individuals. Yesterday I noticed that one of the remaining neons appears to be bloated. Bloating, along with a curved spine, has been a common theme among the other dead neons. This sounds like neon tetra disease but I haven't kept fish long enough to be certain of my diagnosis. I have previously treated with prazi pro and erythromycin but apparently neither of those seemed to cure the problem. I'm curious whether this die off is common among neons or is it something that I should be actively trying to cure? I have only lost one white cloud and one rasbora to similar symptoms, the rest of my fish appear healthy and active. Do I need to be concerned about the other species even though the problem has been primaly with neons? I bought all the neons at Petco because they were cheap (rookie mistake), is it possible I got weak fish? Info that might help: the tank is 40g, water temp is ~80 degrees (high for GBR pair), and I do PWC at least once a week.
I'm all ears, thanks!