I have black fin, and Neon Tetras in my aquarium. My 3 year old nephew dumped a whole can of fish flakes into the tank and in a hurry I needed to get them out. The water was entirely orange. By the time anyone knew what had happened, the fish had been in this tank filled with fish flakes for about 30 minutes(at the most). One of the Neons did die. I took all the fish out so I can clean the tank. I put the fish in water treated with aquasafe and then rinsed the entire fish tank. after the rinsing I put spring water treated with aquasafe back in the tank, changed the filter, and put the rocks back in. Now my fish are back in the tank, but 2 of the black fins and 1 of the neons are losing their fins. Is this caused by stress? What should I do?
2007-05-23 04:37:54 · 10 answers · asked by troy_smith1973 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
The loss of fins is not due to stress, but is due to exposure to high ammonia and the fast changes in water conditions. At this point the best thing to do is keepp the light off in the tank and keep the room as quite and calm as possible. Allow the fish to relax and destress a bit. I would suggest you not try to feed them for 24 hours or so and watch the ammonia levels in the tank carefully as the washing no doubt damaged the nitrogen cycle in the tank.
If the old filter media is still wet, I would also suggest you squeeze it out into the tank. While this will add back some of the old food, it will also add back beneficial bacteria and greatly shorten the duration and severity of the new cycling process.
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2007-05-23 05:13:56 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are starting the ammonia/nitrate/nitrite cycle all over again. Do water changes the next couple of days and go and get some Melafix. You'll have to take out your carbon when you are dosing this, but it works well for tissue damage. Dose like they recommend on the bottle. And test your water to make sure that the levels are safe for the fish. If they're not, change the water by 25%.
2007-05-23 04:43:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is a couple of things that you can do, you can either use Aquarium salt: this is a natural water buffer, stress relief and natural treatment.
the other thing you can use is called Methylene Blue, this is a great fin re-builder and will help with the stress levels and hopefully drop the levels, the best thing you can do is ask you aquarium shop for the dose of the salt as a stress buffer and then buy some kind of fin builder to use with the salt.
2007-05-23 10:57:12 · answer #3 · answered by kookie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be stress. They make stress treatment to add to your tank. A table spoon of aquarium salt might not hurt either. I use it on my lion head gold fish when their fins start looking raunchy. Doesn't take much. I have a 50 long, and I put in about 1/4 cup.
2007-05-23 04:46:03 · answer #4 · answered by Barbie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by replacing the filter media you've thrown the tank into the nitrogen cycle, fish have to be particularly hardy to survive this which most tetras are usually not.
if you don't already have them, you need to buy a test kit, the API Master Test Kit is one of the best ones, and test the ammonia, nitrate and nitrite. Ammonia & Nitrite needs to be at 0, Nitrate needs to be 25ppm or under. You will possibly have to do daily 15-20% water changes until this cycle has completed.
2007-05-23 05:12:14 · answer #5 · answered by catx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have similar problems make sure your nitrate levels are fine as this takes away oxygen and causes stress and ultimately death. If they are high get some aquatic bacteria, and nitrate strips. If the nitrates are higher than 1mg/ no2 then add the required amount of bacteria (depending on your tank size). If it is higher than 3mg/ no2 then take out half of the water and replace it with normal tap water, add some aquatic safe, and bacteria. Also you should install some real plants if u haven't already as this releases more oxygen for a healthy tank!
2007-05-23 04:44:40 · answer #6 · answered by pandasrcool 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They may have caught fin rot. you can buy some treatment from a petstore/fish stockist. Also dont feed them for a few days. whilst the water sorts it self out otherwise the nitrates will rise to quickly and kill the fish. good luck.
2007-05-23 14:19:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not a pro at handling fish but, im going to have to assume they got an infection from it. they have a food medication on line for fish infections. Its called medikoi. Its like twenty bucks but, if there worth keeping.....
2007-05-23 05:25:35 · answer #8 · answered by crystal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres nothing you really can do, Just keep them as normal and do water changes more often
2007-05-23 04:43:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
dont feed them for a weeks
2007-05-23 05:08:00 · answer #10 · answered by josh 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋