My Neon Tetra Has Lost His Red And Is Turning Black?

Question

I Started Off with 4 small clown loaches & 1 big 1, 10 neon tetras & 1 big 1, and a few guppies since then 4 loaches have died a small and the big tetra have died,What should i do i now have 8 neon tetras +1 very sick 1 that has no red color left, He is turning really black, & is struggling with swimming he's been like that for 10 or more days now, a clown loache & a few guppies, i have a 120 liter tank and i have a filter, i went to my fish store 2 weeks ago and they tested the water and said it had an ammonia level of 2 and the ph level was off by 1 they gave me water conditioner for tropical & cold water fish, kh power + 7.0 & Amtrite Down (Ammonia/Nitrate Reduction) Aerobic Bacteria, the temperature of the tank is 27 degrees & im not sure if thats harmful to them. Is there anything that i am doing wrong or could do and is there anyway i can help my tetra?

Answer 1

As you said yourself already, your ammonia is way to high
I assume that your tank is pretty new, and it's going through the cycling process, the biggest mistake you can make is adding any kind of chemicals besides the water conditioner
it will ruin the cycling process and will make it longer
The only thing you should be doing is partial waterchanges of 25% every other day or even every day to help your fish to survive this ordeal
the fish which died, died from nitrite or ammonia poisening

Also don't play around with the pH levels, they're fine as long as you acclimate your fish properly to your water
here is an article on how to do it
http://www.fishlesscycling.com/articles/acclimating_you_new_fish.html



Hope that helps
Good luck


EB



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Answer 2

The symptoms you describe certainly sound like Neon Tetra Disease. If you are reasonbly sure that is the case, I would recommend euthanizing the fish. To the best of my knowledge, the disease is invariably terminal and there is no known cure.

Answer 3

it is going to impact diverse fish, particular. pass the ill neon/s to a diverse tank, yet in case you have no longer have been given from now on have been given one in undemanding terms located some cooking salt (iodine-loose!) indoors the tank, or some sea salt sparkling from the sea.