Fast forward to 8 weeks ago, my wife delivered our fourth child. Our
house has been non-stop crazy since, and regrettably the fish tank
maintenance has slipped severly. My nitrate levels have soared, but
I am now trying to get them back under control.
This past Saturday morning I saw four Fork-Tail (P. Furcata)
Rainbowfish mis-labelled as Australian Rainbowfish at the local
Petco. (not my favorite store to say the least) Anyway, the
prospect of getting four fork-tails for $1.50 each was too much. I
bouthg them. Then I really blew it. I added them to my 90 gallon
tank. The next morning, one male fork tail was floating on top, the
other missing in action. I moved the two female fork-tails to my 90
gallon. (I suspect my large angelfish of foul play with regard to
the missing male)
Sunday night, I noticed my feamle praecox behaving sluggishly.
Monday morning she was dead. Monday night I noticed one of my large
male praecox had a whitish cast on his beakheadmoving. Another male
had a slight bit of whitish cast from his beak to just in front of
his eye. This morning, the fish with the glazed eye was dead.
My wife and I were both remarking on Friday night how marvelous those
Praecox's looked and how large they had grown. Now a few days later
two are dead and another likely on the way. It's very dissappointing
to say the least.
ANy thoughts from the experts? Is this Mycobacteria? Will I lose
the entire tank population?
-Glenn