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After losing my 2 pictus to an unknown killer, I have now lost all 3 Hexanematichthys seemani/Columbian Sharks.
When I lost my 2 pictus I was trying to figure out what was wrong with them. At first I thought it was because I added the aquarium salt, but according to several sources that was probably unlikely. I was told it could've been possible that they burned themselves on the heater and it was too bad for them to survive. Either way, I still really don't know what happened to them. When they passed, I continued to do the last treatment of ich and the last water change.
Pictus signs: Bubbled and flakey looking skin (died within 2 days) (products used, wardley's ich sensitive and aquarium salt)
Tank specs: (55gal) 80-84 F, pH 7.4, Ammonia 0, Nitrite .25ppm, Nitrate 5ppm
That same day my sharks had moved to the area my pictus had once been in (close to the heater). I noticed that 1 shark's skin started looking a bit rough. He was also doing some extreme acrobatic swimming (flipping and flopping around). The other 2 were starting to do the same and scratching themselves against the aquarium and rocks. So I decided to move the sharks to a 10gal hospital tank to treat them seperately. I treated them with "ich attack" and then added some melafix for the damage that was on their skin. (from what I thought was scratching on the rocks) That evening we lost 1 shark. The next morning, the 2 left looked WORSE 8O I immediately did a 50% water change because all I could smell was the melafix and the top of the water looked almost like suds. A few hours later another one passed. Last night a did another treatment of "ich attack". This morning the last one was dead. I have NO CLUE why they suddenly got so sick??
Columbian Shark signs: Extreme iching on tank sides and rocks, rough (scratched looking) skin (died within 2 days)
Tank specs: (55gal) 80-84 F, pH 7.4, Ammonia 0, Nitrite .25ppm, Nitrate 5ppm (products used, wardley's ich sensitive and aquarium salt)
(10gal) 80 F, pH 7.4, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10ppm (products used, ich attack and melafix)
All my other fish (excluding the Rams because I just added them last night) are and were fine the entire time all this was going on. In fact, my blue cat is growing like a weed. He doesn't come out of his "hole" too often, but I saw him this morning and he has doubled his size within the last month. And his skin looks perfect. I checked on the 4-line pim who also stays in his own "hole", looks perfect. The gourami, which I inherited with the pictus, is doing just fine. The 2 plecos who looked covered in ich before moving the sharks, now look great. Also, I saw last night that 1 of my mollies is having babies (saw 3 so far) and they all look great.
Current Tank Specs: (55gal) 81 F, pH 7.4, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10ppm
If anyone has an idea what happened to either the pictus or sharks PLEASE let me know...I'm seriously stumped :think: and VERY upset :sniff:
When I lost my 2 pictus I was trying to figure out what was wrong with them. At first I thought it was because I added the aquarium salt, but according to several sources that was probably unlikely. I was told it could've been possible that they burned themselves on the heater and it was too bad for them to survive. Either way, I still really don't know what happened to them. When they passed, I continued to do the last treatment of ich and the last water change.
Pictus signs: Bubbled and flakey looking skin (died within 2 days) (products used, wardley's ich sensitive and aquarium salt)
Tank specs: (55gal) 80-84 F, pH 7.4, Ammonia 0, Nitrite .25ppm, Nitrate 5ppm
That same day my sharks had moved to the area my pictus had once been in (close to the heater). I noticed that 1 shark's skin started looking a bit rough. He was also doing some extreme acrobatic swimming (flipping and flopping around). The other 2 were starting to do the same and scratching themselves against the aquarium and rocks. So I decided to move the sharks to a 10gal hospital tank to treat them seperately. I treated them with "ich attack" and then added some melafix for the damage that was on their skin. (from what I thought was scratching on the rocks) That evening we lost 1 shark. The next morning, the 2 left looked WORSE 8O I immediately did a 50% water change because all I could smell was the melafix and the top of the water looked almost like suds. A few hours later another one passed. Last night a did another treatment of "ich attack". This morning the last one was dead. I have NO CLUE why they suddenly got so sick??
Columbian Shark signs: Extreme iching on tank sides and rocks, rough (scratched looking) skin (died within 2 days)
Tank specs: (55gal) 80-84 F, pH 7.4, Ammonia 0, Nitrite .25ppm, Nitrate 5ppm (products used, wardley's ich sensitive and aquarium salt)
(10gal) 80 F, pH 7.4, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10ppm (products used, ich attack and melafix)
All my other fish (excluding the Rams because I just added them last night) are and were fine the entire time all this was going on. In fact, my blue cat is growing like a weed. He doesn't come out of his "hole" too often, but I saw him this morning and he has doubled his size within the last month. And his skin looks perfect. I checked on the 4-line pim who also stays in his own "hole", looks perfect. The gourami, which I inherited with the pictus, is doing just fine. The 2 plecos who looked covered in ich before moving the sharks, now look great. Also, I saw last night that 1 of my mollies is having babies (saw 3 so far) and they all look great.
Current Tank Specs: (55gal) 81 F, pH 7.4, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10ppm
If anyone has an idea what happened to either the pictus or sharks PLEASE let me know...I'm seriously stumped :think: and VERY upset :sniff:
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