Ant Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Well, I lost my dominant male and dominant breeding female foai today , they looked perfectly healthy before I went to work but got home and they had been killed by a spate of white spot in a very short amount of time. There could have been a number of things that caused it so it wasn't a mystery (new introduced fish, had white spot in another of my aquariums and my tap filter is due for a cleaning). It still sucks though. It just shows how violent white spot can be. Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Sorry to hear that they survived the move but not the white spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymes007 Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Im sorry to hear about your loss. Ick is a brutal parasite and i personally hate it with a passion. (i have lost some beloved fish) I hope you can control it before anymore casualties. Cheers Jaymes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Sorry to hear Ant Hope you can source some more or perhaps try your hand at another challenge Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 Well these guys are/were going going to an Aquarium store in Adelaide who wants them. I have to decommision 1 tank because I just got a couple more tanks setup at school and have a colony of yellows (thanks to Mark). Unfortunately these fish are currently in the same tank as the foai (separated) so it set things back a little. My next challenge will be trying to get my kids (class) to become engauged in learing about these fish and the science that is involved. Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gypo Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 My next challenge will be trying to get my kids to become engauged in learing about these fish and the science that is involved. Anthony ← Very sorry to hear about your loss... Im trying to teach my brother about all the stuff, (im in yr 12 and running out of spare time)...its kinda difficult sicne you cant teach them "experience" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I'm sharing that feeling Ant.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 I lost 2 more adults and 3 youngsters overnight . Got to dash out to the LFS now to grab some protozin. The med I was using just isn't doing the job (promethusol). Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrdog Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Oh man, that really sux . I hope things improve really quickly for ya. Jamie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee427 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Thats crapy Ant hope the new stuff gets it under control for you mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted March 27, 2006 Author Share Posted March 27, 2006 Another adult gone as well as two more babies and a BN . The medication is starting to work and the problem is slowly going (i hope). This leaves me with 4 adults 1 male and 3 females. I'm lucky it didn't kill my other male. Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonauv Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Just reading through this I was wondering what med. you were using for the white spot? I ask because you say you've lost BN now too. BN are sensitive to a lot of medications. From memory it has something to do with having soft (i.e. more permeable) bellies but my memory of this is getting hazy. I would also raise the water temp. to 30 degrees for a little while as Ich is killed by higher temps. I use to do this as a mandatory precaution when I introduced new fish because, while also killing any ich it also helps boost the immune system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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