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by BoltonN
Wed Jul 07, 2021 13:09 pm
Forum: Questions & Identification
Topic: Pristella Tetras Unwell
Replies: 4
Views: 387

Re: Pristella Tetras Unwell

Sorry i've just come back off holiday yesterday. Another of the tetras in the main tank has developed slight black markings around its top fin. Of the 3 in the hospital tank my grandad continued the anti parasite medication however one passed away. The other two seem to be either staying the same or...
by BoltonN
Wed Jun 23, 2021 17:47 pm
Forum: Questions & Identification
Topic: Pristella Tetras Unwell
Replies: 4
Views: 387

Pristella Tetras Unwell

Evening all, i'm really at a miss with my pristella (x-ray) tetras. I have 8 in a 120L tank along with some red phantom tetras, otos and panda cory. A while back one of them got black marks on them and began to bloat and then eventually died of what i believed to be dropsy as its scales had started ...
by BoltonN
Mon Dec 14, 2020 21:10 pm
Forum: Questions & Identification
Topic: Fish scales peeling off ?
Replies: 7
Views: 551

Re: Fish scales peeling off ?

@plankton Do you feel like another fish may have been able to cause the damage? There is one much larger fish, also a pristella, and it can be a bit temperamental - especially during feeding.
by BoltonN
Mon Dec 14, 2020 13:17 pm
Forum: Questions & Identification
Topic: Fish scales peeling off ?
Replies: 7
Views: 551

Re: Fish scales peeling off ?

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by BoltonN
Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:04 pm
Forum: Questions & Identification
Topic: Fish scales peeling off ?
Replies: 7
Views: 551

Re: Fish scales peeling off ?

https://i.postimg.cc/wjVnjqQL/7-FDEBD62-5-F67-45-F8-B90-E-B3-D9300-BC03-D.png https://i.postimg.cc/pT7wMsYS/84-D29-F80-BF7-B-485-B-8-C3-A-48-B9-E9-BABDC7.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/sgytzQ73/F4-EB104-A-C07-F-473-F-BAA3-7-C595-A16-CFDB.png These were the best pictures i could get, it does have w dark m...
by BoltonN
Sat Dec 12, 2020 16:41 pm
Forum: Questions & Identification
Topic: Fish scales peeling off ?
Replies: 7
Views: 551

Fish scales peeling off ?

Back again with some more questions about these troubled pristella tetras- one now looks as if it's scales have begun peeling off. There seems to be a creamy type colour of something in the area, it doesn't look like fungus, i'm unsure wether or not it's just the fish itself behind the scales but i ...
by BoltonN
Wed Nov 25, 2020 14:03 pm
Forum: New to Fishkeeping
Topic: Lost a fish and another is showing similar signs ?
Replies: 8
Views: 851

Re: Lost a fish and another is showing similar signs ?

Some tetras do darken with age, but yours don't look big enough to be around 5-7 years old.....unless you have the temperature very high, which you don't. Treat with Esha 2000 which is a broad-spectrum med. It sounds as though this is going to be one of those frustrating problems where we don't act...
by BoltonN
Mon Nov 23, 2020 21:32 pm
Forum: New to Fishkeeping
Topic: Lost a fish and another is showing similar signs ?
Replies: 8
Views: 851

Re: Lost a fish and another is showing similar signs ?

https://i.postimg.cc/RhvQL2vT/76597011-D01-A-49-E0-8-F02-D0-D31-DE010-C7.jpg Yet another of the pristella tetras is showing the exact same markings, however when trying to give it a salt bath as it looked bloated i noticed that the scales of the fish had started to pine cone. Does this mean that dr...
by BoltonN
Wed Nov 18, 2020 17:09 pm
Forum: New to Fishkeeping
Topic: Lost a fish and another is showing similar signs ?
Replies: 8
Views: 851

Re: Lost a fish and another is showing similar signs ?

Some more images of the currently affected fish. 1 looks quite bad - all of its sides have these bruise like markings and seems to be swimming lobsided/irregular, the other has a slight mark on the 'tail end' of its body but is swimming perfectly fine. https://i.postimg.cc/c4q7VdsK/6-DDD5-B08-C9-F0-...
by BoltonN
Wed Nov 18, 2020 12:25 pm
Forum: New to Fishkeeping
Topic: Lost a fish and another is showing similar signs ?
Replies: 8
Views: 851

Re: Lost a fish and another is showing similar signs ?

Stephen The tank includes: 11x pristella tetra, 1x albino cory, 1x runmy nose, 2x assassin snails and 5x otocinclus. Currently in the quarantine tank are 7x red phantom tetras and 6x panda cory. This will be the full stock of the tank - the panda cory are hopefully going to shoal with the lone albi...