Confused :S

[Kyle]

Is there any particular reason why a male and female apistogramma cacatuoides would die a day apart? These are my water results;

PH: 6.6/6.8
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrates: 5.0/10
KH: 35.8/53.7ppm KH 2-3dKH
GH: 53.7/71.6ppm GH 3-4dGH
Ammonia: 0mg/l
Temp: 26*C

Any advice would be appreciated. Symptoms before death were breathing heavy and eventually swimming on their sides, these symptoms would occur and lead to death within an hour or so. The coyrydoras in my tank are fine and there was enough hiding places.

 

[dw1305]

Hi Kyle,
Welcome and sorry to hear of your loss.

We probably need a few more details., volume of tank, type of filtration, was it planted? when was it set up?, any addition of CO2, had you had the fish for while, etc.?

As they died so quickly my suspicion would be that it is a water quality issue, but it is purely guess work at present.

cheers Darrel

 

[Mike Wise]

Another question; how long did you have the cacatuoides?

 

[Kyle]

They were in there for about two days, the pump has been running for about 2 years and I've never had problems like this with any fish, I lost 4 corydoras a week ago from the same lfs. The tank is 3 foot long and 1.5 feet tall. I know it's not my water conditions as they are stable and other fish have thrived in it.

 

[Mike Wise]

It appears that the lfs has a problem, possibly with gill parasites. This is a good reason to keep a quarantine tank and quarantine every fish for at least 4 weeks.

 

[Kyle]

I have one but it's only a 10 gal. Would something like protozin cure it?

 

[Kyle]

I've just picked up my new pair, I will be keeping a close eye on them after they've been introduced.

These are pictures I just took.

 

[Kyle]

Just thought I'd take some pictures for the post, this pair is actually doing really well and the female will not leave the male alone.