So about 3 or 4 weeks ago one day out of the blue I noticed that my venestus appeared to have his skin peeling off. It was very strange, but it was late at night when I noticed, so I figured I'd deal with it the next morning. I came in the next morning and he was dead. I did another water change, checked my levels and the Nitrate levels were elevated.
No one else seemed to have any problems though so I thought it was an isolated incident. About two weeks later my prized beautiful peacock exhibited the same skin peeling and was hiding under a rock. The next day he was on his last leg as his fin was still flapping but he was otherwise unable to move. When I removed him from the tank I noticed one of his eyes was missing and had either been pecked out or it was related to the illness. Again everyone else seemed fine.
Then yesterday another little young peacock had the same skin peeling and today he was dead. Now I'm seeing that my small blue acei has some peeling on his one side.
I'm heading to petco later today to do another water test.
I have a 40g breeder with a marineland c-220 canister filter and a bubbler. I perform weekly 20% water changes and use prime brand water conditioner. Also in the tank are two yellow labs, one convict, `a blue johanni, 2 random marbled cichlids, 2 small loaches and a catfish, oh and an albino algae eater and a galaxis pleco. No one is more than 2 inches in length. The tank has been set up for about 6 months. I had ich back in the beginning but treated it quickly and never had any further problems. Please help!!!
No one else seemed to have any problems though so I thought it was an isolated incident. About two weeks later my prized beautiful peacock exhibited the same skin peeling and was hiding under a rock. The next day he was on his last leg as his fin was still flapping but he was otherwise unable to move. When I removed him from the tank I noticed one of his eyes was missing and had either been pecked out or it was related to the illness. Again everyone else seemed fine.
Then yesterday another little young peacock had the same skin peeling and today he was dead. Now I'm seeing that my small blue acei has some peeling on his one side.
I'm heading to petco later today to do another water test.
I have a 40g breeder with a marineland c-220 canister filter and a bubbler. I perform weekly 20% water changes and use prime brand water conditioner. Also in the tank are two yellow labs, one convict, `a blue johanni, 2 random marbled cichlids, 2 small loaches and a catfish, oh and an albino algae eater and a galaxis pleco. No one is more than 2 inches in length. The tank has been set up for about 6 months. I had ich back in the beginning but treated it quickly and never had any further problems. Please help!!!