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About 10 tiger barbs. 2 weeks later all 65 were dead. Sucks. I think it was a nasty bacterial infection

Just an update…. i did the peroxide route. I saved 25% of my bio media to save the grief of going through a cycle. I left the tank with no inhabitants…easy as the all died, for a week. I have added some calico pattys (8) and they are doing fine. unfortunately I lost all my plants from the salt blast that I did. thanks for the help fish people. I never would have tried the peroxide. side note as I think this is more relevant then ever in Canada due to our lack of access to fish meds….10 gallon quarantine tank is up and running. lol.

Thanks for all the great responses. what was a quick fix prior to 2018 here in Canada now becomes a disaster because we are no longer able to get fish meds. there are no longer any inhabitants in the tank as it was only the tiger barbs. I will keep the tank going and feed the nitrifying bacteria for the next few weeks and add a few test fish after to see what happens. unfortunately I think this will have to end in odd ducks suggestion. Good project for the up coming holidays in December thanks fish people.

Tank 120 gallons nitrate-20ppm ammonia nitrate-0 kh-80 gh-200 temp-76 weekly water changes of 25-40% lomg time lurker, first time reaching out. You guys rock and are very knowledgeable. I am 25 years a fish keeper so I know some things but always learning. the tank has been running for 10 years. Last 6 years were Frontosa which got to big and I switched to my first love Tiger barbs. I added 60. 6 months of pure joy. 3 weeks ago I added 5 from a friend. no quarantine, total complacency. 2 weeks ago the die off started. absolutely no signs of anything. this lead me to the conclusion of a bacterial infection. I live in Canada so my only option was salt. started the salt regiment all the way to 1 tbs per gallon. 7 days later (yesterday) all 65 fish are dead. my question is what do I do now? do I tear down tank to get rid of what ever it was that killed them all? Blast with more salt? I have a great amount of Xmas moss in the tank which I would like to save but I need to make sure everything is good before I invest I my next school of barbs. all opinions are welcome and appreciated thanks