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On 11/16/2021 at 5:08 PM, Casual aquatics said:

What was you treating for?

The few fish I brought back had sunken bellies. Whether they were half starved or had wasting disease I did not know. But I read it was a good idea to preform the 3 med tri regardless. 

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@OnlyGenusCaps

 

Very helpful. Thank you. 

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@OnlyGenusCaps

Thank you for the good information. I understand the importance of quarantining new fish I just did not have the means. I would believe it comes down to and already stressed and diseased animal and then piling on medication that killed them. 

So for the future if I were to purchase new fish and quarantine them do I NOT medicate unless they show signs of illness? How long should they be in a quarantine tank before I medicate? It does not seem right to just expect new fish to die once I medicate them with this holy grail med trio. Because that is what pretty much happened. Unless I have the worst luck in the world and happened to pick the 4 fish out of 1000 that had a death sentence. 

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Temps are 78. The loaches were in my aquarium for treatment then they were getting moved to another aquarium with cooler water and celestial danios.

On 11/15/2021 at 4:26 PM, Colu said:

I would add an extra air stone if their gasping at The surface it could have been osmotic shock that killed your new fish if your water parameters are different from lfs how did you acclimate them 

Already had a stone. They were acclimated in the bag by floating and adding water. I had them for a few days and they were acting normal and eating. It was not until I added the trio that they died. And I found the other Ram this morning. Dead. 😣

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Hey guys. New here, but not new to keeping fish. Big time follower of aquarium Co-op.

Got a cycled 36 gallon bowfront and got some new fish to put in with my existing fish. I do not have a quarantine tank as I just don't have the supplies and space. First time using the 3 med Trio and Out of the new fish I added almost all of them died in the first 24 hours of administering medication... I have never had this happen before! Added 2 blue rams, 4 ottos, and two hillstream loaches. 1 otto died, both loaches and 1 ram died. The other ram currently is gasping at the top of the tank. No fish was visibly sick but I know almost all of them have internal parasites as them come from tanks at the LFS. Figured the trio was a good idea as these are the fist new fish I have added in a long time.

0 ammonia

0 Nitrites

5 Nitrate.

water turned cloudy and I am told this is normal.

 

All of my fish that were already in the tank are acting normal and fine. So I am wondering if fish form the LFS are (to be expected) just generally unhealthy and the shock of a new tank and the meds done them in? Should I ride out the treatment or abandon it to prevent further deaths? I am a little disheartened here as I followed the directions exactly  and have never had meds in which I had hope would help, In fact, kill most of my new fish...