jake13 Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) hi everyone, I bought 6 Hillstream Loaches on Friday from a very reputable aquarium shop in my area. I drip acclimated them over a period of 2.5 hours and placed them into a 20G long for quarantine. in this tank there already are about 100 cherry shrimp. plants, algae, good substrate. PH is about 7.3 and temp is 72F. fully cycled 6 months ago. sat morning one is dead. fine, tends to happen. this morning (Sunday morning) another is dead with read areas on its belly, now I see another with red lesions so i feel its just a matter of time before i lose my third loach. What am i doing wrong? they all seem to be low energy and not interested in any food i provide such as flakes, algae wafers, frozen brine and blood worms. if it was a food issue, it wouldn't take a day or two to die, and i acclimated them really slowly. they survived fine in local water from the fish shop. is this common or am i missing something? Edited September 26, 2021 by jake13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 What are your water parameters and can you take picture of the sick fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake13 Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 if anther dies ill post a pic, so far ive disposed of the dead fish nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, all 0 phosphates are about 1 72F 7.2 pH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) There are two things that that it could is ammonia burn or hemorrhagic septicemia with the symptoms you describe Edited September 26, 2021 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Colu Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) I would recommend treating with kanaplex and metroplex together in food it's more than likely a bacterial infection with how quickly there are dieing the combined treatment will cover all bases @jake13 Edited September 26, 2021 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillstreamBoy Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 i think maybe the temperature is a bit too high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 I would bump the water circulation and add more air if you can. Hillstream loaches can do OK with normal circulation but will do better with more, so worth adding to the above recommendations. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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