Ashley O Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I need some help with two of my neon tetras. I've had 5 neon tetras for about 5 weeks now. They were from a smaller tank and I just moved them into my 29 gallon tank about a week and a half ago. They are the only fish in there as I had been cycling it for weeks prior. They had been treated prior with aquarium salt and general cure. Recently I noticed one of the smaller ones had a slightly pointed stomach. In the picture its colors look faded because it was taken a week ago. The tetra has since gotten its color back but still has a sightly pointed stomach. It's more noticeable after eating. It swims, eats, and does everything else normal. It shows no other signs of sickness or problems. I asked an employee at a local Petco but they just said it could be a tumor and didn't seem to know more than I did. I've only been lightly feeding them when they were being treated, so could it just be skinny? The second picture is a different fish. This one looks like something is on its mouth. I can't tell if it's an injury or something else growing. It doesn't look that big. It is acting normal and looks fine otherwise though. Can anyone tell me if I'm overreacting or what I should do? My nitrates have been higher the last couple days but I think it's because I moved some things in my tank and I uncovered some root tabs so they leached into the water column. Nitrate levels were about 60-80ppm the day after. I've done a couple water changes to get them back down to a normal level. Other levels stayed fine though. I'm newer to the hobby so I'm nervous about infecting all my fish or having to start my tank over. Could these be connected? Any help is appreciated as I would like to add more fish eventually and want everyone healthy!! Ph-7.6 Ammonia- 0 Nitrite-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Can you get a better picture of the fish with something on its mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley O Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 Not sure if these pictures are better. It’s a tank at my work so this is all I have for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rockfisher Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Me personally won’t buy neons anymore to many issues in supply chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Wild neon tetras come from black water with a low bacterial count they are more susceptible to bacterial infections the one with the pointed could be caused by a parasitic infection if you if you haven't seen any rapid breathing hanging out near the surface lethargy spitting food sunken belly flashing i would monitor the Possibly the start of a snout chondroma on the mouth that's caused by neon tetra disease i can't say for sure that's the cause I would add some Indian almond leaves as they have antibacterial and antifungal properties you might have to add one leaf per gallon to get a beneficial effect and monitor for two weeks give an update if they get worse @Ashley O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley O Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 @Colu Thank you for your help! I currently have some fish in a quarantine tank that I was planning on slowly moving into my main tank within the next couple weeks. Assuming they are okay that is. If the tetras don't get worse, would they affect me adding the new fish? I really don't want to have a 29 gallon tank for just 5 neon tetras. So if I moved them out of my main tank and into a temporary tank would my main tank be okay for other fish? I don't want to stress them out by moving them unnecessarily, but I don't want to leave them and have all the time and money that went into my planted tank go to waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 On 2/14/2024 at 5:52 AM, Ashley O said: @Colu Thank you for your help! I currently have some fish in a quarantine tank that I was planning on slowly moving into my main tank within the next couple weeks. Assuming they are okay that is. If the tetras don't get worse, would they affect me adding the new fish? I really don't want to have a 29 gallon tank for just 5 neon tetras. So if I moved them out of my main tank and into a temporary tank would my main tank be okay for other fish? I don't want to stress them out by moving them unnecessarily, but I don't want to leave them and have all the time and money that went into my planted tank go to waste. You could swap them if it were neon tetra disease I would quarantine and not put them in with other fish as NTD can infect angelfish danio rasbora barbs guppies other species of tetra there's no treatment I would leave it week to see if it is the start of NTD before switching them it could just be a mouth injury i always air on the side of caution with neon tetra it seems to becoming more prevalent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley O Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 @Colu It’s been about 2 weeks and I can’t tell which one even had the mouth problem, so it seems to have gone away. Now Ive noticed that at least one has these white dots in their eyes. It’s only their eyes and nowhere else on the body. I tried getting a picture but not sure if you can see. Do you now what it could be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Could be a cataract or an injury to eye in both cases I would just monitor for the next week if it get worse give us an update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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