Cinnebuns Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I have been having an issue with my pseudomugil. Sorry if this post gets long, I want to give as much info as possible. The group is primarily luminatus but there are a couple gerturdea in there too. I got 8 of them as a rescue about a year ago. I'm not sure how old they were at the time so it's possible age is a factor here. I then got 6 more about 6 months ago. They have been dying off one by one every few weeks for the past 2 months. The tank is a 29 gallon. All other fish and shrimp are doing great. The tank is heavily planted. Parameters are: Ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 10, ph 7.6, gh 14. Tank mates are: panda cories, thick-lipped gourami, honey gourami, green neon tetras, amano shrimp. I have seen no other signs of illness. Suddenly one will be doing poorly then pass. Other than that everyone is doing great. I'm stumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 The odd random deaths every couple of weeks can be a caused by a parasitic infection have you notice any rapid breathing hanging out near the surface lethargy flashing spitting food out sunken belly white stringy poop loss of appetite @Cinnebuns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 On 4/11/2024 at 8:54 PM, Colu said: The odd random deaths every couple of weeks can be a caused by a parasitic infection have you notice any rapid breathing hanging out near the surface lethargy flashing spitting food out sunken belly white stringy poop loss of appetite @Cinnebuns Haven't noticed anything like that. All that happens is out of nowhere one starts not doing well and not swimming well then it passes. This was one female I lost: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 (edited) Very few of the others showed symptoms though. I just found a dead body. One male currently isn't holding his fins up well though. See how the back end dips down when he stops swimming? Edited April 12 by Cinnebuns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 What I would do is treat with paracleanse do three courses week 1 week 3 week 5 give an update if your still losing after the second course of paracleanse @Cinnebunsthere not a lot to go on symptom wise the odd random deaths weeks can be a parasitic infection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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