Dying Rummy Nose fish

I have bought 15 Rummy nose tetra's. They are each dying really slowly day by day. I have not seen any noticeable white spots or anything. The ph is slightly alkaline, I have tested for Ammonia - there is none. I have a 4foot tank with several kinds of fish mollies, swordtail, albinao catfish gourami etc they are alive and none of them have died. My tank has been runnning for 1 year now and I have just recently introduced rummy nose tetras Could you please help me out, by the time you reply most of them would have already died. But I can at least be prepared for next time

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• fish
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• rummy
• nose
• tetra
• slowly
• death

[sourdiesel760]

can u tell me wat do white spots on a fish mean my pleco started getting some white spot bumps but he looks healthy and normal?

[157kog]

It most likely "ich" or "white spot" disease. I have learnt you treat it straight away by Increasing the temperature to 30degrees celesius, and using the white spot or ich treatment from your local fish shop. Do it as soon as possible because it will spread and you will lose a lot of fish.

[SheaG00dbye]

How did you acclimate them? Tetra's are very sensitive to acclimation, and need to be done through a slow and steady drip process that should last up to 6 hours.

[157kog]

I just put the whole bag in there for about 20minutes and I release them. They were fine because they survived 1 and half weeks before they started to die. I think the main reason the Ich broke out because I had either too many fish or introduced too many fish at once to other fish.

I WILL try the drip method its sounds like a good idea. I have bought another 20 and they only start to die(2 of them) when I do 35% water changes every month. I have now lost 4 of them after two water changes.

[reptileboy18]

sorry to post again just wanted to say don't give up on these fish! they are an awesome addition to the community tank! i just got a few albinos and they seem to be doing just fine in my tank its definitely worth the extra effort to find quality specimens!

[157kog]

Thanks for your comments ,In the end they all died and so did a good portion of my community fish tank all because of the "Ich disease" it was very hard to notice(especially on the rummy nose) but is was too late. Though the fish that did surivive are much stronger because of it

[97a4]

Check the Ph, s/b 7.8-8.4, 8.2 is best, use a cichlid buffer, I have a tank with many tetras in it, and look at their faces, the red "rummy-nose" is an indicator of a healthy tank, so look for "pale" faces.

I hope this helps you! :)

[Millinian]

I would guess you added too much at once. Which may have caused a mini ammonia spike and killed them. This has happened to me before.

Another idea is maybe they were kept in very low ph at the pet store. Most pet stores seem to keep their fish in neutral water, but sometimes, like if you buy them from a discus tank they are in very low ph water. When you took them home and just dumped them in your tank the difference may have been too much.

[Machazerd]

Have you ever thought about adding live plants to your tank?

I used to keep a Fish only aquarium and encountered the same problems you are, it really disheartened me and I dropped the hobby entirely.

Then decided a few years later to come back to it only this time after doing more research and talking to a few "hardcore" hobbyists, I was told live plants help with a lot of problems and 2 years later I've lost maybe 4 fish...

[reptileboy18]

if the you see them floating upside down or twitching more than normal then the dealer you got them from isn't keeping them in good condition. some adjust better than others to the tank life also to help improve odds rummy nose live in peat water which is brown in color try getting your hands on some it does stain the water but can be slowly removed after the tetras acclimate