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(First, I should mention that ultimately my entire problem is probably a good illustration of why QT's are necessary...)
My male agassizi hasn't been doing well for awhile now. His mate was lost to an ich infection developed when I added two gouramis to the tank. He recovered, but has been reclusive ever since.
About a week ago, I added three gold rams (the tank's a 20L and has been up for months now, so cycling isn't an issue). They had ich and I started the usual salt and heat treatment...part of the reason I don't bother with QT's is that ich's always cured so easily by this method - not a great excuse, but I also don't have the spare tanks, etc. Well, the gold rams are looking noticeably better, but my male agassizi has not eaten in about five days. Tonight I decided to net him to see if I could put a few blood worms in front of him to induce him to eat. When he tried to swim away, he wasn't moving well and would stop to hang upside down. He has no ich-spots but his belly is a little swollen...which sounds like a swim-bladder problem. But I don't understand - The tank is well-filtered and, due to the ich, I've been doing daily 20% water changes.
Any suggestions as to what's going on? I really don't think he's going to make it through the night, but I'd at least like to know what happened. Could it have been the ich treatment (he went through one once, though, when I first got him and it didn't bother him then)?
Thanks.
My male agassizi hasn't been doing well for awhile now. His mate was lost to an ich infection developed when I added two gouramis to the tank. He recovered, but has been reclusive ever since.
About a week ago, I added three gold rams (the tank's a 20L and has been up for months now, so cycling isn't an issue). They had ich and I started the usual salt and heat treatment...part of the reason I don't bother with QT's is that ich's always cured so easily by this method - not a great excuse, but I also don't have the spare tanks, etc. Well, the gold rams are looking noticeably better, but my male agassizi has not eaten in about five days. Tonight I decided to net him to see if I could put a few blood worms in front of him to induce him to eat. When he tried to swim away, he wasn't moving well and would stop to hang upside down. He has no ich-spots but his belly is a little swollen...which sounds like a swim-bladder problem. But I don't understand - The tank is well-filtered and, due to the ich, I've been doing daily 20% water changes.
Any suggestions as to what's going on? I really don't think he's going to make it through the night, but I'd at least like to know what happened. Could it have been the ich treatment (he went through one once, though, when I first got him and it didn't bother him then)?
Thanks.