Fish Illness

[Psionicdragon]

Lately my fishes has been suffering from rapid breathing and lost of appetite. Eventually, they pass away.

I tested all parameter of the tank and nothing seems to be off. I am at a lost.

 

[Psionicdragon]

I take that back. Magnesium is around 2000ppm on the salifert test kit....

 

[wooden_reefer]

Lately my fishes has been suffering from rapid breathing and lost of appetite. Eventually, they pass away.

I tested all parameter of the tank and nothing seems to be off. I am at a lost.

You should not be at a lost to explain why your fish died, even when all water parameters are fine.

The tank is a confined space ideal for mutiplication of many pathogens.

You can be at lost as to what pathogen cause death, but not that one does.

Control of pathogens, either drastic reduction of waterborne concentration or eradication, whichever makes more sense, is often necessary.

Good water parameters are only necessary, not sufficient.

Tank equals no dilution effect of the ocean wrt to pathogens. This is a key factor.

 

[RBU1]

Any visual things on the fish? Rapid breathing is a symptom of several things....How long have you had these fish? How long has the tank been running?

 

[Psionicdragon]

The tank has been running for 1-2 months now. The fishes only last a few days before they croak. Only sign is rapid breathing.

 

[RBU1]

Hum!!!

Could be...

Oxygen level
Parasite
tank is not fully cycled
just bad luck w/ fish
or all of the above....

So this tank has 0 fish in it????
I guess you dont have a QT tank set up?

Here is what I would do.....
set up a 10 gallon or 20 gallon QT just a tank with a filter and let that run adding some bacteria to it to help kick things off. After that runs for a month I would try another fish in that tank first. Leave your main tank run for another couple months with nothing in it to make sure things are settled.