Post by gabor129 on Sept 30, 2017 10:40:40 GMT -5
Hello all!
On the last meeting I was lucky enough to win a couple of auction items! Namely the rice fish fry BAP'ed by Les Jr. and the four crystal red shrimps!
They were doing very well, and the fry grew very fast! This is until the day before yesterday! I found all the rice fish in the cobamba plant ( where they usually spend most of their time) incased in fungus! Like they were covered by it from tail to nose! However all the shrimp were okay! So I did a 25% water change ( which I thought was a bit pushing it with sensitive shrimp in a 2.5 gal tank) and of course removed all 15 of the rice fish carcasses! I was planning a 10% water change for today, however when I went down to the basement this morning to check on the fish and feed them, all the shrimps were in the cabomba plant incased in fuzzy fungus!!!
I never seen anything like it! Of course I am most upset for loosing all the fish and shrimp, however also a bit fascinated by the speed and severity of the attack! The only time I have seen something similar is when I find the odd fish perished a few days later and it is covered in slime and fungi! Never fish and shrimp that I saw alive and well 24 hours earlier!
I try to take a picture for you all to see it before I brake down the tank and sanitize it!
On the last meeting I was lucky enough to win a couple of auction items! Namely the rice fish fry BAP'ed by Les Jr. and the four crystal red shrimps!
They were doing very well, and the fry grew very fast! This is until the day before yesterday! I found all the rice fish in the cobamba plant ( where they usually spend most of their time) incased in fungus! Like they were covered by it from tail to nose! However all the shrimp were okay! So I did a 25% water change ( which I thought was a bit pushing it with sensitive shrimp in a 2.5 gal tank) and of course removed all 15 of the rice fish carcasses! I was planning a 10% water change for today, however when I went down to the basement this morning to check on the fish and feed them, all the shrimps were in the cabomba plant incased in fuzzy fungus!!!
I never seen anything like it! Of course I am most upset for loosing all the fish and shrimp, however also a bit fascinated by the speed and severity of the attack! The only time I have seen something similar is when I find the odd fish perished a few days later and it is covered in slime and fungi! Never fish and shrimp that I saw alive and well 24 hours earlier!
I try to take a picture for you all to see it before I brake down the tank and sanitize it!
