Neon tetras dropping like flies

2pods wrote:
"Gill Passman" wrote in message
...

I read the link that Koi-Lo provided and it certainly does sound as if it
is Neon Tetra Disease....one thing I guess is I know have one of the
biggest QT tanks in the hobby :-( - all the fish in the tank have been
exposed and there will be no additions until the thing settles. The fish
had been in the LFS for some weeks so injury through shipping is possibly
not an option although I will take them to task about this - going there
on Thursday....

We can't get anti-biotics over here off the shelf so maybe I will give the
Melafix a try....the bottle is on my desk following recent discussions....

On a positive note I do still have 5 Neons...the missing one turned up for
his dinner...the remaining ones are feeding well. I have managed to get
the majority of the bodies out - maybe missed 1 or 2 max....I'm a little
worried about the Pandas and the Rainbows but hopefully from my reading
they are not quite as susceptible to this as other fish can be...

Thanks guys....a little depressed about all this....

Gill


This happened to 5 of my Neons a while ago, though a large one went two days
ago.
They seemed fine for about 6 months, then one a day until I moved the last
three to the downstairs tank.

Everything was fine until the heavier one started swimming badly.
Almost as if one side was paralyzed, though it was still eating OK.
I thought it had died as it was lying on the gravel, but of course as soon
as the net appears recovery was instantaneous :-)

Unfortunately, the following day there was no sign of him/her despite a
gravel clean.
So who eats fastest, Clown Loaches, SAE's, Weather Loaches, Angels, Corys,
or Platies ?

Peter


Thanks for sharing that....with the information from NetMax, Mr Gardener
and yourself it seems that this Neon problem of mine is quite common....

I've kept them in another tank before and like yours they lastest months
, but the die off was very gradual and seemed more like natural
causes....(well I guess disease is a natural cause)...but not like
something was tearing through them like this time....in my 4 footer I
have two remaining Neons that I've had for around a year I guess....the
others just vanished in the way that you describe - my money was always
on the Plec but all of the others also would take a chomp I'm sure....

Gill

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:41:45 -0500, NetMax wrote:
Saddleback, very quick. I used to treat with Kanamycine (or Neomycine) and
(climbs into asbestos overalls) MelaFix (one of the few practical uses I
found for the stuff). This was the primary reason I kept more than one Neon
tank going.

I hate to disagree with you Netmax, but I have NEVER had any
benefit out of melafix. I wonder if it's different here in the
UK - I've tried it for various conditions, but no improvement at
all, except possibly skin repair in my barbs.

What I use is Esha 2000 - freely available in the UK and it does
seem to help pretty much everything! I had an outbreak that sounds
similar in my tetra tank - I added cardinals and didn't know they
weren't quarantined - and Esha 2000 brought a halt to it. I
recommend it very highly.

Anyway, just another opinion to throw into the mix!
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:46:26 +0000 (UTC), (Flash
Wilson) wrote:


What I use is Esha 2000 - freely available in the UK and it does
seem to help pretty much everything! I had an outbreak that sounds
similar in my tetra tank - I added cardinals and didn't know they
weren't quarantined - and Esha 2000 brought a halt to it. I
recommend it very highly.

OK. So tell us about Esha 2000. What's in it?

-- Mister Gardener

Flash Wilson wrote:
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:41:45 -0500, NetMax wrote:

Saddleback, very quick. I used to treat with Kanamycine (or Neomycine) and
(climbs into asbestos overalls) MelaFix (one of the few practical uses I
found for the stuff). This was the primary reason I kept more than one Neon
tank going.


I hate to disagree with you Netmax, but I have NEVER had any
benefit out of melafix. I wonder if it's different here in the
UK - I've tried it for various conditions, but no improvement at
all, except possibly skin repair in my barbs.

What I use is Esha 2000 - freely available in the UK and it does
seem to help pretty much everything! I had an outbreak that sounds
similar in my tetra tank - I added cardinals and didn't know they
weren't quarantined - and Esha 2000 brought a halt to it. I
recommend it very highly.

Anyway, just another opinion to throw into the mix!

I can't remember seeing this in any of the places I go to (UK)....did
you get it off the shelf or order it on-line?

Thanks
Gill

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:03:22 +0100, Gill Passman
wrote:


What I use is Esha 2000 - freely available in the UK and it does
seem to help pretty much everything! I had an outbreak that sounds
similar in my tetra tank - I added cardinals and didn't know they
weren't quarantined - and Esha 2000 brought a halt to it. I
recommend it very highly.

Anyway, just another opinion to throw into the mix!

I can't remember seeing this in any of the places I go to (UK)....did
you get it off the shelf or order it on-line?

Thanks
Gill

http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/fish/f...vitamins/14211

Looks like another wonder cure. Have to dig deeper and find out just
what's in this stuff.

-- Mister Gardener

"Flash Wilson" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:41:45 -0500, NetMax
wrote:
Saddleback, very quick. I used to treat with Kanamycine (or Neomycine)
and
(climbs into asbestos overalls) MelaFix (one of the few practical uses I
found for the stuff). This was the primary reason I kept more than one
Neon
tank going.

I hate to disagree with you Netmax, but I have NEVER had any
benefit out of melafix. I wonder if it's different here in the
UK - I've tried it for various conditions, but no improvement at
all, except possibly skin repair in my barbs.

I don't think we're disagreeing. You observed no positive results. I
observed positive results when used in conjunction with medication, in one
specific application. Neither is a ringing endorsement ;~).

With the Neons, the Melafix might have bought them a little time and helped
slow or correct fin damage. With small fragile fish, it takes less to
possibly make a difference. These are fish who are vulnerable to just the
medication alone.

Esha 2000 is a product I've never seen on this side of the pond.
--
www.NetMax.tk

What I use is Esha 2000 - freely available in the UK and it does
seem to help pretty much everything! I had an outbreak that sounds
similar in my tetra tank - I added cardinals and didn't know they
weren't quarantined - and Esha 2000 brought a halt to it. I
recommend it very highly.

Anyway, just another opinion to throw into the mix!
--
Flash Wilson - Web Design & Mastery - 0870 401 4061 / 07939 579090
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Work: www.wdam.co.uk Personal: www.gorge.org