Black moor died (was "Is my black moor sick?")

Hi guys,

I had several helpful replies about my black moor, that has had long
white poop and was acting tired for several days. Sadly, he died
today.

Here's the thing, though. Out of a tank of 5 small comets (1-2"), a
black moor (4-5"), and a fantail (4-5"), inside of a month 3 comets
and the larger black moor are now dead and they all followed the same
path.

With the exception of the black moor, each fish seemed perfectly
healthy until one day it just didn't eat with the rest, and a few days
later it would be dead. The black moor was the only one that acted
tired, but he WAS bigger; although, after my last post, he seemed like
he was swimming around normally again (until he died today). Does this
sound like a virus or disease that's killed them?

I followed the "Jo Ann's Fish Physical" advice on the black moor, post
mortem, and everything seemed fine. The skin wasn't too slimy, the
gills looked like she described, and there were no white strings
inside of his mouth. Overall, he looked like a perfectly normal fish,
except that he was dead. I had recently done a 25% water change, and
yesterday did another 25% (the change is with well water, with a pH of
6.8; the water they're in is 7.2). With both changes, I took out all
of the ornaments (no plants) and cleaned them with cold water (no
soap), and vacuumed the gravel really well.

And just after I took out the dead moor, I fed the remaining fish, and
now one of my comet's isn't eating. Swimming around fast and fine, but
not eating, so I'm sure he'll be dead in a day or two.

So just to reiterate, does this sound like a disease that's going to
kill all of them?

Thanks again,

Mike

PS, all of the fish came from Wal-Mart. The comets were all from the
same tank, and the moor and fantail came from a different tank. The 3
comets were the first to die, within a few days of one another.

I would suggest talking to Jo Ann, she might know what could kill them.
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(Mike) wrote:

Hi guys,

I had several helpful replies about my black moor, that has had long
white poop and was acting tired for several days. Sadly, he died
today.

Here's the thing, though. Out of a tank of 5 small comets (1-2"), a
black moor (4-5"), and a fantail (4-5"), inside of a month 3 comets
and the larger black moor are now dead and they all followed the same
path.

With the exception of the black moor, each fish seemed perfectly
healthy until one day it just didn't eat with the rest, and a few days
later it would be dead. The black moor was the only one that acted
tired, but he WAS bigger; although, after my last post, he seemed like
he was swimming around normally again (until he died today). Does this
sound like a virus or disease that's killed them?

I followed the "Jo Ann's Fish Physical" advice on the black moor, post
mortem, and everything seemed fine. The skin wasn't too slimy, the
gills looked like she described, and there were no white strings
inside of his mouth. Overall, he looked like a perfectly normal fish,
except that he was dead. I had recently done a 25% water change, and
yesterday did another 25% (the change is with well water, with a pH of
6.8; the water they're in is 7.2). With both changes, I took out all
of the ornaments (no plants) and cleaned them with cold water (no
soap), and vacuumed the gravel really well.

And just after I took out the dead moor, I fed the remaining fish, and
now one of my comet's isn't eating. Swimming around fast and fine, but
not eating, so I'm sure he'll be dead in a day or two.

So just to reiterate, does this sound like a disease that's going to
kill all of them?

Thanks again,

Mike

PS, all of the fish came from Wal-Mart. The comets were all from the
same tank, and the moor and fantail came from a different tank. The 3
comets were the first to die, within a few days of one another.



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what are your water parameters? Are you replacing the water with temp matched
water?