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Dan Steveo · 05-13-2008, 09:42 AM

Hi guys. As some of you may know i bought some fish recently. One of them was ill, my starlight bristlenose. She had fungus so i bought the treatments and woooo it started to work. The fungus started dissapearing and i noticed a problem. My tank started to go slimy.... Everywhere was covered. It was not much of a problem to me though, i just kept wiping the glass. I also noticed that the water became yellowy and disgusting. I didn't like that though. My fishs' attitudes changed. The water changed overnight... I got worried. I could not find my guppy anywhere, when i had he was dead upside down by a plant. I netted him and his belly was huge and covered in the slimy stuff. I figured it could have been the meds causing this.

Then today i woke up and saw the tank filthy still. Slime everywhere again. I did not want to do a wc yet because it would remove the meds. But i put the lights on and saw my Starlight Bristlenose pleco upside down on the bottom, Breathing heavily. I panicked. I immediately did a 50-75% wc and hoped for the best. I saw her again 10 mins ago out of her cave but still upside down. Im so worried. I know she's probrably going to die. The water still looks quite murky. Im not sure if the meds killed off all the bacteria or the new fish brought in a disease other than fungus or if the filter with peat moss is not working properly... I have no idea but it is worrying me... The other fish seem fine... Why her?

Any ideas?

Thanks.
Dan.

05-13-2008, 09:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dan Steveo Medium Fish Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: south england Posts: 475	Has My Luck Ran Out? Hi guys. As some of you may know i bought some fish recently. One of them was ill, my starlight bristlenose. She had fungus so i bought the treatments and woooo it started to work. The fungus started dissapearing and i noticed a problem. My tank started to go slimy.... Everywhere was covered. It was not much of a problem to me though, i just kept wiping the glass. I also noticed that the water became yellowy and disgusting. I didn't like that though. My fishs' attitudes changed. The water changed overnight... I got worried. I could not find my guppy anywhere, when i had he was dead upside down by a plant. I netted him and his belly was huge and covered in the slimy stuff. I figured it could have been the meds causing this. Then today i woke up and saw the tank filthy still. Slime everywhere again. I did not want to do a wc yet because it would remove the meds. But i put the lights on and saw my Starlight Bristlenose pleco upside down on the bottom, Breathing heavily. I panicked. I immediately did a 50-75% wc and hoped for the best. I saw her again 10 mins ago out of her cave but still upside down. Im so worried. I know she's probrably going to die. The water still looks quite murky. Im not sure if the meds killed off all the bacteria or the new fish brought in a disease other than fungus or if the filter with peat moss is not working properly... I have no idea but it is worrying me... The other fish seem fine... Why her? Any ideas? Thanks. Dan. __________________ Thanks very much. Hope I've Helped. (19G uk) (23g in u.s) :3 bristlenose plecos,2 clown plecos ,2 leopard corydoras (1M+1F)1 corydoras julii,2 clown loach,6 cardinal tetras,1 pregnant female guppy,2 cherry barbs (2Female) Dan.