Ansu
17-08-2010, 20:21
I have experienced my first great epidemic. I moved all my fish over to the new cycled 100l tank and they are doing great. Unfortunately I then had the bright idea to go buy some new additions and for lack of harlequins at the LFS, bought five beautiful male guppies as well as three peppered cories to make a nice school for the existing three bronze cories and tankmates.
In retrospect I should have thought twice and will never reason like a kid in a candy store again when buying fish. I quarentined the eight new additions in my old 30l and soon realised one guppy is ill. By the next morning his tail fin had been rotted away nearly completely (overnight) and I immediately started treatment with Baktopur and Mycopur as advised by the fishpert at OP. Unfortunately he passed away mere hours later. Today (2 days in) another one died from what looks like swim bladder disease (my vet concurs).
For what it's worth I am taking a letter from my vet (the one I work and live at, not the OP specialist) to the LFS tomorrow confirming that he has examined the fish and that they have sold me infected livestock. I don't want a refund or anything, but I would like an apology and for them to refrain selling stock from or putting stock into their infected tanks until the water is safe again.
That brings me to my actual question: if any of the fish make it (or even if they don't) how do I go about using the tank again for other fish without risking their lives in my own home?
In retrospect I should have thought twice and will never reason like a kid in a candy store again when buying fish. I quarentined the eight new additions in my old 30l and soon realised one guppy is ill. By the next morning his tail fin had been rotted away nearly completely (overnight) and I immediately started treatment with Baktopur and Mycopur as advised by the fishpert at OP. Unfortunately he passed away mere hours later. Today (2 days in) another one died from what looks like swim bladder disease (my vet concurs).
For what it's worth I am taking a letter from my vet (the one I work and live at, not the OP specialist) to the LFS tomorrow confirming that he has examined the fish and that they have sold me infected livestock. I don't want a refund or anything, but I would like an apology and for them to refrain selling stock from or putting stock into their infected tanks until the water is safe again.
That brings me to my actual question: if any of the fish make it (or even if they don't) how do I go about using the tank again for other fish without risking their lives in my own home?