Help! Something is killing all of my fish

carmer03

New Member
Hey all, ive got something going on in my tank. Over the last 4 days i have had 4 fish die. It only gets one at a time, and it starts with a white blotch on the head of my fish, then it gets worse like the flesh is decaying. its killed 3 lyretails, and a raccoon butterfly. Everyone looks fine eats fine then one will get this and the next day they die. i havent been able to get a good picture but ill keep trying and update this if i do. I have been doing water changes and my params are pristine PH is 8.2 ammonia is 0 nitrates is 0 nitrites is 0 as well. i dont think its ich, because its not small spots its more of a white blotch that seems to be eating away at the fish. and im real confused that it only takes out one fish at a time... i have set up a QT tank, but its next to impposible to catch any of my fish due to the hundreds of pounds of rock in my 180 gallon tank. Also in fear of whatever it is i mixed up fresh RO water to fill my qt is that okay to use? thanks for any help!
 

hawkfish203

Member
Look at the Diseased Fish (Pictures) posted by beth. Type that in in the search. It's hard to say without a picture but, maybe you can pic it out of the lineup. Sounds like it could be Lymphocyctis.
 

carmer03

New Member
ive looked at all of those and its not any of them. i guess ill have to wait untill the next fish has it and snap a pic if i can.
 

meowzer

Moderator
Hawk...lympho doesn't drop fish like that and is generally not a contagious thing
Carmer....How many more fish do you have?
Can you tell us about your set up?
 

beth

Administrator
Staff member
Can you describe in greater detail what you are seeing?
Could it be aggression?
 
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