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Are my fish sick?
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it sounds like your existing fish have been overly stressted. this causes thier immune systems to weakin. this allows existing problems come to the surface and cause harm. i probably wouldnt add anybody else for a couple weeks just to see if anybody else is gona get sick.keep up on your water changes
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The problem is due to the bad water condition that happened when you were away. The bad water condition probably weaken the fish’s health and bacteria took the opportunity to infect the fishes.
Since NH3,NO2 and NO3 is stable and in a good range now you should try to maintain it that way for the time being. Hopefully no more fish turn up sick but I am quite sure no more would if the water parameter is kept in the good range.
I would recommend that you not add more fish for the next two week and keep monitoring your system. After that roller coaster ride with the water condition, the fish would be stress and we don’t want more fishes to mess up the water for now. IMHO stability is the key for the next two weeks.
Do not add medication if non of the fish look or behave sick. Even if they’re sick, you should take them out and treat them in a hospital tank. That way if you use medication that kills good bacteria, you wouldn’t mess up the main tank. And also that will prevent the disease from the sick fish from spreading to the others.
A little salt in the water is fine for most fishes.
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