I feel so guilty, my Ram just died on me...
When I fed them the night before last, I noticed he had a white fuzzy patch next to his eye. Checked him the next day and it appeared to have gotten smaller, it sort of looked like a graze (sorry, that may sound clueless, but I've had tropical fish for over 2 years now and this is the first time I've had something suspicious happen) and seeing as he seemed fine, was swimming around quite happily and eating well I left it with the intention of checking again today.
This morning I woke up late, panicked, rushed around like a lunatic and forgot to turn the lights on. Left the house, mad day, didn't get back till tea time, put the kids to bed then realised I hadn't turned the light on...sorry, I'm rambling a bit...switched it on and he was hovering at the bottom, looked really dark in colour and the patch had grown again. Put a pinch of food in, the other fish looked fine, but he was swimming around like a drunkard, swaying sideways, all over the place poor soul. Got onto a disease site and from the descriptions it looks like a bacterial infection. Realised there wasn't much for me to do at this very moment other then change the water, went back to check on him and he was at the surface trying to get food but seemed like he couldn't open his mouth, still swimming drunkenly he got caught up in the bubbles and that was it, on his back at the bottom, gonner. Poor soul! He was my favourite! I feel so guilty for not doing something when I first noticed...lesson learnt...
Thing is now, what do I do about the rest of the fish?? 5 neons, 2 guppies and a plec...they seem fine but I'm worried they're gonna get the lurgy too, if it was a bacterial infection, what do I do? I can do a water change obviously, would you treat the tank with anything? What would anyone reccomend?
When I fed them the night before last, I noticed he had a white fuzzy patch next to his eye. Checked him the next day and it appeared to have gotten smaller, it sort of looked like a graze (sorry, that may sound clueless, but I've had tropical fish for over 2 years now and this is the first time I've had something suspicious happen) and seeing as he seemed fine, was swimming around quite happily and eating well I left it with the intention of checking again today.
This morning I woke up late, panicked, rushed around like a lunatic and forgot to turn the lights on. Left the house, mad day, didn't get back till tea time, put the kids to bed then realised I hadn't turned the light on...sorry, I'm rambling a bit...switched it on and he was hovering at the bottom, looked really dark in colour and the patch had grown again. Put a pinch of food in, the other fish looked fine, but he was swimming around like a drunkard, swaying sideways, all over the place poor soul. Got onto a disease site and from the descriptions it looks like a bacterial infection. Realised there wasn't much for me to do at this very moment other then change the water, went back to check on him and he was at the surface trying to get food but seemed like he couldn't open his mouth, still swimming drunkenly he got caught up in the bubbles and that was it, on his back at the bottom, gonner. Poor soul! He was my favourite! I feel so guilty for not doing something when I first noticed...lesson learnt...
Thing is now, what do I do about the rest of the fish?? 5 neons, 2 guppies and a plec...they seem fine but I'm worried they're gonna get the lurgy too, if it was a bacterial infection, what do I do? I can do a water change obviously, would you treat the tank with anything? What would anyone reccomend?
