Man this morning I found one of my six marble hatchets struggling against the current from the filter, then about an hour later, it passed away. I checked the water perimeters, and all seems well...Ammonia=0, Nitrite=0, Nitrate=10. I went to school, and when I came home, found another one of the marble hatchets dead. So I did a 70% water change, the water perimeter is Ammonia=0, Nitrite=0, Nitrate=5. Another marble hatchet is dead, now I've got three left. I recently got two spotted cories, and two panda cories which are all really healthy, but the death pretty much started around when the cories came, I don't think it's related but it still makes me wonder. The other fish currently in my tank are six glow-lite tetras, six rosy fin tetras, three angels which are all swimming around like they always do, no weird behaviors. So my question is...are marble hatchets super sensitive to something that the other fish are fine with? I don't know what's going on, someone please help, I don't want my other three hatchets to die. :huh:
Marble Hatchets dying all of a sudden!
- Thread starter P00rColl3geBoi
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Not what you want to hear, but the only real "tank crash" I ever experienced was when I brought in some marble hatchets without quaranteening them. This was a healthy tank that recieved weekly water changes and contained a breeding pair of Apistogramma cacatuoides. I lost every fish in the tank in a space of about 3 days. Consensus was it was something viral. Really hope that's not the case.
I've had the marbles for three months now, always healthy 
I'm so sad! Today one of the tetras have died...I can't find it anywhere in the tank now, but I've returned all the spotted corries and since there aren't as many replies as I had hoped, I'm going to Jack's Aquarium to see if there's any medication at all. I hope it's not someting viral and it's treatable... Does aquarium salt work? or would it just make it worse? Thanks!
I'm so sad! Today one of the tetras have died...I can't find it anywhere in the tank now, but I've returned all the spotted corries and since there aren't as many replies as I had hoped, I'm going to Jack's Aquarium to see if there's any medication at all. I hope it's not someting viral and it's treatable... Does aquarium salt work? or would it just make it worse? Thanks!
Nope, I've checked that as well, it's been the same as before...pretty high which is 8.4...but it's always been that. Yeah so far it's five dead marble hatchets, and one tetra...but the body of the tetra is no where to be found. The remaining hatchet is swimming with the glow light tetras and seem to be healthy. Today we've returned all the spotted cories that we bought...the sudden deaths seemed to have occured when they were introduced into the tank. The Petsmart people recommended some parasite treatment pills, so that's what we bought. There's no external signs at all whatsoever on the fish corpses. I'm hoping it's just a parasite...and not some virus.
I'm pretty sure Hatchets are still wild caught, and have a bad habit of being pretty sensitive, I have bought two batches of hatchets (commons) both ended up with ich, ooh I don't know what I would do without quarantine. I used Rid ich both times and all but 2 of 12 lived. Moral here, these little buggers travel like crap are sensitive as hell, so sensitive I have actually noticed a difference in their feeding and behavior when nitrates get over about 20.
It just bothers me cuz these deaths happened so sudden and to five of my six hatchets...as well as one of my rosy-finned tetras. It all happened after the introduction of some baby corries...I should have quarentined...I've learned my lesson. Other than the cories, I've also started suspecting the bubble wall I have up...could too much bubbles cause this? It's been a very upseting week.
There hasn't been any weird changes around the house...the fish tank is in the dining room...which is only used when there are guests over. I suspect the bubbles because the hatchets are the first ones to go...and since htey're always hanging out at the top and that's where the most bubbles are...maybe it's related.