L201 young dyeing after eating Cos Lettuce

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timmy82
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L201 young dyeing after eating Cos Lettuce

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1. Water parameters
a) Temperature range. 29c
b) pH. 6.8
c) GH. TDS of around 150ppm
d) KH
e)Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, levels. Nil of all very minimal Nitrite
f) Water change frequency every 2nd - 3rd day 30%
(Most LFS's will check your water and give a list of readings).

2. Tank set up 3ft 20 x 12
a) Size.
b) Substrate. No
c) Filtration. 4 x corner multi filters air driven
d) Furnishings. Drift wood
e) Other tank mates. None
f) How long has it been set-up? 18months
g) When was the last new fish added?
h) Foods used and frequency? Feed NLS daily, algae wafles evey 3rd day, BBS twice week and cos lettuce every 2 nd - 3rd day

3. Symptoms / Problem description All the young L201's started dying after feeding Cos lettuce. I have been using Cos lettuce to raise all my L333's & 201 since 2013 never had an issue. This time I have lost a whole tank of 40 young I breed all 2.5 - 3cm. Noticed a couple dead didn't think too much changed some water. Next day a lot dead and can see in there guts dark green suspecting the cos lettuce has been treated prior to market? Or chemical reaction in packaging? Also seen they had a white external bacterial on them. I had already used 1 out of the packet of 5 the week before they were all fine. Feed to all my other tanks also but were adult colonies of L333, 134, 201 & 10a no issues with adults just the young.

4. Action taken (if any) Change water raise temp added salt 1tbl per 30 ltrs.

5. Medications used (if any) None
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Re: L201 young dyeing after eating Cos Lettuce

Post by SLIMESLAYER10 »

sounds like you got a bad piece of lettuce. this has never happened to me but, i have heard of it happening to people. the best thing you could do is buy organic lettuce because then theirs a much lower chance of there being anything bad on it.
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