Heckel&jyde
04-10-2019, 05:59 AM
Problem
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
I added 2 new juvenile fish to my tank 5 days ago (after only 48hr quarantine - BAD, I know, I regret it). At the same time I also started feeding them frozen beef heart (grated with a fine grater into the tank), multiple times daily and wasn't able to do a water change for 48hrs (normally do it daily). I had a mini cycle in the tank with ammonia spike. The ammonia is back under control now. But my original discus juveniles are turning dark, swimming on an angle (some pointing face down, others leaning sideways, originally they were eating but today they're mostly not interested. no white poo.
2. Symptoms (i.e. turning dark, excess slime, not eating, clamped fins, flashing, darting, clamped gills, white/yellow/green poop, hiding, headstanding or tailstanding, white on tips of fins, rotting or fungus, blisters/white zits on fish, bloated, cloudy eyes, wounds).
- turning dark, excess slime seems to be floating off them. clamped fins. tilting. losing appetite
- one of them had some sloppy looking brown poo, I looked under microscope and found some flagellates, looked like hexamita, started metronidazole
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
started metronidazole yesterday: 400mg/10g (crushed tablets - not sure how water soluble they are really though!!),
70%wc this morning, 25% WC tonight, added liquid flagyl/metro 800mg total (need to get some more tomorrow)
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
55g tank,
10juvie turks (the original fish - they're all sick), 1 adult PB (added 3 weeks ago -no problems with her). 2 new juvies added 5days ago
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50-70% daily
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
running for 6mths, bare bottom, I raised the original 10 juvies from 1inch, they were thriving until now.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
no, pH same in tank as from tap
8. Parameters and water source;
Note: Water Parameters are important in diagnosing problems within a tank. If you don't own test kits for the following information, you can purchase them, test your parameters and post this info as soon as possible.
- temp ____ 30c /86f
- ph _____ 6.8
- ammonia reading ____ 0
- nitrite reading ____ 0
- nitrate reading ____ 5
What type of water or combinations of water sources do you use? If it is an RO/tap/well water mix, please list percentages in the mix.
- well water ____
- municipal water ____ 100%
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
2 new juveniles from LFS, (only quarantined for 48hrs - these 2 newbies look happy and healthy, eating fine)
10. Please tell us what you feed your fish and how often. This can be critical information for solving the problem so be as specific as you can.
normally FDBW, sera flakes, hikari granules. Right before they became sick I started feeding grated frozen beef heart (4 - 6 feeds daily), this created ammonia spike and coincided with them starting to look unwell -also coincided with adding the 2 new juvies, unfortunately
11. Include any pictures or videos you have which shows the symptoms. If you can't add them to this post, please provide a link to them.
tried uploading photos and video but keeps failing
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
I added 2 new juvenile fish to my tank 5 days ago (after only 48hr quarantine - BAD, I know, I regret it). At the same time I also started feeding them frozen beef heart (grated with a fine grater into the tank), multiple times daily and wasn't able to do a water change for 48hrs (normally do it daily). I had a mini cycle in the tank with ammonia spike. The ammonia is back under control now. But my original discus juveniles are turning dark, swimming on an angle (some pointing face down, others leaning sideways, originally they were eating but today they're mostly not interested. no white poo.
2. Symptoms (i.e. turning dark, excess slime, not eating, clamped fins, flashing, darting, clamped gills, white/yellow/green poop, hiding, headstanding or tailstanding, white on tips of fins, rotting or fungus, blisters/white zits on fish, bloated, cloudy eyes, wounds).
- turning dark, excess slime seems to be floating off them. clamped fins. tilting. losing appetite
- one of them had some sloppy looking brown poo, I looked under microscope and found some flagellates, looked like hexamita, started metronidazole
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
started metronidazole yesterday: 400mg/10g (crushed tablets - not sure how water soluble they are really though!!),
70%wc this morning, 25% WC tonight, added liquid flagyl/metro 800mg total (need to get some more tomorrow)
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
55g tank,
10juvie turks (the original fish - they're all sick), 1 adult PB (added 3 weeks ago -no problems with her). 2 new juvies added 5days ago
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50-70% daily
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
running for 6mths, bare bottom, I raised the original 10 juvies from 1inch, they were thriving until now.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
no, pH same in tank as from tap
8. Parameters and water source;
Note: Water Parameters are important in diagnosing problems within a tank. If you don't own test kits for the following information, you can purchase them, test your parameters and post this info as soon as possible.
- temp ____ 30c /86f
- ph _____ 6.8
- ammonia reading ____ 0
- nitrite reading ____ 0
- nitrate reading ____ 5
What type of water or combinations of water sources do you use? If it is an RO/tap/well water mix, please list percentages in the mix.
- well water ____
- municipal water ____ 100%
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
2 new juveniles from LFS, (only quarantined for 48hrs - these 2 newbies look happy and healthy, eating fine)
10. Please tell us what you feed your fish and how often. This can be critical information for solving the problem so be as specific as you can.
normally FDBW, sera flakes, hikari granules. Right before they became sick I started feeding grated frozen beef heart (4 - 6 feeds daily), this created ammonia spike and coincided with them starting to look unwell -also coincided with adding the 2 new juvies, unfortunately
11. Include any pictures or videos you have which shows the symptoms. If you can't add them to this post, please provide a link to them.
tried uploading photos and video but keeps failing