Smalone94
12-10-2019, 01:20 PM
Hello this is my first post, thank you all my name is Sam.
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 have 4 discus at the moment 3 turqouise 4-4.5” and 1 pigeon blood 2.5”, everything was going fine with my original 3 but 11 days ago now i flew back home with the 2.5” one contained with a heat source that went bad, it has not ate the whole time and i finally noticed white poop. Did not know this was bad as i am still new into fish keeping as a whole. 2 of my original 3 were pooping white when i got them some time ago but it went away shortly after. All 4 are in QT because i want to treat all fish now since theyve had contact for the whole 11 days.
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).
Not eating & white/translucent tubular feces. You can see his body pinched in around the stomach. Thin head, he is generally very shy, tends to rest in the same position near the filter inlet. He looks very malnourished
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Day 2 of dosing general cure. 50 % water change before next dose. Dosing daily and not only every 2 days because it is low mg of metronidazole.
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
20 gallon QT, age unkown, 4 total 3 x 4-4.5 and 1 x 2.5”.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often?)
50-60% daily
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
QT is 2 days now with media from the main display
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph?
No i do not. De-chlor and some stability with tap
8. What type/brand water conditioner do you use? Do you add it to the tank or aging barrel? How much do you use?
Sea chem prime
9. 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 __89___
- ph __7.5___
- ammonia reading __0_
- nitrite reading _0_
- nitrate reading __1-5_
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.
Tap water in United States..
10. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
My main display is a moderately planted tank but this fish came in sick
11. Please tell us what you feed your fish and how often. This can be critical information for solving the problem so be as
Was feeding blood worms once a day
12. 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.
This is the little guy with the actual sickness, that is white poop hanging from him, only picture i could get of it.
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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 have 4 discus at the moment 3 turqouise 4-4.5” and 1 pigeon blood 2.5”, everything was going fine with my original 3 but 11 days ago now i flew back home with the 2.5” one contained with a heat source that went bad, it has not ate the whole time and i finally noticed white poop. Did not know this was bad as i am still new into fish keeping as a whole. 2 of my original 3 were pooping white when i got them some time ago but it went away shortly after. All 4 are in QT because i want to treat all fish now since theyve had contact for the whole 11 days.
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).
Not eating & white/translucent tubular feces. You can see his body pinched in around the stomach. Thin head, he is generally very shy, tends to rest in the same position near the filter inlet. He looks very malnourished
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Day 2 of dosing general cure. 50 % water change before next dose. Dosing daily and not only every 2 days because it is low mg of metronidazole.
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
20 gallon QT, age unkown, 4 total 3 x 4-4.5 and 1 x 2.5”.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often?)
50-60% daily
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
QT is 2 days now with media from the main display
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph?
No i do not. De-chlor and some stability with tap
8. What type/brand water conditioner do you use? Do you add it to the tank or aging barrel? How much do you use?
Sea chem prime
9. 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 __89___
- ph __7.5___
- ammonia reading __0_
- nitrite reading _0_
- nitrate reading __1-5_
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.
Tap water in United States..
10. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
My main display is a moderately planted tank but this fish came in sick
11. Please tell us what you feed your fish and how often. This can be critical information for solving the problem so be as
Was feeding blood worms once a day
12. 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.
This is the little guy with the actual sickness, that is white poop hanging from him, only picture i could get of it.
126045126045