White stringy poo this morning
Reply With Quote1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
woke up this morning and my red discus had a huge string of white and red and black poop.
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).
white, red, and black poop. smallest yellow hides a lot. and just a bit of fin rot on all, although they have had this on and off for a bit of time.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
just daily 50% wc. if not every other day. just did a 90% wc which i do every week.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
tank is 50 gal. smallest yellow is 3.5-4. next yellow is 4-4.5. blue is 4.5-5. red is 5-5.5.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% daily if not every other day.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
tank has been running more than a year and yes it is bare bottom. recently switched from substrate 2 in thick.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
yes and 24 hrs. maybe .2-.3
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 __82___
- ph ___8.2-8.1__
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading __0__
- nitrate reading __0__
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 __0__
- municipal water __100__
- RO water _0___
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
no
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.
discus flakes, als fdbw, and al bio pigment fdbw. 3 times a day. rotate foods.
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.
