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    Default New Fish Clamping fin & hiding in corner sometimes

    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 got these new fish last Thursday put them in my Q Tank about the third Day IN THING STARTED TURNING SOUTH.

    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).

    All were having clamping fin, turning dark, hiding in the corner but they were eating good

    3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.

    I start using general Cure from AIP it has help 3 fish they are looking good, but one is still has clamping fin and hiding in the corn dorsal closed. She is eating very good


    Tank/Water

    4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
    10 gl
    4 fish
    2in

    5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
    40% daily

    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 for 3 weeks and bare bottom

    7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
    i age my water for 24 hr

    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 84

    - ph 7.4

    - ammonia reading .25

    - 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 ____

    - municipal water tapwater
    - RO water ____


    9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
    N/A

    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.

    beefhart flake and frozen worm

    feeding two time a day. today i have switch to 4 time day

    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.
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    Default Re: New Fish Clamping fin & hiding in corner sometimes

    Is your qt tank not cycled? Seems so. I would recommend doing 100% water changes

    4 fish in a 10G with 4 feedings per day will require you to change much more water than you are. Since the tank is so small large daily changes should be a breeze
    Im not illiterate...only my phone's auto correct is

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