kwroberto
06-10-2013, 11:59 AM
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
About 2 weeks ago I saw that he stopped eating and was hiding in the back behind a piece od driftwood and wouldnt come out
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).
He started to haide and turn dark and had white poop that almost immedialtey dissolved in the water, no clampped gills or darting or visible whiite marks on skin
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Ive tried Metro for 5 days @ 250mg/10gallons
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
60gallon tank, almost 1 year old, 11 fish with an average size of 4.5".... one fish is 6"
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
20% on Wednesdays and 50% on the weekends usually Friday
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
About 1 year, Sand bottom about 1-1.5"
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I age my water for 2 days @ 84 degrees, no pH swing
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 __88___
- ph __6.8___
- ammonia reading _0ppm___
- nitrite reading __0ppm__
- nitrate reading __20ppm__
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 _0___
- RO water _100%___
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
no
Im not sure whats wrong...Am I dosing the Metro medication right, Do I need to dose it longer, should I be using Fenbendazole or Praxipro and worming the discus...I dont think its a tapeworm because the poop didnt stay together is almost all dissolved immediatly......Please help!!!!
About 2 weeks ago I saw that he stopped eating and was hiding in the back behind a piece od driftwood and wouldnt come out
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).
He started to haide and turn dark and had white poop that almost immedialtey dissolved in the water, no clampped gills or darting or visible whiite marks on skin
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Ive tried Metro for 5 days @ 250mg/10gallons
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
60gallon tank, almost 1 year old, 11 fish with an average size of 4.5".... one fish is 6"
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
20% on Wednesdays and 50% on the weekends usually Friday
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
About 1 year, Sand bottom about 1-1.5"
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I age my water for 2 days @ 84 degrees, no pH swing
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 __88___
- ph __6.8___
- ammonia reading _0ppm___
- nitrite reading __0ppm__
- nitrate reading __20ppm__
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 _0___
- RO water _100%___
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
no
Im not sure whats wrong...Am I dosing the Metro medication right, Do I need to dose it longer, should I be using Fenbendazole or Praxipro and worming the discus...I dont think its a tapeworm because the poop didnt stay together is almost all dissolved immediatly......Please help!!!!