James Ortega
06-12-2013, 06:36 AM
Hi Everyone
Hope you could help me please. I have a 2 yr old discus that swimming on its head. Appreciate any help and advice you could give to save her.
Problem
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problem and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
Fish started head standing 3 days ago. There's also a noticeable lump on both sides of her body between the third and fourth stress bar from the tail section.
Please take some time to view the video i took below.
http://youtu.be/4HTCYMNQxDU
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).
headstanding and the lumps but the fish remains active and still eats as usual.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
None so far.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
50 gal, 1 to 2 years old , 9 pcs adult.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% wc every two days.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
barebottom.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
no.
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 _____30 C
- ph _____ 7
- ammonia reading ____
- nitrite reading ____
- nitrate reading ____
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 ____
- RO water ____
Municipal water then i ran it through carbon.
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
none.
10. 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.
Hope you could help me please. I have a 2 yr old discus that swimming on its head. Appreciate any help and advice you could give to save her.
Problem
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problem and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
Fish started head standing 3 days ago. There's also a noticeable lump on both sides of her body between the third and fourth stress bar from the tail section.
Please take some time to view the video i took below.
http://youtu.be/4HTCYMNQxDU
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).
headstanding and the lumps but the fish remains active and still eats as usual.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
None so far.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
50 gal, 1 to 2 years old , 9 pcs adult.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% wc every two days.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
barebottom.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
no.
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 _____30 C
- ph _____ 7
- ammonia reading ____
- nitrite reading ____
- nitrate reading ____
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 ____
- RO water ____
Municipal water then i ran it through carbon.
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
none.
10. 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.