Madaboutdiscus
08-27-2013, 05:34 PM
Please complete this questionnaire if your fish are sick (copy and paste). The more details you can provide, the better we are able to diagnose and help you treat your sick fish.
DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE
Having a problem with my 3 inch juvie red discus. One gill flaring the other gill is fine. Seems to want to hang in the top or in the bubble curtain. Always done silly stuff like swim upside down but always righted itself when it wanted. Seems to be swimming upside down more often since the problem started or lying on its side at the top of the water. Still eating normally though. No others seem affected except possibly some body shimmying occasionally more noticeable when food is involved though.
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?
Noticed the symptoms Saturday nothing new went on to maybe cause it.
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).
Flaring one gill, breathing normally through the other. Seemed to be rubbing itself on the heater cord possibly. Some body shimmying no others have symptoms except some shimmying. All are eating well.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
None.. dosed tank with prime and did a water change. No change
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
40 gallon column tank. 5 juvie discus 3 inches
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
Daily 20 %
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
About 8 months. Barebottom.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
Use tap water no ph swing except possibly +.2 from tap.
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 ___87__
- ph ___7.2__
- ammonia reading __.10 ppm__
- nitrite reading 0____
- nitrate reading __10__
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 yes____
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No
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.
None now but will take some when I get home.
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DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE
Having a problem with my 3 inch juvie red discus. One gill flaring the other gill is fine. Seems to want to hang in the top or in the bubble curtain. Always done silly stuff like swim upside down but always righted itself when it wanted. Seems to be swimming upside down more often since the problem started or lying on its side at the top of the water. Still eating normally though. No others seem affected except possibly some body shimmying occasionally more noticeable when food is involved though.
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?
Noticed the symptoms Saturday nothing new went on to maybe cause it.
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).
Flaring one gill, breathing normally through the other. Seemed to be rubbing itself on the heater cord possibly. Some body shimmying no others have symptoms except some shimmying. All are eating well.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
None.. dosed tank with prime and did a water change. No change
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
40 gallon column tank. 5 juvie discus 3 inches
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
Daily 20 %
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
About 8 months. Barebottom.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
Use tap water no ph swing except possibly +.2 from tap.
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 ___87__
- ph ___7.2__
- ammonia reading __.10 ppm__
- nitrite reading 0____
- nitrate reading __10__
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 yes____
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No
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.
None now but will take some when I get home.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2