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09-10-2013, 04:43 PM
Please complete thus 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
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 am having some issues with my 6" Penang Eruption. It is flashing and rubbing against things, it is the only fish in the tank exhibiting this issue. it started in late July after I came from vacations, I did frequent water changes(about 40% every other day) to rule out water quality for the next 3 weeks.
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).
While my other fish are doing good, no issues and eating like pigs; this female is dark, shows stress bars, lethargic, heavy breathing both gills, flashing and rubbing against objects in the tank. She will immediately hide as soon as I come close to the tank, but comes out with the others after a few minutes. Won't eat and won't move from an specific space in the tank. Sometimes, it gets close to the surface and stays there for awhile, but not always
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
After the first 3 wks, I decided to treat for gill flukes given the heavy breathing and rubbing. I did a complete 10 days treatment of API General Cure to treat flukes, finished last week. Followed instructions, one tablet per 10gallon.
Currently, she shows no improvements. I don't know what else to do at this point;other than continue water changes and look for an alternative treatment. Not sure if the treatment was too short, or if I should try something else to rule out other things than flukes.
She is currently in a QT tank, BB. I change about 40% water changes every other day. No feeding at all because she won't eat. Temperature and parameters are listed below.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
180 gallon planted tank + 30gallon sump, 12 fish. All fish are 6"+, several confirmed pairs. Some fighting is going around, which I believe contributed to the problem.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
I usually change about 30 to 40% twice per week. The last 3 weeks, every other day. I use 80/20 RO tap water ratio. Don't use prime or any other product, I run my water thru sediment and activated carbon filters. I age my water about 24hours or more.
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 4 years, 4" silicate sand substrate. Not heavily planted, but 4 or 5 sword plants.
CO2 system, running about 2 bubbles per second. pH hovers around 6.4/6.5 using a controller to regulate CO2 flow. All other fish are doing great.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
Yes, about 24hours. pH swing is not big. Tap is about 7.2 and aged water is 6.8 after is mix 80/20.
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 82F
- ph ___6.4/6.5__
- ammonia reading 0ppm
- nitrite reading 0ppm
- nitrate reading < 5ppm
Hardness is between 80 to 100 ppm.
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 20%
- RO water 80%
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No changes in the last 4 months, no issue with other fish.
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.
I will try to shoot a video later today.
DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE
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 am having some issues with my 6" Penang Eruption. It is flashing and rubbing against things, it is the only fish in the tank exhibiting this issue. it started in late July after I came from vacations, I did frequent water changes(about 40% every other day) to rule out water quality for the next 3 weeks.
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).
While my other fish are doing good, no issues and eating like pigs; this female is dark, shows stress bars, lethargic, heavy breathing both gills, flashing and rubbing against objects in the tank. She will immediately hide as soon as I come close to the tank, but comes out with the others after a few minutes. Won't eat and won't move from an specific space in the tank. Sometimes, it gets close to the surface and stays there for awhile, but not always
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
After the first 3 wks, I decided to treat for gill flukes given the heavy breathing and rubbing. I did a complete 10 days treatment of API General Cure to treat flukes, finished last week. Followed instructions, one tablet per 10gallon.
Currently, she shows no improvements. I don't know what else to do at this point;other than continue water changes and look for an alternative treatment. Not sure if the treatment was too short, or if I should try something else to rule out other things than flukes.
She is currently in a QT tank, BB. I change about 40% water changes every other day. No feeding at all because she won't eat. Temperature and parameters are listed below.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
180 gallon planted tank + 30gallon sump, 12 fish. All fish are 6"+, several confirmed pairs. Some fighting is going around, which I believe contributed to the problem.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
I usually change about 30 to 40% twice per week. The last 3 weeks, every other day. I use 80/20 RO tap water ratio. Don't use prime or any other product, I run my water thru sediment and activated carbon filters. I age my water about 24hours or more.
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 4 years, 4" silicate sand substrate. Not heavily planted, but 4 or 5 sword plants.
CO2 system, running about 2 bubbles per second. pH hovers around 6.4/6.5 using a controller to regulate CO2 flow. All other fish are doing great.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
Yes, about 24hours. pH swing is not big. Tap is about 7.2 and aged water is 6.8 after is mix 80/20.
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 82F
- ph ___6.4/6.5__
- ammonia reading 0ppm
- nitrite reading 0ppm
- nitrate reading < 5ppm
Hardness is between 80 to 100 ppm.
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 20%
- RO water 80%
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No changes in the last 4 months, no issue with other fish.
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.
I will try to shoot a video later today.