Quintin
12-08-2013, 07:11 AM
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?
this morning noticed one turk with cloudy eye swimming flat in circles, swimming upside down, head standing was 100% last night
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).
Turning dark, Cloudy eye, laying down, headstanding. swimming upside down and flat in circles, clamped fins. Affraid he won't make it till the end of today
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
non
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
4ft 200lt, various ages, 6 discus, 4 are 10 - 12cm, 2 are 7-8cm
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50-70% daily
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
3months old, bare bottom. standerd 4ft
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
no
8. Parameters and water source;
well water
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 _30degrees cellcius
- ph __6.8
- ammonia reading __0.1
- nitrite reading ___0.1
- nitrate reading ___0.1mg/pl
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 __yes
- municipal water ____no
- RO water ____no
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
2 reds one month ago after quarintee
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.
will try add later
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
this morning noticed one turk with cloudy eye swimming flat in circles, swimming upside down, head standing was 100% last night
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).
Turning dark, Cloudy eye, laying down, headstanding. swimming upside down and flat in circles, clamped fins. Affraid he won't make it till the end of today
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
non
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
4ft 200lt, various ages, 6 discus, 4 are 10 - 12cm, 2 are 7-8cm
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50-70% daily
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
3months old, bare bottom. standerd 4ft
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
no
8. Parameters and water source;
well water
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 _30degrees cellcius
- ph __6.8
- ammonia reading __0.1
- nitrite reading ___0.1
- nitrate reading ___0.1mg/pl
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 __yes
- municipal water ____no
- RO water ____no
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
2 reds one month ago after quarintee
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.
will try add later