Russ
02-02-2014, 03:54 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?
One of my Albino discus is not acting like himself, he used to be the dominate fish of his group with a great appetite but now he is hiding a lot, looks paler then normal his appetite took a nose dive and every so often he shakes his head. I first noticed around a week and half ago and tried treating with Metro but it didn't do the trick.
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 is hiding a lot, looks paler then normal his appetite took a nose dive and every so often he shakes his head.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Metro 400mg twice a day with two 50% WC's daily for 7 days at 91 deg. He is the same a s before the treatment.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
90 gal, 8 discus between 4.5" - 6".
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
70% WC every other day.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
Running for around 8 years, bare bottom.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
age water 48 hours.
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 __normally 85 deg_but rose to 88 deg to try to increase appetite__
- ph __7.4___
- 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 __50%__
- RO water __50%__
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No.
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
One of my Albino discus is not acting like himself, he used to be the dominate fish of his group with a great appetite but now he is hiding a lot, looks paler then normal his appetite took a nose dive and every so often he shakes his head. I first noticed around a week and half ago and tried treating with Metro but it didn't do the trick.
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 is hiding a lot, looks paler then normal his appetite took a nose dive and every so often he shakes his head.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Metro 400mg twice a day with two 50% WC's daily for 7 days at 91 deg. He is the same a s before the treatment.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
90 gal, 8 discus between 4.5" - 6".
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
70% WC every other day.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
Running for around 8 years, bare bottom.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
age water 48 hours.
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 __normally 85 deg_but rose to 88 deg to try to increase appetite__
- ph __7.4___
- 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 __50%__
- RO water __50%__
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No.