Ziggy
04-08-2014, 09:50 PM
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 have one fish that hide behind a rock all the time and if I move the rock and expose him to light he freaks out and dose anything to hide in a dark place. Treated my tank a week and a half a go for bacteria with T.C. teracycline, finished treatment last monday and have been doing 50% wc every other day since. So for the last couple of days he has been hiding.
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).
looks to be normal other than freaking out every time it exposed to lingt
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
so far just wc
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
75 gal
3 adults 4 little guys 20 tetras 2 bristal nose placos 2 hatchet fish
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% 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 16 months eco-complet gravel about 2" deep
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
yes age water about .2 ph swing
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 _84____
- ph ___7.4__
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading ___0_
- nitrate reading __0__
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 __x__
- RO water __x__
mix 5 gal. RO to 1 gal. tap
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.
can't take pics because he hides when the lights on
I have one fish that hide behind a rock all the time and if I move the rock and expose him to light he freaks out and dose anything to hide in a dark place. Treated my tank a week and a half a go for bacteria with T.C. teracycline, finished treatment last monday and have been doing 50% wc every other day since. So for the last couple of days he has been hiding.
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).
looks to be normal other than freaking out every time it exposed to lingt
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
so far just wc
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
75 gal
3 adults 4 little guys 20 tetras 2 bristal nose placos 2 hatchet fish
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% 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 16 months eco-complet gravel about 2" deep
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
yes age water about .2 ph swing
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 _84____
- ph ___7.4__
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading ___0_
- nitrate reading __0__
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 __x__
- RO water __x__
mix 5 gal. RO to 1 gal. tap
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.
can't take pics because he hides when the lights on