farzadkavari
05-19-2014, 04:41 PM
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?
Discus (red turq) not eating, looks ok (not dark), swims mostly at the bottom and likes to hide often. I have no idea what started it, these discus were purchased 1 month ago from Hans and were all eating good till one of them stopped eating 2 weeks ago, He seems to have no interest in the food that he was eating before the problem.
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).
Not dark, likes to hide, a bit bloated for a fish that hasn't eat in 2 weeks but not extremely bloated. Fins look a bit clamped at times but not consistent.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
I put him in quarantine 10 gallon tank and did metro for 6 days with temps of 88 degrees. After putting him back in the regular tank he did not show much improvements.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
90 gallon, 10 Discus (different sizes)
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
60% WC every couple of days.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
Been running for 3 years with bare bottom.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I do not age my water, never been an issue as my discus got used to it.
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 __86___
- ph __7.2___
- 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 ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
Nope, this fish with the problem was added along 3 other discus about 1 months ago, All were originally doing well until recently this one started to act up.
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.
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
Discus (red turq) not eating, looks ok (not dark), swims mostly at the bottom and likes to hide often. I have no idea what started it, these discus were purchased 1 month ago from Hans and were all eating good till one of them stopped eating 2 weeks ago, He seems to have no interest in the food that he was eating before the problem.
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).
Not dark, likes to hide, a bit bloated for a fish that hasn't eat in 2 weeks but not extremely bloated. Fins look a bit clamped at times but not consistent.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
I put him in quarantine 10 gallon tank and did metro for 6 days with temps of 88 degrees. After putting him back in the regular tank he did not show much improvements.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
90 gallon, 10 Discus (different sizes)
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
60% WC every couple of days.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
Been running for 3 years with bare bottom.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I do not age my water, never been an issue as my discus got used to it.
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 __86___
- ph __7.2___
- 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 ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
Nope, this fish with the problem was added along 3 other discus about 1 months ago, All were originally doing well until recently this one started to act up.
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.