kevin murray
05-20-2014, 11:58 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?
my fish have been scraching there face/gills against plants for about a week now. just a couple times a day. I'm suspecting gill flukes again but their breath rate seems normal
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).
scratching on plants, they also flick there top and bottom fins, like they have flees
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
over a month ago they finished a 21 day treatment with prazi pro" health aid" at recomended dose 2.5 mg/l for what I think were gill flukes. I tried prazi again for 5 days when they started scratching and it didn't do anything.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
75 us gallon,
five 3 inch discus
3 dwarf gourami(also scratching and they wern't with the discus when they had flukes and they were fine before)
3 mystery snails
4 nerite snails
4 panda corys
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% daily
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 months, 2-3 inches of gravel, a few plants and rootwood
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
aged for 8-12 hours, no 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 _____82
- ph _____ 6.7
- 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 ____
- RO water ____100% tds 90
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.
I got a microscope today and took a scraping off the outside of the fish. I could't find anything that looked like a parasite. but did see what look like eggs. heres a video. I'm thinking about getting some finquel ms-222 to sedate one and do a gill scraping.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8f7a3q6_1s&feature=youtu.be
I also got some potasium permanganate, just trying to find out what I have or if I have anything first. do these look like eggs in the video? and should I do a gill scraping or just wait and see? thanks!
my fish have been scraching there face/gills against plants for about a week now. just a couple times a day. I'm suspecting gill flukes again but their breath rate seems normal
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).
scratching on plants, they also flick there top and bottom fins, like they have flees
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
over a month ago they finished a 21 day treatment with prazi pro" health aid" at recomended dose 2.5 mg/l for what I think were gill flukes. I tried prazi again for 5 days when they started scratching and it didn't do anything.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
75 us gallon,
five 3 inch discus
3 dwarf gourami(also scratching and they wern't with the discus when they had flukes and they were fine before)
3 mystery snails
4 nerite snails
4 panda corys
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% daily
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 months, 2-3 inches of gravel, a few plants and rootwood
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
aged for 8-12 hours, no 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 _____82
- ph _____ 6.7
- 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 ____
- RO water ____100% tds 90
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.
I got a microscope today and took a scraping off the outside of the fish. I could't find anything that looked like a parasite. but did see what look like eggs. heres a video. I'm thinking about getting some finquel ms-222 to sedate one and do a gill scraping.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8f7a3q6_1s&feature=youtu.be
I also got some potasium permanganate, just trying to find out what I have or if I have anything first. do these look like eggs in the video? and should I do a gill scraping or just wait and see? thanks!