Russ
06-07-2014, 10:01 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 discus seems to be in pain after he tries to swallow food, he takes a bite then it looks like he is chocking and in pain. This has bee going on and off for several months, but seems to be getting worse and is no longer interested in food. I was wondering if he has something lodged in his throat.
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 healthy except for the eating problem, and doesn't seem interested in food at all in the last week or so. He also used to be the tank bully but stays to himself now for the most part. No one is picking on him.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
I treated him with PP several weeks ago in a quarantine tank. He seemed to perk up after the PP treatment for a few days but still had trouble swallowing.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
90 gal. 7 discus 5.5"-7"
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?
Tank has been running for around 10 years, it's bare button except of a very little amount of gravel.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I age the water for 48 hours.
8. Parameters and water source;
50% RO, 50% tap.
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 __85___
- ph __7.4___
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite 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 _50%___
- RO water __50%__
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
NO
My discus seems to be in pain after he tries to swallow food, he takes a bite then it looks like he is chocking and in pain. This has bee going on and off for several months, but seems to be getting worse and is no longer interested in food. I was wondering if he has something lodged in his throat.
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 healthy except for the eating problem, and doesn't seem interested in food at all in the last week or so. He also used to be the tank bully but stays to himself now for the most part. No one is picking on him.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
I treated him with PP several weeks ago in a quarantine tank. He seemed to perk up after the PP treatment for a few days but still had trouble swallowing.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
90 gal. 7 discus 5.5"-7"
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?
Tank has been running for around 10 years, it's bare button except of a very little amount of gravel.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I age the water for 48 hours.
8. Parameters and water source;
50% RO, 50% tap.
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 __85___
- ph __7.4___
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite 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 _50%___
- RO water __50%__
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
NO