doggychow
07-01-2014, 12:08 AM
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 blue cobalt was fine in my 60G tank with my two other discus (who seem to have paired off) but was frequently bullied, we ended up getting another 60g tank and 4 more discus (all from seperate tanks) so decided to move the blue colbalt over with the new guys and hope the bullying died down, the bullying is no more but my blue (who used to eat from my hand) has lost a lot of color and is alway hideing/ not visibly eating theres no bullying going on and the new four altho skittish now eat from my hand and all seem healthy
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).
havent seen him poop but fins are errect, just not eating hideing all the time and loseing color
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
none
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
60g tank 5 fish- blue is 3.5in, 3 3-3.5in and 1 2in
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
30-40% every two days
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
tank has run for a month, with a prepared filter of two months, sand substrate 2in deep
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
no ageing ever and the discus were fine with 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 86-88
- ph 7.4-7.8
- ammonia reading 0
- nitrite reading 0
- nitrate reading 10 at time of testing
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 100%
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
as explained above
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.
my blue cobalt was fine in my 60G tank with my two other discus (who seem to have paired off) but was frequently bullied, we ended up getting another 60g tank and 4 more discus (all from seperate tanks) so decided to move the blue colbalt over with the new guys and hope the bullying died down, the bullying is no more but my blue (who used to eat from my hand) has lost a lot of color and is alway hideing/ not visibly eating theres no bullying going on and the new four altho skittish now eat from my hand and all seem healthy
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).
havent seen him poop but fins are errect, just not eating hideing all the time and loseing color
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
none
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
60g tank 5 fish- blue is 3.5in, 3 3-3.5in and 1 2in
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
30-40% every two days
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
tank has run for a month, with a prepared filter of two months, sand substrate 2in deep
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
no ageing ever and the discus were fine with 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 86-88
- ph 7.4-7.8
- ammonia reading 0
- nitrite reading 0
- nitrate reading 10 at time of testing
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 100%
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
as explained above
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.