new2discuss
08-09-2014, 03:24 PM
Iv got a 55gal tank I do a tgird of the water changed every day sometimes everyother day they get fed in an automatic feeder three tines a day no nitrates or nitrites or ammonia water us soft and ph is about 6 to 6.5 no chlorine I use an ri system I pot discus trace in there for nutrition and I use the food that the seller used and I bought them fron discus hans I have had them for 2 months I lost one and abother isn't looking so good I can't see anything wrong with them except that they just stop eating skin looks good just dark and clampped fins gills look fine and eyes and feces it just won't eat it has its balance and everything and the other 4 seem perfect they eat they are bright and happy just the one blue diamond sits in the corner and don't eat ... by the way I am sorry I use the ap and I can't coppy the correct form for doing this I think I got all the info though.
I added the questionnaire below. You should be able to edit this post and add the information.
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?
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).
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the 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 _____
- ph _____
- ammonia reading ____
- nitrite reading ____
- nitrate reading ____
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 ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
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 added the questionnaire below. You should be able to edit this post and add the information.
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?
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).
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the 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 _____
- ph _____
- ammonia reading ____
- nitrite reading ____
- nitrate reading ____
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 ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
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.