XAnhLe
08-20-2014, 01:45 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?
I just received 3 fish that I purchased online. After acclimating in the bag, I placed them in QT with my hand no net used. One of them has been facing upward at the water surface. The tank has a very good working air stone running as well. I have noticed this fish weird swimming behavior since it was still inside the shipping bag. Possibly swimming bladder 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).
Facing up toward the surface, sometimes lie down at the bottom of the tank
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Had some aquarium salt in there to help with stress, cut out light to the tank, and heater is on. No medication has been used.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
29gal QT tank, 3 discus
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
Just changed 80% water last night.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
About 2 months
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
no
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 __84___
- ph __6.6___
- 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.
3 new fish added to an empty QT tank
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.
http://i.imgur.com/qamx0tQ.jpg
I just received 3 fish that I purchased online. After acclimating in the bag, I placed them in QT with my hand no net used. One of them has been facing upward at the water surface. The tank has a very good working air stone running as well. I have noticed this fish weird swimming behavior since it was still inside the shipping bag. Possibly swimming bladder 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).
Facing up toward the surface, sometimes lie down at the bottom of the tank
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Had some aquarium salt in there to help with stress, cut out light to the tank, and heater is on. No medication has been used.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
29gal QT tank, 3 discus
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
Just changed 80% water last night.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
About 2 months
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
no
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 __84___
- ph __6.6___
- 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.
3 new fish added to an empty QT tank
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.
http://i.imgur.com/qamx0tQ.jpg