pauliuzas
02-17-2015, 08:18 AM
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?
The problem appeared 5 days ago. Al of my young discus were eating very normally. But 5 days ago: Tourquese, pigeon blood and golden discus stoped eating and started to hide in the corner. They sometimes swims around the tank but usually sits there in the corner you will see in the picture. I think that they are the smallest in my tank and other 3 bigger eating very great, and one the smallest is still eating. There is one more problem that in the beginning when all were eating, the bigger discus were attacking smaller and they do that still and between bigger, but one of the smallest do not care and eat normally...
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).
Not eating 3 of my 7 discus
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Have not tried anything
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
5 month old planted tank. 10 Rummy nose tetras, 10 corydoras, 6 siamensis algae eaters, 15 amano shrimps 15 red cherry shrimps
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
20 percent every second day
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
ADA amazonia substrate. in the from 5 in the back 10 cm of substrate depth. 5 months old tank
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I age my water for more than 24 for hours in a 50 liters bucket during that aging i add conditioner. Always in this bucket i run power head heater and aerator during the ageing
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 84.2 farengheit
- ph 6.5
- ammonia reading 0
- nitrite reading 0
- nitrate reading 20
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 0
- municipal water 50%
- RO water 50%
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.
http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah31/Paulius_Vengialis/DSC_0010_zps9sstypck.jpg
http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah31/Paulius_Vengialis/DSC_0013_zpsiaez2urd.jpg
http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah31/Paulius_Vengialis/DSC_0012_zpspen9gfrq.jpg
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
The problem appeared 5 days ago. Al of my young discus were eating very normally. But 5 days ago: Tourquese, pigeon blood and golden discus stoped eating and started to hide in the corner. They sometimes swims around the tank but usually sits there in the corner you will see in the picture. I think that they are the smallest in my tank and other 3 bigger eating very great, and one the smallest is still eating. There is one more problem that in the beginning when all were eating, the bigger discus were attacking smaller and they do that still and between bigger, but one of the smallest do not care and eat normally...
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).
Not eating 3 of my 7 discus
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Have not tried anything
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
5 month old planted tank. 10 Rummy nose tetras, 10 corydoras, 6 siamensis algae eaters, 15 amano shrimps 15 red cherry shrimps
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
20 percent every second day
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
ADA amazonia substrate. in the from 5 in the back 10 cm of substrate depth. 5 months old tank
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I age my water for more than 24 for hours in a 50 liters bucket during that aging i add conditioner. Always in this bucket i run power head heater and aerator during the ageing
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 84.2 farengheit
- ph 6.5
- ammonia reading 0
- nitrite reading 0
- nitrate reading 20
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 0
- municipal water 50%
- RO water 50%
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.
http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah31/Paulius_Vengialis/DSC_0010_zps9sstypck.jpg
http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah31/Paulius_Vengialis/DSC_0013_zpsiaez2urd.jpg
http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah31/Paulius_Vengialis/DSC_0012_zpspen9gfrq.jpg