nvladik
03-05-2015, 12:48 PM
Please help. One of my adults suddenly started swimming very quickly all over the tank hitting the glass. At this point there's a large wound on his head and side. He did it first time about an hour ago, rested for a bit and then did it again. Filling in questioneer just in case:
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?
Explained above
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).
Darting, hitting driftwood/glass.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
None yet
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
125g, 25 gallon sump, 10 adults.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
2x a week, 90%
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
1 year, sand substrate, 1".
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
No. No 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 81
- ph 7.6
- ammonia reading 0
- nitrite reading 0
- nitrate reading 10
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 - Prime.
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No, nothing added to the system in 9 months.
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.
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?
Explained above
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).
Darting, hitting driftwood/glass.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
None yet
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
125g, 25 gallon sump, 10 adults.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
2x a week, 90%
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
1 year, sand substrate, 1".
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
No. No 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 81
- ph 7.6
- ammonia reading 0
- nitrite reading 0
- nitrate reading 10
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 - Prime.
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No, nothing added to the system in 9 months.
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.