plecocicho
04-18-2015, 10:57 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?
One of my wilds had for a while something that looked like torn scale, but over this year it deveolped into a strange mole/blister thing.
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).
Strange blister on the side, ocassionally darkening and presenting its side to other discus in a slight upright position. Eating and poop normal.
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.
413 liters brutto, 370 liters netto, 5 years, age of fish: most five years, two 4 years (the infected +healthy), 1 three years, all adults, from 15 to 18 cm.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% (190l) per week.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
5 years, roots and sand, maximum 5 cm, usually less than 2 cm.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
Yes, but i mix ro and tap and acidify it with peat. less than 0,5.
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 _28 degrees celzius____
- ph __7___
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading _0___
- nitrate reading _between 5 and 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 _50___
- RO water __50__
Its usually 50/50 mixture, sometimes 40/60. The mixture is then acidified with white peat.
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No, none.
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.865048650386505
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
One of my wilds had for a while something that looked like torn scale, but over this year it deveolped into a strange mole/blister thing.
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).
Strange blister on the side, ocassionally darkening and presenting its side to other discus in a slight upright position. Eating and poop normal.
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.
413 liters brutto, 370 liters netto, 5 years, age of fish: most five years, two 4 years (the infected +healthy), 1 three years, all adults, from 15 to 18 cm.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% (190l) per week.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
5 years, roots and sand, maximum 5 cm, usually less than 2 cm.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
Yes, but i mix ro and tap and acidify it with peat. less than 0,5.
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 _28 degrees celzius____
- ph __7___
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading _0___
- nitrate reading _between 5 and 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 _50___
- RO water __50__
Its usually 50/50 mixture, sometimes 40/60. The mixture is then acidified with white peat.
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No, none.
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.865048650386505