shadeslayer
04-30-2015, 12:39 PM
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?
I just got home today and saw that one of the angelfish has a whitish spots on one side of its fins. There are discus and angelfish only in the tank and all were healthy until now.
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).
the angelfish has whitish spots on one side, one fin seems deteriorated.
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.
55 gallon, 5 discus, 5 angelfish - all relatively young, no fish bigger than 4 inches, smallest discus is 2.5 inches
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50-75% daily
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
Tank has been running for 6 -7 weeks, bare bottom on one half of the tank, the other half has a layer of white gravel about 1/4 inch thick
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I use municipal water
8. Parameters and water source;
tap water
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 ___82-83__
- ph 6-6.5_____
- ammonia reading __0-1 ppm (I use API and was told that since I use Prime there may be a bit of variance__
- nitrite reading _0___
- nitrate reading _0-20 ppm___
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 __yes__
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
1 angelfish added last week
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/ucf48Fj.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/YxZCVnn.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?
I just got home today and saw that one of the angelfish has a whitish spots on one side of its fins. There are discus and angelfish only in the tank and all were healthy until now.
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).
the angelfish has whitish spots on one side, one fin seems deteriorated.
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.
55 gallon, 5 discus, 5 angelfish - all relatively young, no fish bigger than 4 inches, smallest discus is 2.5 inches
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50-75% daily
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
Tank has been running for 6 -7 weeks, bare bottom on one half of the tank, the other half has a layer of white gravel about 1/4 inch thick
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I use municipal water
8. Parameters and water source;
tap water
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 ___82-83__
- ph 6-6.5_____
- ammonia reading __0-1 ppm (I use API and was told that since I use Prime there may be a bit of variance__
- nitrite reading _0___
- nitrate reading _0-20 ppm___
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 __yes__
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
1 angelfish added last week
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/ucf48Fj.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/YxZCVnn.jpg