mskraft
05-06-2015, 03:19 PM
Hello all,
As suggested by the title, I lost a very lovely Red Rose this morning due to something that appears to be bacterial in my tank. She developed some rather angry looking ulcers on her sides earlier this week and was very dark so I did a large water change. When the ulcers began to look worse and fin rot set in, I began to treat the tank with antibiotics. Unfortunately the treatment didn't work in time to save her. When I found her this morning, she was deep in the plants and looked like all of her scales were gone. Ironically, the ulcers looked like they were trying to heal. I'm asking if there is anything else I could have or should have done so I could prevent something like this from happening again. Thanks in advance for the help.
DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE
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?
Large Ulcers with red ring around them on both sides of fish and fin rot
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).
Dark, open wounds, fin rot - swimming and eating well
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
API T.C. and E.M. to entire tank for two days before fish died.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
210 gallon, 20 discus, smallest is 2.5" - Largest it 5"
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50-75% twice weekly
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
1 year with 3" substrate and a boatload of plants
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 __86___
- ph __6___
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading __0__
- nitrate reading __<5__ (readings prior to water change)
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 _100%_ (w/ added Prime, Stress Guard and Discus Buffer)
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
added two larger Discus - including the ulcerated one about a month ago.
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.
No photos
As suggested by the title, I lost a very lovely Red Rose this morning due to something that appears to be bacterial in my tank. She developed some rather angry looking ulcers on her sides earlier this week and was very dark so I did a large water change. When the ulcers began to look worse and fin rot set in, I began to treat the tank with antibiotics. Unfortunately the treatment didn't work in time to save her. When I found her this morning, she was deep in the plants and looked like all of her scales were gone. Ironically, the ulcers looked like they were trying to heal. I'm asking if there is anything else I could have or should have done so I could prevent something like this from happening again. Thanks in advance for the help.
DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE
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?
Large Ulcers with red ring around them on both sides of fish and fin rot
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).
Dark, open wounds, fin rot - swimming and eating well
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
API T.C. and E.M. to entire tank for two days before fish died.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
210 gallon, 20 discus, smallest is 2.5" - Largest it 5"
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50-75% twice weekly
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
1 year with 3" substrate and a boatload of plants
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 __86___
- ph __6___
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading __0__
- nitrate reading __<5__ (readings prior to water change)
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 _100%_ (w/ added Prime, Stress Guard and Discus Buffer)
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
added two larger Discus - including the ulcerated one about a month ago.
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.
No photos