Ali20
09-22-2015, 03:31 PM
1. Please explain the problems with your fish:
Two of my new fish refused to eat for 3-4 weeks after shipment and eventually developed larger sensory pits. Water is changed 3 times a day and all my fish are fed my BH mix before each water change (mix includes vitamin and calcium supplements). There never was a white pimple or any sign of infection or illness. The fish began eating this past week but I don't see any changes to the holes, I included a sharpened new and older picture of the cobalt to show the difference and would like to know if there's anything else that can be done?
http://i60.tinypic.com/2emcvmc.jpg
2. Symptoms:
- Englarged pits on the head, no odd behavior or other symptoms.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried:
- None.
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
- 80 gallons, 10 adult discus.
5. Water change regime:
- Three water changes, 75% each.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom?
- Nearly 2 months, cycled, bare bottom.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
- No, tried aging and there was no PH swing after 24 hours.
8. Parameters and water source;
- temp _____ 30-31 c
- ph _____ 7.5
- kg _____ 3
- gh _____ 6
- TDS _____ 140
- ammonia reading ____ 0
- nitrite reading ____ 0
- nitrate reading ____ less than 10
- Tap water dechlorinated with Prime
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
- No, all fish were added at the same time from the same shipment.
Two of my new fish refused to eat for 3-4 weeks after shipment and eventually developed larger sensory pits. Water is changed 3 times a day and all my fish are fed my BH mix before each water change (mix includes vitamin and calcium supplements). There never was a white pimple or any sign of infection or illness. The fish began eating this past week but I don't see any changes to the holes, I included a sharpened new and older picture of the cobalt to show the difference and would like to know if there's anything else that can be done?
http://i60.tinypic.com/2emcvmc.jpg
2. Symptoms:
- Englarged pits on the head, no odd behavior or other symptoms.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried:
- None.
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
- 80 gallons, 10 adult discus.
5. Water change regime:
- Three water changes, 75% each.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom?
- Nearly 2 months, cycled, bare bottom.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
- No, tried aging and there was no PH swing after 24 hours.
8. Parameters and water source;
- temp _____ 30-31 c
- ph _____ 7.5
- kg _____ 3
- gh _____ 6
- TDS _____ 140
- ammonia reading ____ 0
- nitrite reading ____ 0
- nitrate reading ____ less than 10
- Tap water dechlorinated with Prime
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
- No, all fish were added at the same time from the same shipment.