EmilyK
11-18-2015, 10:36 PM
I've done some reading at it looks like Hex, but this would b9194891948e my first case of it and I'm trying to see if it really is Hex or something else. Please help.
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
My discus doesn't defecate often, or well I haven't seen it defecate but when I do, lately her droppings have been white and kinda shiny looking, and kinda looks like fluff and then stringy in some parts
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).
see above answer
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
I haven't tried anything except water changes.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
55, up and running since july, discus ready since august and I just recently put discus in a month ago. both of my discus are about 1.5 to 2"
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
about 25% either every day or every other day
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
its been running since july 2015, no my substrate is about .5" thick, its planted
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
no, I take tap water and condition it and let it sit for about an hour.
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 __83___
- ph __6.6___
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading __0__
- nitrate reading __40ppm__
I'm doing a water change right now
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, I was using kents r/o but I am trying to grow out my discus__
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
no
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.
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
My discus doesn't defecate often, or well I haven't seen it defecate but when I do, lately her droppings have been white and kinda shiny looking, and kinda looks like fluff and then stringy in some parts
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).
see above answer
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
I haven't tried anything except water changes.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
55, up and running since july, discus ready since august and I just recently put discus in a month ago. both of my discus are about 1.5 to 2"
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
about 25% either every day or every other day
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
its been running since july 2015, no my substrate is about .5" thick, its planted
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
no, I take tap water and condition it and let it sit for about an hour.
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 __83___
- ph __6.6___
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading __0__
- nitrate reading __40ppm__
I'm doing a water change right now
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, I was using kents r/o but I am trying to grow out my discus__
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
no
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.