dragon1974
11-30-2015, 01:26 PM
Please and thanks for your help
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?
Discus turning dark/swimming to the back of the tank or staying by the filter. Problem started 2 weeks ago and now has claimed the life of a second one.
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).
Turning dark, swimming slowly, staying to the back of the tank or by the filters
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.
75 gal, 5 mths, was 6 now 4 and around 3 – 3 ½ inch
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
90% every 1 to 2 days
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
For 4 mths
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
Yes age for 24 hours, ph doesn’t move
8. Parameters and water source;
Have not tested for a while
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 __7.8___
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading ___0_
- nitrate reading __0__
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%__
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No new fish or plants
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.
it's the one on the right closest to the bottle
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/dragon1974_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/20151126_212642_zpsjklgxcpq.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/dragon1974_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/20151126_212642_zpsjklgxcpq.jpg
Darkest one in the pic
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/dragon1974_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/20151126_212510_zpsafzuny7b.jpg
Bottom discus in the image
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/dragon1974_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/20151126_212451_zpsi8oj6xj4.jpg[/B]
The other discus in the tank
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/dragon1974_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/20151126_212609_zpsep4lgwb2.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/dragon1974_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/20151126_212606_zpsjpaegup5.jpg
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?
Discus turning dark/swimming to the back of the tank or staying by the filter. Problem started 2 weeks ago and now has claimed the life of a second one.
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).
Turning dark, swimming slowly, staying to the back of the tank or by the filters
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.
75 gal, 5 mths, was 6 now 4 and around 3 – 3 ½ inch
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
90% every 1 to 2 days
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
For 4 mths
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
Yes age for 24 hours, ph doesn’t move
8. Parameters and water source;
Have not tested for a while
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 __7.8___
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading ___0_
- nitrate reading __0__
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%__
- RO water ____
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No new fish or plants
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.
it's the one on the right closest to the bottle
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/dragon1974_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/20151126_212642_zpsjklgxcpq.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/dragon1974_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/20151126_212642_zpsjklgxcpq.jpg
Darkest one in the pic
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/dragon1974_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/20151126_212510_zpsafzuny7b.jpg
Bottom discus in the image
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/dragon1974_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/20151126_212451_zpsi8oj6xj4.jpg[/B]
The other discus in the tank
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/dragon1974_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/20151126_212609_zpsep4lgwb2.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u208/dragon1974_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/20151126_212606_zpsjpaegup5.jpg