modealings
01-25-2016, 06:51 PM
So really quickly because the fish are currently nose-up sucking for air...
Just did a 80% wc. Used aged water in a barrel i got 3 days ago. Barrel is food grade and never had anything in it before. I rinsed in out and used it for a wc yesterday with no problem. I also just got rid of a bunch of african cichlids and bleached everything yesterday. Was as careful as I could be to rinse everything multiple times yesterday. Again no problems until right now.
After I did the wc, the fish started to swim near the top, gasping for air. Fins started to clamp. Breathing quite heavily. I watched this progressively go downhill, quickly netted them and put them in a nearby clean tank (with just tap water and Prime). Now they all continue to have mouths to the surface and breathing heavy.
There had to be some chemical that got in there somehow. I used all the same equipment as yesterday tho, after the bleaching. I tested my tap water and nothing out of the ordinary.
In the holding tank ive got a sponge filter, heater, airstone. Anything else to do? Im thinking it's now a waiting game to see which way this goes...
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
See above
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).
Swimming near top sucking for air, turning darker with stress bars.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
N/A
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
75 gal, 5 fish 4-6in
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
80-90% wc daily
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
BB running for 3 months
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
Just started this week. pH swing 0.5-0.7. aged 24 hrs.
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 _____8.2
- ammonia reading ____0
- nitrite reading ____0
- nitrate reading ____10
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
- 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.
Just did a 80% wc. Used aged water in a barrel i got 3 days ago. Barrel is food grade and never had anything in it before. I rinsed in out and used it for a wc yesterday with no problem. I also just got rid of a bunch of african cichlids and bleached everything yesterday. Was as careful as I could be to rinse everything multiple times yesterday. Again no problems until right now.
After I did the wc, the fish started to swim near the top, gasping for air. Fins started to clamp. Breathing quite heavily. I watched this progressively go downhill, quickly netted them and put them in a nearby clean tank (with just tap water and Prime). Now they all continue to have mouths to the surface and breathing heavy.
There had to be some chemical that got in there somehow. I used all the same equipment as yesterday tho, after the bleaching. I tested my tap water and nothing out of the ordinary.
In the holding tank ive got a sponge filter, heater, airstone. Anything else to do? Im thinking it's now a waiting game to see which way this goes...
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
See above
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).
Swimming near top sucking for air, turning darker with stress bars.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
N/A
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
75 gal, 5 fish 4-6in
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
80-90% wc daily
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
BB running for 3 months
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
Just started this week. pH swing 0.5-0.7. aged 24 hrs.
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 _____8.2
- ammonia reading ____0
- nitrite reading ____0
- nitrate reading ____10
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
- 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.