Mattgrizzlybear
04-21-2016, 06:38 AM
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?
I noticed him whirling around the tank last night, just bashing into everything and taking "breaks in between spurts in the top corners or behind the sponge filters. Nothing unusual happened that day. He's now on the bottom of the tank struggling to swim and get up right but can only go in circled headdown and end on his side.
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).
Clamped fins, always hid and didnt eat much, was always away from the others. Last night started dashing and ramming into things, even trying to jump. Today found him laying on side at bottom of tank trying to struggle to swim but always ends up back where he started. His gills look like they are popping out more than usual but that may be because i can see them more easier now. Breathing is steady but seems slower than others.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
It caught me off guard and all i had was API aquarium salt so 10tbs for the 55g
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
Very new tank, 55g. added fish only 3 weeks ago. All babies 2.5-3".
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% every other day or every day.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
3 weeks with fish, 2+ months without. Bare bottom. Standard 55g
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 __84F__
- ph __7.2__
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading _0_
- nitrate reading __5__
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 _0__
- municipal water _all_
- RO water _0_
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
Nope, only fish are discus
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.
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?
I noticed him whirling around the tank last night, just bashing into everything and taking "breaks in between spurts in the top corners or behind the sponge filters. Nothing unusual happened that day. He's now on the bottom of the tank struggling to swim and get up right but can only go in circled headdown and end on his side.
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).
Clamped fins, always hid and didnt eat much, was always away from the others. Last night started dashing and ramming into things, even trying to jump. Today found him laying on side at bottom of tank trying to struggle to swim but always ends up back where he started. His gills look like they are popping out more than usual but that may be because i can see them more easier now. Breathing is steady but seems slower than others.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
It caught me off guard and all i had was API aquarium salt so 10tbs for the 55g
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
Very new tank, 55g. added fish only 3 weeks ago. All babies 2.5-3".
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% every other day or every day.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
3 weeks with fish, 2+ months without. Bare bottom. Standard 55g
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 __84F__
- ph __7.2__
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading _0_
- nitrate reading __5__
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 _0__
- municipal water _all_
- RO water _0_
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
Nope, only fish are discus
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.