killjoy2503
07-26-2016, 03:33 PM
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?
Yesterdayevening I started noticing my female cobalt blue is not eating and swimming with the group anymore. She also is hiding a lot. She laid eggs with her mate 2 days before this.
The other 4 discus fish are perfectly happy and show no signs.
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).
She is turning dark a little bit, is breathing very slowly, and also has one fin clamped to her side most of the time. Have not yet seen her poop.
http://imgur.com/a/tJUjK
http://imgur.com/a/1zt8g
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Nothing
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
350 liter is running for over 3 months with an e1500 and e900, 5 discus fish which I've bought at LFS on 13 june, 15 other fish some amano shrimp some tetra and corydora
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
Continously with drip system adding 2-3 liters an hour, and bi weekly I change 50%. I did change 50% yesterday when I saw her in trouble.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
Well over 3 months, using 1-2mm grain pool filter sand about 1 inch.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
No need to as Dutch municipal water is very good and has no chlorine.
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.
Here's the water params straight from my municipal.
https://waterbedrijfgroningen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Nietap-2015.pdf
https://waterbedrijfgroningen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Onnen-2015.pdf
- temp _____30 celcius
- ph _____ 7.8
- ammonia reading ____ 0
- nitrite reading ____ 0
- nitrate reading ____ not measured
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
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?
Yesterdayevening I started noticing my female cobalt blue is not eating and swimming with the group anymore. She also is hiding a lot. She laid eggs with her mate 2 days before this.
The other 4 discus fish are perfectly happy and show no signs.
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).
She is turning dark a little bit, is breathing very slowly, and also has one fin clamped to her side most of the time. Have not yet seen her poop.
http://imgur.com/a/tJUjK
http://imgur.com/a/1zt8g
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Nothing
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
350 liter is running for over 3 months with an e1500 and e900, 5 discus fish which I've bought at LFS on 13 june, 15 other fish some amano shrimp some tetra and corydora
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
Continously with drip system adding 2-3 liters an hour, and bi weekly I change 50%. I did change 50% yesterday when I saw her in trouble.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
Well over 3 months, using 1-2mm grain pool filter sand about 1 inch.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
No need to as Dutch municipal water is very good and has no chlorine.
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.
Here's the water params straight from my municipal.
https://waterbedrijfgroningen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Nietap-2015.pdf
https://waterbedrijfgroningen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Onnen-2015.pdf
- temp _____30 celcius
- ph _____ 7.8
- ammonia reading ____ 0
- nitrite reading ____ 0
- nitrate reading ____ not measured
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
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.