JadeThorne
01-27-2017, 04:03 PM
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?
Problem started about two weeks ago – these aren’t my fish, I’m trying to get help for the room-mate because they’re his fish. I have absolutely no idea what started them.
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 black, refusing all foods offered, no feces at all that I’ve seen.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
I moved him to QT tank yesterday, treating with MetroPlex and Prazipro both. This is day two of the treatment, and while his color has greatly improved and he’s far more active, he’s still refusing all foods offered.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
He was in a 55g with four other discus, five cardinal tetras, three cherry barbs, and four cory cats. Plus two snails. Now he’s in a ten gallon QT tank alone.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% 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?
Tank has been running for 2-3 months now. It did have substrate, but we pulled it all out. Now it’s bare bottom. QT tank is completely bare bottom.
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 _ 85-86 in main tank, 92 at current in QT (I set the heat for 89, the heater is too big for that tank so I cut it back to 84 and it’s coming down).
- ph _ 7.4 in both tanks
- ammonia reading _0 both tanks
- nitrite reading _0 both tanks
- nitrate reading _10-20 in main tank, 0 in QT
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 _ Municipal water, comes from lake.
- RO water __
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
We added the tetras, barbs, and cats on the advice of our LFS to try to get him eating and herding with the others. Roomie did not want to buy any more discus, even though it was advised.
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.
106205
So, this little guy (blue turquoise, Stendker line, bought from our LFS about a month ago) is refusing food. I haven't seen any feces from him at all. I moved him to QT and started on MetroPlex and PraziPro yesterday, and while his color looks good now and his fins aren't clamped ... he still refuses to eat. I'm not sure what's going on with him. I'll be honest - I don't know a lot about discus. What I know, I've learned here or on FB through those groups. This is my room-mate's fish - I'm just trying to save him. I'm at a loss. I treated one for hexamita before (our first two, one had hex, I pulled and treated for nearly two weeks and he made a great recovery), but ... I'm at a loss on this one. He refuses anything I offer him. I offer throughout the day and then suction the uneaten out in an hour.
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?
Problem started about two weeks ago – these aren’t my fish, I’m trying to get help for the room-mate because they’re his fish. I have absolutely no idea what started them.
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 black, refusing all foods offered, no feces at all that I’ve seen.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
I moved him to QT tank yesterday, treating with MetroPlex and Prazipro both. This is day two of the treatment, and while his color has greatly improved and he’s far more active, he’s still refusing all foods offered.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
He was in a 55g with four other discus, five cardinal tetras, three cherry barbs, and four cory cats. Plus two snails. Now he’s in a ten gallon QT tank alone.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% 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?
Tank has been running for 2-3 months now. It did have substrate, but we pulled it all out. Now it’s bare bottom. QT tank is completely bare bottom.
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 _ 85-86 in main tank, 92 at current in QT (I set the heat for 89, the heater is too big for that tank so I cut it back to 84 and it’s coming down).
- ph _ 7.4 in both tanks
- ammonia reading _0 both tanks
- nitrite reading _0 both tanks
- nitrate reading _10-20 in main tank, 0 in QT
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 _ Municipal water, comes from lake.
- RO water __
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
We added the tetras, barbs, and cats on the advice of our LFS to try to get him eating and herding with the others. Roomie did not want to buy any more discus, even though it was advised.
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.
106205
So, this little guy (blue turquoise, Stendker line, bought from our LFS about a month ago) is refusing food. I haven't seen any feces from him at all. I moved him to QT and started on MetroPlex and PraziPro yesterday, and while his color looks good now and his fins aren't clamped ... he still refuses to eat. I'm not sure what's going on with him. I'll be honest - I don't know a lot about discus. What I know, I've learned here or on FB through those groups. This is my room-mate's fish - I'm just trying to save him. I'm at a loss. I treated one for hexamita before (our first two, one had hex, I pulled and treated for nearly two weeks and he made a great recovery), but ... I'm at a loss on this one. He refuses anything I offer him. I offer throughout the day and then suction the uneaten out in an hour.