peka
06-14-2019, 10:48 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?
About a month ago I have noticed visible lesions on the body of one of my discus. He is very shy, hangs by himself, limited movement and generally not interested in his surroundings.
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).
Wounds, lesions on both sides of the body close to dorsal fin - I will add a photo
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Tried raising temperature to 35C (95F) for several days. Tried to isolate this fish and treat with metronidazole, but he was so miserable in that isolation, started losing colors and generally was ready to die that I have put him back in big tank
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
95 gallons, 6 discus, all about 2-3 years old, one guppy - 2 years old.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
25% every week.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
Substrate about 2 in deep, live plants, drift wood
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
No, I don't age the water. It's naturally soft.
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 _____30 Celsius
- ph _____ 7.2
- ammonia reading ____
- nitrite reading _0.5___
- nitrate reading __40__
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. Please tell us what you feed your fish and how often. This can be critical information for solving the problem so be as specific as you can.
Freeze dried black worms - once a day, NutriDiet discus flakes - once a day
11. 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.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RyG7sLC-_b0jj-ZXHVYy4JIT1geeRnAC/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HJgh6846wPo9AFkPLLbHFmg1VaRjEm0n/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eMGP9EHYpDu4qLWFpDLYCPqz4_LpYbK-/view?usp=sharing
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
About a month ago I have noticed visible lesions on the body of one of my discus. He is very shy, hangs by himself, limited movement and generally not interested in his surroundings.
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).
Wounds, lesions on both sides of the body close to dorsal fin - I will add a photo
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Tried raising temperature to 35C (95F) for several days. Tried to isolate this fish and treat with metronidazole, but he was so miserable in that isolation, started losing colors and generally was ready to die that I have put him back in big tank
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
95 gallons, 6 discus, all about 2-3 years old, one guppy - 2 years old.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
25% every week.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
Substrate about 2 in deep, live plants, drift wood
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
No, I don't age the water. It's naturally soft.
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 _____30 Celsius
- ph _____ 7.2
- ammonia reading ____
- nitrite reading _0.5___
- nitrate reading __40__
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. Please tell us what you feed your fish and how often. This can be critical information for solving the problem so be as specific as you can.
Freeze dried black worms - once a day, NutriDiet discus flakes - once a day
11. 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.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RyG7sLC-_b0jj-ZXHVYy4JIT1geeRnAC/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HJgh6846wPo9AFkPLLbHFmg1VaRjEm0n/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eMGP9EHYpDu4qLWFpDLYCPqz4_LpYbK-/view?usp=sharing