jim LI
12-09-2019, 10:37 AM
. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
1 fish started to develop white spots on body about 4 weeks ago. Iterated with Nitrofurazone and it got better, but now symptoms are getting worse
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).
White spots on body, fins
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Nitrofurazone
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
72 gallon, 4 discus, 5 ½ to 6 inches, about 4 years old, 3 cory cats
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
60% every 2 days
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
5 years, sand substrate, 1 inch
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I age for 214 to 48 hours,, ph 7.2 at tap, 7.6 after aging
8. What type/brand water conditioner do you use? Do you add it to the tank or aging barrel? How much do you use?
Safe
9. Parameters and water source;
aged tap water
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 ____82
- ph _____7.6
- 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 ____n/a
- municipal water __yes__
- RO water ___n/a_
10. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
nothing new added
11. 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.
2 times a day, freeze dried blood worms, discus pellets
12. 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.
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1 fish started to develop white spots on body about 4 weeks ago. Iterated with Nitrofurazone and it got better, but now symptoms are getting worse
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).
White spots on body, fins
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Nitrofurazone
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
72 gallon, 4 discus, 5 ½ to 6 inches, about 4 years old, 3 cory cats
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
60% every 2 days
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
5 years, sand substrate, 1 inch
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I age for 214 to 48 hours,, ph 7.2 at tap, 7.6 after aging
8. What type/brand water conditioner do you use? Do you add it to the tank or aging barrel? How much do you use?
Safe
9. Parameters and water source;
aged tap water
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 ____82
- ph _____7.6
- 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 ____n/a
- municipal water __yes__
- RO water ___n/a_
10. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
nothing new added
11. 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.
2 times a day, freeze dried blood worms, discus pellets
12. 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.
126034