lemont23
04-12-2020, 04:11 AM
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?
on of my smaller discus started floating at the top, about 2 weeks ago I did a metro treatment of 4 days, they all seemed to be improving and now I can see him floating at the top near the heater. and not eating. Also one other discus was pooping long stringy white feces and was hiding but he was still eating.
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).
loss of appetite, floating at the top, lethargic, stringy white feces, twitching.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
metro treatment of 4 days at 2500 mg for my 107 G tank. They improved and all started eating like crazy, but something is wrong with 2 of my discus again.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
107 G, 3 discus are 4 months, 5 clown loaches 3 months, and the other 4 are about 10 months in the tank. In total 7 discus, 5 loaches. Ranging from 2.5 inch to 6 inch, the loaches are 2-3 inch.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
Every other day 50-70%
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
white sand substrate >1 inch
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I don't. 0.5 ph swing at MAX.
8. What type/brand water conditioner do you use? Do you add it to the tank or aging barrel? How much do you use?
I don't. No chlorine in my tap water.
9. 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.
I use test kits instead of strips.
- temp _____ 88 f
- ph _____ 8
- 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 ____
- municipal water ____
- RO water ____
I use tap water.
10. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No.
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.
3-4 times a day, flakes, beef heart, bloodworms.
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.
https://imgur.com/gallery/hVqnH0C?fbclid=IwAR0Hspmj_GNEPHtj-gIowUp5RWW6SO_Hrcq6z5bvzEP1WNw9Ih5ez0Y-Fu4
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
on of my smaller discus started floating at the top, about 2 weeks ago I did a metro treatment of 4 days, they all seemed to be improving and now I can see him floating at the top near the heater. and not eating. Also one other discus was pooping long stringy white feces and was hiding but he was still eating.
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).
loss of appetite, floating at the top, lethargic, stringy white feces, twitching.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
metro treatment of 4 days at 2500 mg for my 107 G tank. They improved and all started eating like crazy, but something is wrong with 2 of my discus again.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
107 G, 3 discus are 4 months, 5 clown loaches 3 months, and the other 4 are about 10 months in the tank. In total 7 discus, 5 loaches. Ranging from 2.5 inch to 6 inch, the loaches are 2-3 inch.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
Every other day 50-70%
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
white sand substrate >1 inch
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I don't. 0.5 ph swing at MAX.
8. What type/brand water conditioner do you use? Do you add it to the tank or aging barrel? How much do you use?
I don't. No chlorine in my tap water.
9. 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.
I use test kits instead of strips.
- temp _____ 88 f
- ph _____ 8
- 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 ____
- municipal water ____
- RO water ____
I use tap water.
10. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No.
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.
3-4 times a day, flakes, beef heart, bloodworms.
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.
https://imgur.com/gallery/hVqnH0C?fbclid=IwAR0Hspmj_GNEPHtj-gIowUp5RWW6SO_Hrcq6z5bvzEP1WNw9Ih5ez0Y-Fu4