stephcps
12-13-2009, 08:19 PM
DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE
Problem
1. Please explain the problems with your fish/when and how they started
I have had a red turq and white butterfly pair off. After several times of laying eggs they actually had free swimmers! It was a really cool thing to watch. However, they were sooooo aggressive to they're tankmates. Once the swimmers were all eaten I thought things would go back to normal. But, noted that my LSS was looking pretty dark and not eating quite like normal. About 4 days later the pair of course spawned again. This time I removed the eggs, but they continued with the aggression for a day or two.
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)
After I removed the new eggs, pretty much everyone stopped eating. The red turqs and LSS were really dark with dark eyes. Noted the LSS to have white stringy poop. One red turq also with white poop.
3. What medications/ treatments that you have already tried and results. Include dosages and duration of treatment.
Have treated with metro 500mg/10 gal 7 days. I intially turned temp up to 92, but this seemed to really stress them. Their colors got worse, and all had major stress bars. I turned temp to 86 and they seemed to be better.
They have started to eat a little. However I jut observed one fish to have loose green/yellow stool. Like diarrhea.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and age, number and size of fish
55 gallon, 6 discus 2.5 inch to 4.5 inch in size. Most 4-4.5 inch. They have been in tank since August.
5. Water change regime/ how long has tank been running/ bare bottom or gravel/ do you age your water?
Bare bottom with a few sacttered rocks. Daily to every other day water change from tap.
6 Parameters and water source;
- temp __currently 86, usually 84___
- ph __7.4___
- ammonia reading _0___
- nitrite reading __0__
- nitrate reading _5___
- well water ____
- municipal water _yes___
7. Any new fish/plants added recently
no
So, am I dealing with something else here? What should I do next?
Thanks
Steph
Problem
1. Please explain the problems with your fish/when and how they started
I have had a red turq and white butterfly pair off. After several times of laying eggs they actually had free swimmers! It was a really cool thing to watch. However, they were sooooo aggressive to they're tankmates. Once the swimmers were all eaten I thought things would go back to normal. But, noted that my LSS was looking pretty dark and not eating quite like normal. About 4 days later the pair of course spawned again. This time I removed the eggs, but they continued with the aggression for a day or two.
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)
After I removed the new eggs, pretty much everyone stopped eating. The red turqs and LSS were really dark with dark eyes. Noted the LSS to have white stringy poop. One red turq also with white poop.
3. What medications/ treatments that you have already tried and results. Include dosages and duration of treatment.
Have treated with metro 500mg/10 gal 7 days. I intially turned temp up to 92, but this seemed to really stress them. Their colors got worse, and all had major stress bars. I turned temp to 86 and they seemed to be better.
They have started to eat a little. However I jut observed one fish to have loose green/yellow stool. Like diarrhea.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and age, number and size of fish
55 gallon, 6 discus 2.5 inch to 4.5 inch in size. Most 4-4.5 inch. They have been in tank since August.
5. Water change regime/ how long has tank been running/ bare bottom or gravel/ do you age your water?
Bare bottom with a few sacttered rocks. Daily to every other day water change from tap.
6 Parameters and water source;
- temp __currently 86, usually 84___
- ph __7.4___
- ammonia reading _0___
- nitrite reading __0__
- nitrate reading _5___
- well water ____
- municipal water _yes___
7. Any new fish/plants added recently
no
So, am I dealing with something else here? What should I do next?
Thanks
Steph