jball1125
02-18-2010, 10:35 PM
DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE
Problem
1. Please explain the problems with your fish/when and how they started
About 2 weeks ago one of my fish was pooping clear and loosing weight so I raised the temp to 89 and treated with daily metro feedings in their blackworms for 5 days. About 3 days ago I noticed some of my fish scratching on the filter So I did 50 percent water change the next day and nothing. I am also seeing alot of stringy clear mucus like things floating around in the current. Im not sure if this is poop or some type of clear stuff that comes on the blackworms I have been feeding and I never noticed.
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)
Scratching, darting, clear things floating around.
3. What medications/ treatments that you have already tried and results. Include dosages and duration of treatment.
Metro for 5 days and I didnt see any more clear poop coming out of the fish, however, there are alot of slightly visible clear things floating around but Im not sure if its coming from the poop.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and age, number and size of fish
The fish have been in this 29 gallon for about 2 weeks. There are 7 of them and they range from 3 to 4 inches. They were in a 55 but I switched them to the 29 to do some adjustments in the 55.
5. Water change regime/ how long has tank been running/ bare bottom or gravel/ do you age your water?
I usually age my water for 1 or 2 (declor with amquel +) days and I change about 50 percent weekly. The 55 had gravel but the one they are in now is BB
6 Parameters and water source;
- temp was 90, just lowered it to 85
- ph 7.6
- ammonia reading 0
- nitrite reading 0
- nitrate reading > 20 ppm
- well water no
- municipal water yes
7. Any new fish/plants added recently no
I attached a horrible pic of the stringy clear stuff floating around... sorry my camera sucks.
Problem
1. Please explain the problems with your fish/when and how they started
About 2 weeks ago one of my fish was pooping clear and loosing weight so I raised the temp to 89 and treated with daily metro feedings in their blackworms for 5 days. About 3 days ago I noticed some of my fish scratching on the filter So I did 50 percent water change the next day and nothing. I am also seeing alot of stringy clear mucus like things floating around in the current. Im not sure if this is poop or some type of clear stuff that comes on the blackworms I have been feeding and I never noticed.
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)
Scratching, darting, clear things floating around.
3. What medications/ treatments that you have already tried and results. Include dosages and duration of treatment.
Metro for 5 days and I didnt see any more clear poop coming out of the fish, however, there are alot of slightly visible clear things floating around but Im not sure if its coming from the poop.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and age, number and size of fish
The fish have been in this 29 gallon for about 2 weeks. There are 7 of them and they range from 3 to 4 inches. They were in a 55 but I switched them to the 29 to do some adjustments in the 55.
5. Water change regime/ how long has tank been running/ bare bottom or gravel/ do you age your water?
I usually age my water for 1 or 2 (declor with amquel +) days and I change about 50 percent weekly. The 55 had gravel but the one they are in now is BB
6 Parameters and water source;
- temp was 90, just lowered it to 85
- ph 7.6
- ammonia reading 0
- nitrite reading 0
- nitrate reading > 20 ppm
- well water no
- municipal water yes
7. Any new fish/plants added recently no
I attached a horrible pic of the stringy clear stuff floating around... sorry my camera sucks.