joeh
03-25-2010, 11:39 PM
DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE
Problem
1. Please explain the problems with your fish/when and how they started
Discus is dark (at times) particularly in back 2/3 of body, shows stress bars most of the time, clamps fins and twitches occassionally. Eats but not as much or as aggressively as a normal healthy fish.
Started a couple weeks ago (I think I may have stressed the fish by doing water changes without first aerating the water) At one point the fish was dark all the time, not eating and had HITT type pitting. Quarantined fish in 29 gallon. Started doing 1/4 water changes with heated 24 hour aerated water once per day with 1/4-1/2 tps pickling salt per 5 gallons added. HITT lesions stopped spreading and are almost completely healed and fish started eating but is still has symtoms listed above.
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)
Turning dark at times, eats sparingly,the fish is thin, clamps fins at times, twitches at times.
Have not noticed any white or stringy feces or witnessed any glancing behavior.
3. What medications/ treatments that you have already tried and results. Include dosages and duration of treatment.
None, purchased some Metro thinking it might be Hex but have seen no white feces so did not treat.
Added to salt because it seemed to help in the past with HITT lesions on other cichlid species I have kept.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and age, number and size of fish
29 gallon, Has been set up a long time, has the one discus in it only.
5. Water change regime/ how long has tank been running/ bare bottom or gravel/ do you age your water?
1/4 water change every 1-2 days with heated aerated water and 1/4-1/2 tps non iodinized salt
6 Parameters and water source;
- temp _84___
- ph __7.6___
- ammonia reading _0___
- nitrite reading __not taken__
- nitrate reading ___<5 ppm_
- well water ____
- municipal water _yes___DH 3
7. Any new fish/plants added recently
no
Problem
1. Please explain the problems with your fish/when and how they started
Discus is dark (at times) particularly in back 2/3 of body, shows stress bars most of the time, clamps fins and twitches occassionally. Eats but not as much or as aggressively as a normal healthy fish.
Started a couple weeks ago (I think I may have stressed the fish by doing water changes without first aerating the water) At one point the fish was dark all the time, not eating and had HITT type pitting. Quarantined fish in 29 gallon. Started doing 1/4 water changes with heated 24 hour aerated water once per day with 1/4-1/2 tps pickling salt per 5 gallons added. HITT lesions stopped spreading and are almost completely healed and fish started eating but is still has symtoms listed above.
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)
Turning dark at times, eats sparingly,the fish is thin, clamps fins at times, twitches at times.
Have not noticed any white or stringy feces or witnessed any glancing behavior.
3. What medications/ treatments that you have already tried and results. Include dosages and duration of treatment.
None, purchased some Metro thinking it might be Hex but have seen no white feces so did not treat.
Added to salt because it seemed to help in the past with HITT lesions on other cichlid species I have kept.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and age, number and size of fish
29 gallon, Has been set up a long time, has the one discus in it only.
5. Water change regime/ how long has tank been running/ bare bottom or gravel/ do you age your water?
1/4 water change every 1-2 days with heated aerated water and 1/4-1/2 tps non iodinized salt
6 Parameters and water source;
- temp _84___
- ph __7.6___
- ammonia reading _0___
- nitrite reading __not taken__
- nitrate reading ___<5 ppm_
- well water ____
- municipal water _yes___DH 3
7. Any new fish/plants added recently
no