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05-09-2011, 02:57 PM
1. Please explain the problems with your fish/when and how they started
My fish is very thin; he was never really full-sized and is probably quite stunted, but has gotten thinner in the two months or so that I have had him. It's become a particular problem in the last 3-4 days as he has pretty much completely lost interest in food.
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)
Not eating, some hiding, some strange swimming sometimes, as if he's confused. Notices when food is added but can't seem to find his way to it. That is he moves in the food's general direction when it is added, even if he wasn't moving much before, but he doesn't seem to actually find food when it is around. Some headstanding, although I really only just noticed this (except when sleeping) so it may be new.
3. What medications/ treatments that you have already tried and results. Include dosages and duration of treatment.
None.
4. Tank size and age, number and size of fish
36 gallons, tank has been up for about 10 weeks, discus have been in it for about 6 weeks. 3 small discus, this one is probably about 2'', there's a turq that's a little bigger but still probably under 3'', and the pigeon is probably over 3'' now. At present there is 1 cory in there as well.
5. Water change regime/ how long has tank been running/ bare bottom or gravel/ do you age your water?
40-50% changes every 2-3 days, gravel, no aging, lightly planted.
Temp: 80 (not giving thermometer enough time to calibrate made me think it was warmer, am planning to turn up heater a little bit)
pH: 7.4 (between 7.2 and 7.6)
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: between 5 and 10 (this is on the day of a WC but before the WC by the way)
Municipal water.
No new fish or plants.
Other comments: food is flake, beefheart, and shrimp pellets (though the discus don't eat much of the shrimp pellets); the larger pigeon does pick on this fish some. Tap water is pH 7.6 or so, so I don't think aging is especially necessary (otherwise the tank pH would be quite a bit lower, yes?)
My fish is very thin; he was never really full-sized and is probably quite stunted, but has gotten thinner in the two months or so that I have had him. It's become a particular problem in the last 3-4 days as he has pretty much completely lost interest in food.
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)
Not eating, some hiding, some strange swimming sometimes, as if he's confused. Notices when food is added but can't seem to find his way to it. That is he moves in the food's general direction when it is added, even if he wasn't moving much before, but he doesn't seem to actually find food when it is around. Some headstanding, although I really only just noticed this (except when sleeping) so it may be new.
3. What medications/ treatments that you have already tried and results. Include dosages and duration of treatment.
None.
4. Tank size and age, number and size of fish
36 gallons, tank has been up for about 10 weeks, discus have been in it for about 6 weeks. 3 small discus, this one is probably about 2'', there's a turq that's a little bigger but still probably under 3'', and the pigeon is probably over 3'' now. At present there is 1 cory in there as well.
5. Water change regime/ how long has tank been running/ bare bottom or gravel/ do you age your water?
40-50% changes every 2-3 days, gravel, no aging, lightly planted.
Temp: 80 (not giving thermometer enough time to calibrate made me think it was warmer, am planning to turn up heater a little bit)
pH: 7.4 (between 7.2 and 7.6)
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: between 5 and 10 (this is on the day of a WC but before the WC by the way)
Municipal water.
No new fish or plants.
Other comments: food is flake, beefheart, and shrimp pellets (though the discus don't eat much of the shrimp pellets); the larger pigeon does pick on this fish some. Tap water is pH 7.6 or so, so I don't think aging is especially necessary (otherwise the tank pH would be quite a bit lower, yes?)