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DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE
Problem: discus pair. One fish swimming head down but not all of the time.
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
The smaller discus started swimming with its head down. When food gets dropped, it swims normal for a couple of seconds but then goes back to swimming with its head down. This happened about 2 months ago and I’ve tried many treatments with no success. I believe she laid eggs during the breeding process and something happened. She has not laid eggs since then and I believe she is diseased.
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).
swimming with head down
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Metro for a week at 1 gram per 20 gallon daily. I also tried adding aquarium salt incase she was constipated but no change.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
1 year old 30 gallon tank with 2 discus.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
Every 4 days 80%z
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
barebottom and been running for over a year
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I do not age
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 add prime to the tank during water change
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.
- temp __82__
- ph ___8_
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading ___0_
- nitrate reading ___5_
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 ___100%_
- RO 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.
Beef heart mix twice daily
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.
Problem: discus pair. One fish swimming head down but not all of the time.
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
The smaller discus started swimming with its head down. When food gets dropped, it swims normal for a couple of seconds but then goes back to swimming with its head down. This happened about 2 months ago and I’ve tried many treatments with no success. I believe she laid eggs during the breeding process and something happened. She has not laid eggs since then and I believe she is diseased.
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).
swimming with head down
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Metro for a week at 1 gram per 20 gallon daily. I also tried adding aquarium salt incase she was constipated but no change.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
1 year old 30 gallon tank with 2 discus.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
Every 4 days 80%z
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
barebottom and been running for over a year
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I do not age
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 add prime to the tank during water change
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.
- temp __82__
- ph ___8_
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading ___0_
- nitrate reading ___5_
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 ___100%_
- RO 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.
Beef heart mix twice daily
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.
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