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Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
just asking why discus occasionally rub against air tubing of sponge filter. all eat well and rush to see me when i come to tank. robust behavior. is this behavior as innocent as fish just scrathching an itch or what.?
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).
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
3 wk 10-3inch discus 55gallon tank
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
80% every other day
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
3 wk running bb tank set-up
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
24 hr age water
8. What type/brand water conditioner do you use? Do you add it to the tank or aging barrel? How much do you use?
seachem prime add just before pumping water into tank from water barrel
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 ___86.5 f__
- ph _7.4____
- ammonia reading _1ppm___
- nitrite reading ___0ppm_
- nitrate reading __20 ppm__
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 ___x_
- 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.
hans pellets hikari bio gold
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.
just asking why discus occasionally rub against air tubing of sponge filter. all eat well and rush to see me when i come to tank. robust behavior. is this behavior as innocent as fish just scrathching an itch or what.?
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).
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
3 wk 10-3inch discus 55gallon tank
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
80% every other day
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
3 wk running bb tank set-up
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
24 hr age water
8. What type/brand water conditioner do you use? Do you add it to the tank or aging barrel? How much do you use?
seachem prime add just before pumping water into tank from water barrel
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 ___86.5 f__
- ph _7.4____
- ammonia reading _1ppm___
- nitrite reading ___0ppm_
- nitrate reading __20 ppm__
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 ___x_
- 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.
hans pellets hikari bio gold
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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