Problem
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
I just purchased 8 new discus im on day 3 of quarintine
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).
Some aren't eating, clamped fins and white tips on fins and some damaged fins and popeye but only one eye not both.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
4 tbs of aquarium salt of after every waterchange
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
50 gallon tank
8 fish ranging from 3" to 6"
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
80 percent daily
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
5 months
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
No
8. What type/brand water conditioner do you use? Do you add it to the tank or aging barrel? How much do you use?
Add prime to tank
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 88
- ph __7.6
- ammonia reading ____0
- nitrite reading ____0
- nitrate reading ____5ppm
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 ____straight tap water
- 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.
Flakes, brineshrimp and granules
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.
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
I just purchased 8 new discus im on day 3 of quarintine
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).
Some aren't eating, clamped fins and white tips on fins and some damaged fins and popeye but only one eye not both.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
4 tbs of aquarium salt of after every waterchange
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
50 gallon tank
8 fish ranging from 3" to 6"
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
80 percent daily
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
5 months
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
No
8. What type/brand water conditioner do you use? Do you add it to the tank or aging barrel? How much do you use?
Add prime to tank
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 88
- ph __7.6
- ammonia reading ____0
- nitrite reading ____0
- nitrate reading ____5ppm
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 ____straight tap water
- 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.
Flakes, brineshrimp and granules
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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