Hi Everyone, I am new around here and really need your help!!
1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth, bloated, etc.).
Blue Ram Cichlid
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm
Nitrates - 0ppm
Temp - 81F
PH - 8.4
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
15 Gallon, 3 months
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
Tetra Model T1
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
9 Cardinal Tetra, 9 Amano Shrimp, 1 Blue Ram Cichlid
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? How often do you do this? How much water do you remove at a time?
2 Days ago. Once per week, 20% approximately. This is enough to keep my A/N/N at 0ppm consistently.
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
1 month
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
Added medication to treat fish with dropsy (Neon Tetra, died) and my other blue ram which died yesterday (had fin rot, didn't eat, died). Used paraguard and melafix
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
North Fin Community food.
One week ago one of my cardinal tetras became ill with dropsy. I was treating my other blue ram with Melafix for fin rot it sustained from injury, so just continued this treatment, but unfortunately it died. 3 Days ago the blue ram with fin rot started acting strangely, staying near the bottom and very inactive, and did not eat. It died today and I could see no other lesions aside from the fin rot.
This same time my other cichlid developed a white growth on its head. I have been treating the tank with paraguard, but I am not quite sure what exactly is wrong. Please help if you can, I really would not like anymore fish to die
Behaviourally it is acting a bit strange, it seems more excited than usual. It is still eating just fine. The white spot in the picture looks flat, but when it first started developing it looked a bit fuzzy. Now it looks more depressed.
If you need more pictures, let me know. PLEASE HELP!
1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth, bloated, etc.).
Blue Ram Cichlid
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm
Nitrates - 0ppm
Temp - 81F
PH - 8.4
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
15 Gallon, 3 months
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
Tetra Model T1
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
9 Cardinal Tetra, 9 Amano Shrimp, 1 Blue Ram Cichlid
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? How often do you do this? How much water do you remove at a time?
2 Days ago. Once per week, 20% approximately. This is enough to keep my A/N/N at 0ppm consistently.
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
1 month
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
Added medication to treat fish with dropsy (Neon Tetra, died) and my other blue ram which died yesterday (had fin rot, didn't eat, died). Used paraguard and melafix
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
North Fin Community food.
One week ago one of my cardinal tetras became ill with dropsy. I was treating my other blue ram with Melafix for fin rot it sustained from injury, so just continued this treatment, but unfortunately it died. 3 Days ago the blue ram with fin rot started acting strangely, staying near the bottom and very inactive, and did not eat. It died today and I could see no other lesions aside from the fin rot.
This same time my other cichlid developed a white growth on its head. I have been treating the tank with paraguard, but I am not quite sure what exactly is wrong. Please help if you can, I really would not like anymore fish to die
Behaviourally it is acting a bit strange, it seems more excited than usual. It is still eating just fine. The white spot in the picture looks flat, but when it first started developing it looked a bit fuzzy. Now it looks more depressed. If you need more pictures, let me know. PLEASE HELP!
