iMiscalculated
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hello, I have a couple Panda Tetras with some odd growths on them. First here are the questions that I am supposed to answer.
1~What type of fish is afflicted?
Panda Tetra
Orange spherical pinhead size growths.
Fish behaving normally.
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)?
Will get these later, I don't remember them from last night. They all showed in the safe/0/good levels on the test strips. (Liquid test kit is being shipped as we speak)
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
55 Gallons
Been set up for a week, started with used decorations and filter media from a smaller tank.
4~What type of filtration are you using?
Aqueon 55/75
5~How many fish are in the tank?
5 Panda Tetras 1" - 1.5"
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? 8-24
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
I have had the fish one week. They came with the used tank. The tank was in rough shape and I had to empty and completely clean the tank. I did not have a sufficent tank to hold them for a full month while it cycled. Acclimated them by putting them in a floating bowl and adding tank water over about an hour. They had the growths when I received them.
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
New set up of an old tank, mostly a clean start.
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
Tropical Fish Flakes
These fish came with the used tank I bought. They had these growths when I received them.
Does anyone know what the growths are?
How should I treat the Growths?
What should I do to protect future tank residents?
1~What type of fish is afflicted?
Panda Tetra
Orange spherical pinhead size growths.
Fish behaving normally.
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)?
Will get these later, I don't remember them from last night. They all showed in the safe/0/good levels on the test strips. (Liquid test kit is being shipped as we speak)
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
55 Gallons
Been set up for a week, started with used decorations and filter media from a smaller tank.
4~What type of filtration are you using?
Aqueon 55/75
5~How many fish are in the tank?
5 Panda Tetras 1" - 1.5"
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? 8-24
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
I have had the fish one week. They came with the used tank. The tank was in rough shape and I had to empty and completely clean the tank. I did not have a sufficent tank to hold them for a full month while it cycled. Acclimated them by putting them in a floating bowl and adding tank water over about an hour. They had the growths when I received them.
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
New set up of an old tank, mostly a clean start.
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
Tropical Fish Flakes
These fish came with the used tank I bought. They had these growths when I received them.
Does anyone know what the growths are?
How should I treat the Growths?
What should I do to protect future tank residents?
