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.).
A juvenile Acei. His dorsal fin is rotting away at the bits between spikes. His lower end is going see thru almost and he has a cottony looking growth over his anal fin
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
ammonia 0.5 is best i can do with dip stick
nitrate less than 20 ppm
nitrite 0.2
hardness about 125GH
Chlorine 0
alkalinity 10
pH 7.6
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
10 gallon about a month
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
penguin 150
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
2 2" pleco
2 1" lab
2 1" acei
2 1" clown loach
1 lace catfish
all from same store
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?
25% water change the daybefore the fish arrived (2 days ago)
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
floated the bags for 15 minutes, added a cup of tankwater to bags then netted the fish out after 15 minutes
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
added a piece of coral to up the hardness.. out of a bag i rinsed it and then put it in the tank
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
cichlid pellets and some spiruliina flakes.. don't know what LFS was feeding
Other info... i noticed that the other acei had fungus on his mouth last night and added a dose of pimafix (about 3 1/2 ml, because the clown loach are in and i didn't want to od them)
he's moping around a bit, and i don't want him to die.. please help
A juvenile Acei. His dorsal fin is rotting away at the bits between spikes. His lower end is going see thru almost and he has a cottony looking growth over his anal fin
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
ammonia 0.5 is best i can do with dip stick
nitrate less than 20 ppm
nitrite 0.2
hardness about 125GH
Chlorine 0
alkalinity 10
pH 7.6
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
10 gallon about a month
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
penguin 150
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
2 2" pleco
2 1" lab
2 1" acei
2 1" clown loach
1 lace catfish
all from same store
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?
25% water change the daybefore the fish arrived (2 days ago)
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
floated the bags for 15 minutes, added a cup of tankwater to bags then netted the fish out after 15 minutes
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
added a piece of coral to up the hardness.. out of a bag i rinsed it and then put it in the tank
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
cichlid pellets and some spiruliina flakes.. don't know what LFS was feeding
Other info... i noticed that the other acei had fungus on his mouth last night and added a dose of pimafix (about 3 1/2 ml, because the clown loach are in and i didn't want to od them)
he's moping around a bit, and i don't want him to die.. please help