Just a few questions

[MrMiyagi]

Ok I've got my 10g setup now and it's been doing pretty good. It has completely cycled and i've stocked it with some fish. Right now i have 1 powder blue gourami, 3 orange flame tetras(von rio tetras), and 2 neon tetras(plus one from my uncle's tank). They are all doing ok, the gourami is a bit on the aggressive side but just when it comes to eating. He doesn't mess with the other fish, he just eats faster than they do. I also HAD 2 snails in there but one was suicidal and crawled out. He's been out for maybe 2 days but he's alive and going still 8O .

There is one small problem though. On my gourami I noticed, not too long after i got him, that he had a rough patch on his scales. It's towards dorsal fin and it doesn't look bad or anything but it's kinda odd. Then on one of my flame tetras I see a kinda red spot behind his left pectoral fin. On all the other flames it looks similar but it might just be their little organs. This one looks like it's a bit more raw. I don't know if i'm over reacting but i just wanna make sure everything is going ok.

Should i be worried? I'm already raising the temperature a bit anyways to help out my uncle's neon. But should i add some salt just to be on the safe side?

 

[dr_girlfriend]

Hi mrmiyagi, could you answer the following questions that you havent already so we can help you out better? And any pics would be great too. Thanks!


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.).
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
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?
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
9A~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?

 

[MrMiyagi]

Ok, the tank this is happening in is a 10g. I'm running an aquaclear 20 on it with a normal sponge block in it, a little bit of carbon, and some EHFISUBSTRAT in there too. It runs at 100 gph. The tank has been setup for about a month now. I introduce the fish last week. I have:
1 male powder blue gourami
3 orange von rio tetras
2 neon tetras
2 gold snails
All the fish are small. none of the tetras are over an ince yet and the gourami is about 1 3/4 inches.
When I got them I did a 15min acclimation with them all. Adding a bit of water every 5 min.
Right now i'm feeding them flakes but i wanna go buy some bloodworms and spirulina disks just for some variation.
I do 25% water changes weekly and wanna do a 50% every month. Haven't hit the one month mark yet.
My chem lvls are:
Ammonia- 0.1ppm
Nitrite - .25ppm
Nitrate - 7.0ppm
pH - 7.0
GH - 120ppm
KH - 70ppm

Last night i noticed that one flame tetra did have what looked like a sore behind his left pectoral fin. The gourami has a rough spot on his right side towards his dorsal fin. It looks like the scales have been scraped and are like peeling.

maybe i could get a webcam today to take some pics but I don't have a camera right now to take pics of them.

 

[MrMiyagi]

oh yea the temp is at a steady 79-80 deg. F