1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability
Fish are extremely stressed due to I'm having to do excessive water changes from Nitrate level being really high and treating tank with kordon rid ich (not for ich, but a possible other parasite)
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
Ammonia 0
Ph 7.4
Nitrite 0
Nitrate before i did water change 60ppm (have to check again tomorrow)
Tank temp 80
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
The tank is a 55 gallon has been set up 4 years
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
Fluval aqua clear 110/70 gph
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
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2 juvenile angels
2 adult Columbia tetras
2 youth turquoise rainbows
1 juvenile panda garra
1 juvenile calico bristle nose
3 young odessa barbs
1 young neon tetra
2 young glo lite danios
1 young flag fish
1 young bumble bee catfish
3 young red eye tetras
2 adolescent albino tetra
1 adolescent lemon tetra
1 adult zebra tetra
2 juvenile Bueno Aires tetras
1 Harlequin Rasbora _____________________________________
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?
3 hours ago (8 pm est), 35% with 40% gravel vacuum, i usually do this weekly but have been doing it daily for the past 5 days while using kordon rid ick, 25-30% weekly is my normal routine, but going to have to do it more frequent cause of the Nitrate level. Still have to put my fish in the advisor site which i don't know how to use.
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
There are no new fish in the tank unless 5 months is new and that would be the 3 odessa barbs, i acclimated them by floating the bag in the tank for 30-40 minutes (probably not the correct way to do this)
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
No new decor, use the same dechlorinator (prime), and kordon rid ich
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
I've always fed them cobalt probiotics fish flakes, and blanched zucchini /cucumber every 2 weeks
Have not changed
So i don't know if the stress is from the rid ick treatment, or the excessive water changes.. i see a lot of aggression from my angels and what looks to be twitching from a couple others primarily the red eye tetras and odessa barbs, is there anything i can do to relieve the stress besides leaving the tank alone as i don't have that option right now, i have no choice but to do water changes from rid ich treatment and high nitrates, Any help would be appreciated ty.
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Fish are extremely stressed due to I'm having to do excessive water changes from Nitrate level being really high and treating tank with kordon rid ich (not for ich, but a possible other parasite)
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
Ammonia 0
Ph 7.4
Nitrite 0
Nitrate before i did water change 60ppm (have to check again tomorrow)
Tank temp 80
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
The tank is a 55 gallon has been set up 4 years
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
Fluval aqua clear 110/70 gph
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
26
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2 juvenile angels
2 adult Columbia tetras
2 youth turquoise rainbows
1 juvenile panda garra
1 juvenile calico bristle nose
3 young odessa barbs
1 young neon tetra
2 young glo lite danios
1 young flag fish
1 young bumble bee catfish
3 young red eye tetras
2 adolescent albino tetra
1 adolescent lemon tetra
1 adult zebra tetra
2 juvenile Bueno Aires tetras
1 Harlequin Rasbora _____________________________________
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?
3 hours ago (8 pm est), 35% with 40% gravel vacuum, i usually do this weekly but have been doing it daily for the past 5 days while using kordon rid ick, 25-30% weekly is my normal routine, but going to have to do it more frequent cause of the Nitrate level. Still have to put my fish in the advisor site which i don't know how to use.
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
There are no new fish in the tank unless 5 months is new and that would be the 3 odessa barbs, i acclimated them by floating the bag in the tank for 30-40 minutes (probably not the correct way to do this)
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
No new decor, use the same dechlorinator (prime), and kordon rid ich
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
I've always fed them cobalt probiotics fish flakes, and blanched zucchini /cucumber every 2 weeks
Have not changed
So i don't know if the stress is from the rid ick treatment, or the excessive water changes.. i see a lot of aggression from my angels and what looks to be twitching from a couple others primarily the red eye tetras and odessa barbs, is there anything i can do to relieve the stress besides leaving the tank alone as i don't have that option right now, i have no choice but to do water changes from rid ich treatment and high nitrates, Any help would be appreciated ty.
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