GouramiFanatic
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Ammonia = 0ppm
Nitrite = 0ppm
Nitrate = 2ppm (after a few water changes - it was 40-80ppm)
Ph = 8.0
Earlier this week I noticed one of my Bolivian Rams was having a bit of difficulty swimming. Nothing drastic, it just kind of tilted on it's side a little bit. It was still eating so I wasn't overly concerned yet. I was treating the entire tank for Parasites using both the heat method (with high aeration) and a mixture of Jungle Parasite Clear (I couldn't find Guard anywhere!) and also Melafix. I was also doing frequent PWC to help with the parasites and to lower my Nitrates which somehow got way to high (I was adding chlorine remover after each PWC). It's condition seemed to be staying the same up until this evening. Now it's still swimming on it's side, but it's almost completely parallel to the substrate. It'll correct itself and swim normally from time to time, but it seems to have a hard time moving it's tail properly. A few minutes ago just as I was getting up to shut everything off it started flipping out - literally! It was doing somersaults and then it suddenly stopped and rested on the gravel while keeping an upright position. Sorry to get so graphic, but right now it has a little bit of poop (brown) sticking out . Any ideas on what this is and how I should treat it? None of the other fish have shown any of these symptoms, in fact they all seem to be perfectly fine and happy with everything.
Nitrite = 0ppm
Nitrate = 2ppm (after a few water changes - it was 40-80ppm)
Ph = 8.0
Earlier this week I noticed one of my Bolivian Rams was having a bit of difficulty swimming. Nothing drastic, it just kind of tilted on it's side a little bit. It was still eating so I wasn't overly concerned yet. I was treating the entire tank for Parasites using both the heat method (with high aeration) and a mixture of Jungle Parasite Clear (I couldn't find Guard anywhere!) and also Melafix. I was also doing frequent PWC to help with the parasites and to lower my Nitrates which somehow got way to high (I was adding chlorine remover after each PWC). It's condition seemed to be staying the same up until this evening. Now it's still swimming on it's side, but it's almost completely parallel to the substrate. It'll correct itself and swim normally from time to time, but it seems to have a hard time moving it's tail properly. A few minutes ago just as I was getting up to shut everything off it started flipping out - literally! It was doing somersaults and then it suddenly stopped and rested on the gravel while keeping an upright position. Sorry to get so graphic, but right now it has a little bit of poop (brown) sticking out . Any ideas on what this is and how I should treat it? None of the other fish have shown any of these symptoms, in fact they all seem to be perfectly fine and happy with everything.