Q1. 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.).
All fish appear to have irritated gills, reddish. 1 gourami died last night. I'm a newbie to the hobby so not sure what to look, don't see anything else strange.
Q2. What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
PH=7.4, Ammo=0ppm, Nitrites=0ppm, Nitrates=10ppm, Temp=79, Soft Water
Q3. How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
46 gallons, Started fish cycle in March, finished end of April 06.
Q4. What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
Millenium 3000 HOB Filter, est. 295gph.
Q5. How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
6 Zebra Danios (varied 1-2"), 5 Harlequin Rasboras (all 1"), 1 Gold Dwarf Gourami (~3"), (1 deceased 3" neon dw. gourami).
Q6. 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?
Last water change and gravel vac done last Friday, Jun 30th. about 20%. I'm pretty good at doing 20% water changes each weekend.
Q7. How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
Danios cycled the tank, started with 4 in march, after cycle, added 2 more, couple weeks later added 5 rasboras, a couple weeks later added the 2 dw. gouramis. During this period, I only noticed small nitrite increases in which extra 15%-20% water changes were performed to keep levels down. I acclimated fish 30 minutes in bag for temp adjustment, then added about 2-3 ouces of tank water to their bag over 15 minute increments until full, then netted fish from their bag and put into tank, discarding bag water in sink.
Q8. Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
No new decor, did start using a new decholirinator about 3 weeks ago, ran out of my original Jungle "Start Right", and started using Tetra AquaSafe. Also started adding recommended dosage of Tetra EasyBalance with Nitraban, which I'm afraid is causing the problem, but not sure.
Q9. What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
Standard tropical flake, I did give them a bit of a new food a week ago which sunk to the bottom too fast, it was a "crunchy" type of flake that the deceased gourami seemed to really like, but I changed back to the flake since the "crunchies" went to the bottom before the other fish noticed them.
I may be over reacting, but it appears to me that the gills of the all the fish are red, and don't remember noticing it before, I'll attach some pic's of my gourami, she's hard to photograh so excuse the blurriness. Is there anything I can do?
All fish appear to have irritated gills, reddish. 1 gourami died last night. I'm a newbie to the hobby so not sure what to look, don't see anything else strange.
Q2. What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
PH=7.4, Ammo=0ppm, Nitrites=0ppm, Nitrates=10ppm, Temp=79, Soft Water
Q3. How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
46 gallons, Started fish cycle in March, finished end of April 06.
Q4. What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
Millenium 3000 HOB Filter, est. 295gph.
Q5. How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
6 Zebra Danios (varied 1-2"), 5 Harlequin Rasboras (all 1"), 1 Gold Dwarf Gourami (~3"), (1 deceased 3" neon dw. gourami).
Q6. 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?
Last water change and gravel vac done last Friday, Jun 30th. about 20%. I'm pretty good at doing 20% water changes each weekend.
Q7. How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
Danios cycled the tank, started with 4 in march, after cycle, added 2 more, couple weeks later added 5 rasboras, a couple weeks later added the 2 dw. gouramis. During this period, I only noticed small nitrite increases in which extra 15%-20% water changes were performed to keep levels down. I acclimated fish 30 minutes in bag for temp adjustment, then added about 2-3 ouces of tank water to their bag over 15 minute increments until full, then netted fish from their bag and put into tank, discarding bag water in sink.
Q8. Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
No new decor, did start using a new decholirinator about 3 weeks ago, ran out of my original Jungle "Start Right", and started using Tetra AquaSafe. Also started adding recommended dosage of Tetra EasyBalance with Nitraban, which I'm afraid is causing the problem, but not sure.
Q9. What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
Standard tropical flake, I did give them a bit of a new food a week ago which sunk to the bottom too fast, it was a "crunchy" type of flake that the deceased gourami seemed to really like, but I changed back to the flake since the "crunchies" went to the bottom before the other fish noticed them.
I may be over reacting, but it appears to me that the gills of the all the fish are red, and don't remember noticing it before, I'll attach some pic's of my gourami, she's hard to photograh so excuse the blurriness. Is there anything I can do?