hi there.. fistly, water parameters
nitrate 10 ppm
nitrite 0 ppm
hardness 120 ppm
chlorine 0 ppm
alkalinity about 80 ppm
ph 7.7 ish.. a little low..
now, the fish.
Mrs zeb has a little lesion on her fin, there are pics. Her remaining fins are a little ragged ( due to Mr Zeb),but yesterday she started moping around the bottom of the tank.She looked like she wanted to eat this morning, but she never actually ate anything. she swam to the top, but then swam back down again.
We recently added a pleco (12 in) to the tank after 2 weeks quarantine, and she spends a lot of time "hovering" i guess around him. She will swim away from him, then quickly swim back and touch him with some part of herself. I don't know if it's relevant, but definately new behaviour.. anyway, pics here..
oh, last night i treated with pimafix and melafix, just in case. the lesion looked like t had cottony bits on it, but i couldn't be sure, and with no other fish sick i wanted to keep it that way..
the first pic is the damage done,the second the actual lesion
nitrate 10 ppm
nitrite 0 ppm
hardness 120 ppm
chlorine 0 ppm
alkalinity about 80 ppm
ph 7.7 ish.. a little low..
now, the fish.
Mrs zeb has a little lesion on her fin, there are pics. Her remaining fins are a little ragged ( due to Mr Zeb),but yesterday she started moping around the bottom of the tank.She looked like she wanted to eat this morning, but she never actually ate anything. she swam to the top, but then swam back down again.
We recently added a pleco (12 in) to the tank after 2 weeks quarantine, and she spends a lot of time "hovering" i guess around him. She will swim away from him, then quickly swim back and touch him with some part of herself. I don't know if it's relevant, but definately new behaviour.. anyway, pics here..
oh, last night i treated with pimafix and melafix, just in case. the lesion looked like t had cottony bits on it, but i couldn't be sure, and with no other fish sick i wanted to keep it that way..
the first pic is the damage done,the second the actual lesion