kirkland795
Aquarium Advice Regular
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- Mar 7, 2014
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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.).
My discus fish has faint lines down both sides of his body. If you look at him right you can see his slime coat is disturbed showing multiple irregular lines down both his sides almost like claw marks. They do not go into the flesh at all. He has a little bit of excess slime growth on his body. I noticed he was hiding at feeding time which is very unusual so I suspect he isn't feeling well. Any idea as to how this happened? What can I do.
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
Ammonia:0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 5 Temp: 82 pH: 7.5
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
It's been set up for about a year. It is a 60 gallon
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
I have a marine land double biowheel that does 400gph and a canister that does 350gph
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
I have 5 discus total, 3 zebra danios, 2 apple snails, 1 mystery snail
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?
I did a 50% water change today. I change 50% every other day. I keep a bare bottom tank.
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
I have had 2 of my discus for 9 months and 3 of them including the one I am having issues with for 3 months.
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.? none
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?\
No recent change. I feed beef heart, blood worms, frozen carnivore mix, and flakes.
My discus fish has faint lines down both sides of his body. If you look at him right you can see his slime coat is disturbed showing multiple irregular lines down both his sides almost like claw marks. They do not go into the flesh at all. He has a little bit of excess slime growth on his body. I noticed he was hiding at feeding time which is very unusual so I suspect he isn't feeling well. Any idea as to how this happened? What can I do.
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
Ammonia:0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 5 Temp: 82 pH: 7.5
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
It's been set up for about a year. It is a 60 gallon
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
I have a marine land double biowheel that does 400gph and a canister that does 350gph
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
I have 5 discus total, 3 zebra danios, 2 apple snails, 1 mystery snail
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?
I did a 50% water change today. I change 50% every other day. I keep a bare bottom tank.
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
I have had 2 of my discus for 9 months and 3 of them including the one I am having issues with for 3 months.
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.? none
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?\
No recent change. I feed beef heart, blood worms, frozen carnivore mix, and flakes.
