**sarahp**
Fishaholic
This is not an mega emergency - no deaths or anything - but I am a tad concerned about my tank.
Tank size: 440 litres
pH: 7.8
ammonia: 0ppm
nitrite: 0ppm
nitrate: 40ppm
kH:?
gH:?
tank temp: 25 degrees
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):
3 long finned pearl danios with very red gills. 1 is now flicking against the sand. No other symptoms
Volume and Frequency of water changes:
25% every week
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:
none
Tank inhabitants:
3 pearl danios, 3 zebra danios, 10 harlequin rasbora, 2 bosemani rainbow, 2 red-tailed banded rainbow, 2 blue rainbow, 2 opaline gourami, 6 sterbai cory, 6 trilineus cory, 2 khulies (yes i know they should be in bigger groups but 3 died and I dont wanna add more til I'm sure the tank is stable!) 1 rescue common pleco.
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):
none
Exposure to chemicals:
none
Digital photo (include if possible):
sorry they wont stay still.
Tank history;
was fishless cycled that completed end of August; all fish added at same time; water stats have been consistently good since tank was started; I have 8x filtration vis 2 external filters.
The only thing that has happened recently is we went away on holiday. My neighbour was coming in to feed the cats and unbeknown to me my OH asked her to feed the fish (I was just gonna let them get on with it!) anyway when OH went round to thank neighbour she said she thought she may have over fed them - that was an understatement and a half! There was poo all over the place - I've never seen so much in there; one of the gouramies looks pregnant it is so fat. I did an immediate water test (all ok) and water change and sand vac to remove poo. We got bak on Friday and I havent fed the fish since we returned home and they are still pooing for England - I dread to think how much food was going in.
Anyway - I wonder if the fish are now reacting to the over feeding or if they do have gill flukes that have been exacerbated by the food o/d. The pearl danios did have red gills before we went away but they were not flicking like they are now.
Any help much appreciated
Tank size: 440 litres
pH: 7.8
ammonia: 0ppm
nitrite: 0ppm
nitrate: 40ppm
kH:?
gH:?
tank temp: 25 degrees
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):
3 long finned pearl danios with very red gills. 1 is now flicking against the sand. No other symptoms
Volume and Frequency of water changes:
25% every week
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:
none
Tank inhabitants:
3 pearl danios, 3 zebra danios, 10 harlequin rasbora, 2 bosemani rainbow, 2 red-tailed banded rainbow, 2 blue rainbow, 2 opaline gourami, 6 sterbai cory, 6 trilineus cory, 2 khulies (yes i know they should be in bigger groups but 3 died and I dont wanna add more til I'm sure the tank is stable!) 1 rescue common pleco.
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):
none
Exposure to chemicals:
none
Digital photo (include if possible):
sorry they wont stay still.
Tank history;
was fishless cycled that completed end of August; all fish added at same time; water stats have been consistently good since tank was started; I have 8x filtration vis 2 external filters.
The only thing that has happened recently is we went away on holiday. My neighbour was coming in to feed the cats and unbeknown to me my OH asked her to feed the fish (I was just gonna let them get on with it!) anyway when OH went round to thank neighbour she said she thought she may have over fed them - that was an understatement and a half! There was poo all over the place - I've never seen so much in there; one of the gouramies looks pregnant it is so fat. I did an immediate water test (all ok) and water change and sand vac to remove poo. We got bak on Friday and I havent fed the fish since we returned home and they are still pooing for England - I dread to think how much food was going in.
Anyway - I wonder if the fish are now reacting to the over feeding or if they do have gill flukes that have been exacerbated by the food o/d. The pearl danios did have red gills before we went away but they were not flicking like they are now.
Any help much appreciated
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