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Tank size: rio 180. Planted - real plants. Fishless cycle completed two weeks ago - so a pretty new tank. No sign of ammonia or nitrite since addition of fish (have tested frequently as the tank is new) .
pH: 7.5
ammonia:0
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 40
using new bottles of api liquid tests
kH:
gH: unknown but tap water is fairly hard
Volume and Frequency of water changes: 25% weekly
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: dechlorinated water.
Tank inhabitants: 3 pearl gourami, 5 congo tetras, 2 Anomalochromis thomasi, 3 peacock gobies. None are full-grown.
Exposure to chemicals: None that I can think of other than dechlorinator. No sprays etc of any kind used in the room.
tank temp: 24C - but .....
A day or two after the tank was set up, my heater had a bit of a fit, and the temp went up to 31C - arghh. I did a water change with cooler water, and brought it down to 27C, and turned the heater down to get it back to 24C over the next couple of days. So that was a definite stressor - especially coming so soon after a change of environment from lfs to here.
Fish Symptoms One of my peacock gobies (Tateurndina ocellicauda)
( now isolated in hospital tank) is very, very pale and lethargic. In fact, she'd have a way to go even to be as lively as "lethargic". Several times I have thought she was dead already
I have been away on holiday for a week, and my fish were fed occasionally by a very experienced ex-fishkeeper neighbour. Not ideal to leave the tank so soon after it was set up, but my fishless cycle took considerably longer than I had anticipated. On my return, I couldn't find the goby in question. Hunted high and low, and decided that she must have died and been gobbled up by her tankmates
. Last night I found her (ie 2 days after my return) looking very grey and pathetic and lying on a leaf. As I have been away, I don't know how long she had been ill for - but if there had been anything terribly obvious, I think my neighbour would probably have noticed - especially as he was aware I had had a temperature problem, and was keeping a close eye on that for me.
The fish has no particular symptoms other than her startling loss of colour and vitality - and lack of appetite. No fungus, no finrot, no red streaks, no fluffy growths, lumps, bumps, sores, ulcers or wounds. No sign of ich, or velvet, or anything else that I have been able to find in book, the net or here. Her gills aren't red, her eyes are fine, she hasn't got a sign of fuzziness on her body. She doesn't look deformed. I haven't seen her poo. She doesn't look bloated, and there is no of pine-coning. Even her breathing looks normal.
Everybody else in the main tank is absolutely full of beans. Very colourful, inquisitive and active, eating well, with no signs of anything untoward in body or behaviour .
However, she looks very, very sick. I was *really* surprised that she was still alive this morning - to be honest, I had moved her to the hospital tank out of concern for her tankmates rather than in any hope that I could actually help *her*. As I have no clue what the matter is, I am at a loss as to how to treat her - or what, if anything, I should do to prevent whatever is wrong with her spreading .
I welcome any suggestions or advice
Tank size: rio 180. Planted - real plants. Fishless cycle completed two weeks ago - so a pretty new tank. No sign of ammonia or nitrite since addition of fish (have tested frequently as the tank is new) .
pH: 7.5
ammonia:0
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 40
using new bottles of api liquid tests
kH:
gH: unknown but tap water is fairly hard
Volume and Frequency of water changes: 25% weekly
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: dechlorinated water.
Tank inhabitants: 3 pearl gourami, 5 congo tetras, 2 Anomalochromis thomasi, 3 peacock gobies. None are full-grown.
Exposure to chemicals: None that I can think of other than dechlorinator. No sprays etc of any kind used in the room.
tank temp: 24C - but .....
A day or two after the tank was set up, my heater had a bit of a fit, and the temp went up to 31C - arghh. I did a water change with cooler water, and brought it down to 27C, and turned the heater down to get it back to 24C over the next couple of days. So that was a definite stressor - especially coming so soon after a change of environment from lfs to here.
Fish Symptoms One of my peacock gobies (Tateurndina ocellicauda)
( now isolated in hospital tank) is very, very pale and lethargic. In fact, she'd have a way to go even to be as lively as "lethargic". Several times I have thought she was dead already
I have been away on holiday for a week, and my fish were fed occasionally by a very experienced ex-fishkeeper neighbour. Not ideal to leave the tank so soon after it was set up, but my fishless cycle took considerably longer than I had anticipated. On my return, I couldn't find the goby in question. Hunted high and low, and decided that she must have died and been gobbled up by her tankmates
. Last night I found her (ie 2 days after my return) looking very grey and pathetic and lying on a leaf. As I have been away, I don't know how long she had been ill for - but if there had been anything terribly obvious, I think my neighbour would probably have noticed - especially as he was aware I had had a temperature problem, and was keeping a close eye on that for me. The fish has no particular symptoms other than her startling loss of colour and vitality - and lack of appetite. No fungus, no finrot, no red streaks, no fluffy growths, lumps, bumps, sores, ulcers or wounds. No sign of ich, or velvet, or anything else that I have been able to find in book, the net or here. Her gills aren't red, her eyes are fine, she hasn't got a sign of fuzziness on her body. She doesn't look deformed. I haven't seen her poo. She doesn't look bloated, and there is no of pine-coning. Even her breathing looks normal.
Everybody else in the main tank is absolutely full of beans. Very colourful, inquisitive and active, eating well, with no signs of anything untoward in body or behaviour .
However, she looks very, very sick. I was *really* surprised that she was still alive this morning - to be honest, I had moved her to the hospital tank out of concern for her tankmates rather than in any hope that I could actually help *her*. As I have no clue what the matter is, I am at a loss as to how to treat her - or what, if anything, I should do to prevent whatever is wrong with her spreading .
I welcome any suggestions or advice
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