LRPRESTO
Fish Fanatic
Tank size: 45 gallon
pH: 7.6
ammonia: 0.25
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 10
tank temp: 72 f.
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): I have a black moor that looked like one eye was a little cloudy(better now), two white cotton spots on my orange oranda, one white oranda (with an orange head) with just three or four white ick looking spots (looking better that before but still there) and a baby pearl scale that is just hanging out at the bottom of the tank swimming off balance at times and not eating.(no noticable problems to body)
Volume and Frequency of water changes: I have been doing water changes about every other day for the last two weeks since noticing the different problems in the fish. I usually do a 20 gallon change but yesterday I did a 35 gallon change
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: I use Amquel Plus and Cycle (1 tsp of cycle, 1\2 tsp of Amquel and 2 tsp of aquarium salt per 5 gallon bucket when I change the water) for filters I have one whisper 60 and one emperor 280 (emperor now has Pro-Z zeolite crystals in the media filter just started yesterday)
Tank inhabitants: I have two small (about 2 1\2 inches long from head to tail fin) white orandas with orange heads, one orange oranda (about 5 inches long), one calico pearl scale (about 5 inches long), one white and orange pearl scale ( about an inch long if that) One black moor (about 4 inches long) and a loach (long skinny snake looking thing)
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): The loach was added yesterday in hopes to keep waste down. After the water change I added some melafix.
Exposure to chemicals: I put maracyn in a week and a half ago in hopes that it was broad spectrum enough to help them all. The black moor's eye isn't cloudy anymore, the white spots on the white oranda look better too. There is no change on the orange oranda (but his cotton looking spots are where he had some tears a few weeks ago. I think he got it caught on the fiber optic ship's steam stacks which have now been trimmed down so no one gets hurt) and yesterday I noticed the baby pearl scale was hanging out at the bottom of the tank and not eating. I did a 90% water change hoping that would help but today he was still hanging out at the bottom of the tank. I was going to move him to a small tank (I have set up just in case) but I had to get the dog to the groomers. When I came home to take him out I noticed him in the plastic plant (head down, tail up) I took him out and I noticed he has one eye missing now. He is swimming in the hospital tank now. He doesn't seem to be struggling at all to breath and is just floating around (glub-glubing) with the occasional fin flutter. The spot with the missing eye looks like it was a clean loss (no bleeding going on just a fully hallow spot where the eye used to be) any suggestions?? If he makes it through will he be okay without the eye or will the others pick on him? Thanks for helping me with this!
pH: 7.6
ammonia: 0.25
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 10
tank temp: 72 f.
Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): I have a black moor that looked like one eye was a little cloudy(better now), two white cotton spots on my orange oranda, one white oranda (with an orange head) with just three or four white ick looking spots (looking better that before but still there) and a baby pearl scale that is just hanging out at the bottom of the tank swimming off balance at times and not eating.(no noticable problems to body)
Volume and Frequency of water changes: I have been doing water changes about every other day for the last two weeks since noticing the different problems in the fish. I usually do a 20 gallon change but yesterday I did a 35 gallon change
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: I use Amquel Plus and Cycle (1 tsp of cycle, 1\2 tsp of Amquel and 2 tsp of aquarium salt per 5 gallon bucket when I change the water) for filters I have one whisper 60 and one emperor 280 (emperor now has Pro-Z zeolite crystals in the media filter just started yesterday)
Tank inhabitants: I have two small (about 2 1\2 inches long from head to tail fin) white orandas with orange heads, one orange oranda (about 5 inches long), one calico pearl scale (about 5 inches long), one white and orange pearl scale ( about an inch long if that) One black moor (about 4 inches long) and a loach (long skinny snake looking thing)
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): The loach was added yesterday in hopes to keep waste down. After the water change I added some melafix.
Exposure to chemicals: I put maracyn in a week and a half ago in hopes that it was broad spectrum enough to help them all. The black moor's eye isn't cloudy anymore, the white spots on the white oranda look better too. There is no change on the orange oranda (but his cotton looking spots are where he had some tears a few weeks ago. I think he got it caught on the fiber optic ship's steam stacks which have now been trimmed down so no one gets hurt) and yesterday I noticed the baby pearl scale was hanging out at the bottom of the tank and not eating. I did a 90% water change hoping that would help but today he was still hanging out at the bottom of the tank. I was going to move him to a small tank (I have set up just in case) but I had to get the dog to the groomers. When I came home to take him out I noticed him in the plastic plant (head down, tail up) I took him out and I noticed he has one eye missing now. He is swimming in the hospital tank now. He doesn't seem to be struggling at all to breath and is just floating around (glub-glubing) with the occasional fin flutter. The spot with the missing eye looks like it was a clean loss (no bleeding going on just a fully hallow spot where the eye used to be) any suggestions?? If he makes it through will he be okay without the eye or will the others pick on him? Thanks for helping me with this!
