Gold Severum Not Moving That Much And Has White Dry Skin On It

[duanes]

A few questions to help diagnose.
How long has the tank been set up?
How often, and how much water do you change during water changes?
Is your tap water hard or soft?
And as asked above what is its pH?
What is pH immediately before a water changes, what is pH immediately after?
Is anything aggressive going on between any of the fish?
Most fish diseases and maladies happen due to some kind of stress (unless a new infected fish was just added), and any of the above questions could answer whether or not one or more of the answers causes that stress.
If you don't know the pH of the tap, it can sometimes be found in the info section of your water bill, or you can simple call your water provider and ask.

 

[duanes]

A few questions to help diagnose.
How long has the tank been set up?
How often, and how much water do you change during water changes?
Is your tap water hard or soft?
And as asked above what is its pH?
What is pH immediately before a water changes, what is pH immediately after?
Is anything aggressive going on between any of the fish?
Most fish diseases and maladies happen due to some kind of stress (unless a new infected fish was just added), and any of the above questions could answer whether or not one or more of the answers causes that stress.

 

[jonclark96]

The fish looks like it has been beat up by tank mates to me. My first treatment would be to separate the fish.

 

[ghurty]

I had added salt and had the lights off for most of each day the past week. He is moving a bit more but still pretty much the same. One of the eyes is more constricted then the other (see embedded picture). His tank mates are one other gold severum, a blood parrot and a PLeco. I do see the other gold severum nip this one at this one. This one is almost always tilters up and sometimes to his side. The water numbers are:
ph6
Nitrate 20
Ammonia 0

Any suggestions?

 

[kno4te]

Separate completely for now. Can add some maracyn2 for the eye. Keep the water clean.

 

[ghurty]

What is the minimum tank size? What type of filter do I need? I dont want to go from bad to worse.

Thank you

 

[kno4te]

What is the minimum tank size? What type of filter do I need? I dont want to go from bad to worse.

Thank you

Would just get a Walmart plastic tote. Big as i can get and add a filter with old media. Can do a hang on aqua clear. The water will need to be checked daily no matter what. Water changes per the water parameters.