ok my friend has a GT about 6 inches its lower lip turned white and like puffed out all his other fish are fine. but then today the lower lip is like melting or fulling off help please.
GT help
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1. What is the size of your tank? 46 bowfront
2. What are your water parameters? State the brand of test kit used. all are ok and liqued test tubes
3. Is your aquarium set up freshwater or brackish water? freshwater
4. How long the aquarium has been set up? 3 years
5. What fish do you have? How many are in your tank? How big are they? How long have you had them? 8 all are about 4-5 inch but the GT is 6-7 inches 6 months
6. Were the fish placed under quarantine period (minus the first batch from the point wherein the tank is ready to accommodate the inhabitants)? no
7. What temperature is the tank water currently? 71
8. Are there live plants in the aquarium? no
9. What filter are you using? State brand, maintenance routine and power capacity. 304 fluval, 720 magnum both are canisters
10. Any other equipment used (aside from heater and filter which are two very important components of the tank)? lights and air wond
11. Does your aquarium receive natural sunlight at any given part of the day? What is your lighting schedule (assuming you do not rely on sunlight for our viewing pleasure)? no nope
12. When did you perform your last water change and how much water was changed? How often do you change your water? Do you vacuum the substrate? last week 30% not very about 1 every 3 weeks yes ti vacuum
13. What foods do you provide your fish? What is the feeding schedule? omega and one time every day
14. What unusual signs have you observed in your fish? loss of color and messed up lips
15. Have you treated your fish ahead of diagnosis? If so, what treatments did you use? State your reasons for planning ahead of proper diagnosis. nope yet
16. Insert photos of fish in question and full tank shot if necessary.
2. What are your water parameters? State the brand of test kit used. all are ok and liqued test tubes
3. Is your aquarium set up freshwater or brackish water? freshwater
4. How long the aquarium has been set up? 3 years
5. What fish do you have? How many are in your tank? How big are they? How long have you had them? 8 all are about 4-5 inch but the GT is 6-7 inches 6 months
6. Were the fish placed under quarantine period (minus the first batch from the point wherein the tank is ready to accommodate the inhabitants)? no
7. What temperature is the tank water currently? 71
8. Are there live plants in the aquarium? no
9. What filter are you using? State brand, maintenance routine and power capacity. 304 fluval, 720 magnum both are canisters
10. Any other equipment used (aside from heater and filter which are two very important components of the tank)? lights and air wond
11. Does your aquarium receive natural sunlight at any given part of the day? What is your lighting schedule (assuming you do not rely on sunlight for our viewing pleasure)? no nope
12. When did you perform your last water change and how much water was changed? How often do you change your water? Do you vacuum the substrate? last week 30% not very about 1 every 3 weeks yes ti vacuum
13. What foods do you provide your fish? What is the feeding schedule? omega and one time every day
14. What unusual signs have you observed in your fish? loss of color and messed up lips
15. Have you treated your fish ahead of diagnosis? If so, what treatments did you use? State your reasons for planning ahead of proper diagnosis. nope yet
16. Insert photos of fish in question and full tank shot if necessary.
I'm not going to shout at you...just depressed at the maintenance of your friend's tank.
What you can do here is get a sponge filter or HOB, a heater and a spare tank/tub at least 15g. Make sure filter is already cycled or borrow established media from other tanks. Keep temperature at 80 degrees and start doing daily water changes. Add sodium chloride (no ferrous cyanide/yellow prussiate) at a teaspoon per gallon. Add another set after 12 hours and the last one for another 12 hours to sum up 3 tsp per gallon. For every water change, salt needs to be redosed per water volume changed. Keep the concentration consistent for at least two weeks.
The fish needs a varied diet. If you can buy Vitachem, add that to the food and start supplementing the fish with shrimps, bloodworms, brine shrimps, etc, not just one brand of pellets which is absolutely lacking or limited of the much needed nutrition. You may use Centrum instead of Vitachem.
What you can do here is get a sponge filter or HOB, a heater and a spare tank/tub at least 15g. Make sure filter is already cycled or borrow established media from other tanks. Keep temperature at 80 degrees and start doing daily water changes. Add sodium chloride (no ferrous cyanide/yellow prussiate) at a teaspoon per gallon. Add another set after 12 hours and the last one for another 12 hours to sum up 3 tsp per gallon. For every water change, salt needs to be redosed per water volume changed. Keep the concentration consistent for at least two weeks.
The fish needs a varied diet. If you can buy Vitachem, add that to the food and start supplementing the fish with shrimps, bloodworms, brine shrimps, etc, not just one brand of pellets which is absolutely lacking or limited of the much needed nutrition. You may use Centrum instead of Vitachem.