Ok, so what is it? I what to cure him asap, help........
Sorry for the bad pictures, took it with my iPhone
Sorry for the bad pictures, took it with my iPhone
White stuff (not Ich)
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What are your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels? What size tank is he in? What type of filtration? Tankmates? Have there been any new additions lately? Have you attempted to treat it at all? What additives do you use in your water?
justonemoretank;3597428; said:
They look like flesh wounds, Im not sure if all this information is relevant. Seems like you enjoy going through the disease section asking this very same question over and over and over, without ever giving any real input.
uncwnells;3597598; said:
This information is always relevant. If they are just wounds, then water quality needs to be optimal in order to ensure they don't get infected and that they heal quickly. If they're some type of fungus or bacterial infection, those are almost always caused by water quality.
I'm sorry that you don't like my approach to helping people with their sick fish; however, I'd like for you to look further into these threads in which I ask the very same question over and over and give no input. You'll see that the problem is most often due to poor water quality, or if it's not, I at least try to help with disease ID and treatment.
A lot of people do think water quality is irrelevant; unfortunately, most of those are the people with sick fish.
Sorry, it just seemed like every thread that was just started has that same question, no matter what. We dont need to know their water parameters, they just need to know that they should be optimal, imo.
"Optimal" is relative. Some people think that low levels of ammonia and nitrite are okay, when they're not. The presence of these also determine whether a biological filter has been interrupted, and that's something that needs to be fixed in order for fish to be healthy. In addition, nitrate levels reveal a lot about whether water changes are being done often enough and in large enough amounts. I'm only asking the same questions that Lupin recommends people answer in their initial "Help" post.
Let's not derail this thread further. I'm not going to stop trying to help people, and this is the way that is most effective, in my experience. Without knowing this stuff, attempts at diagnosis are a shot in the dark. If you'd like to PM me, feel free.
Let's not derail this thread further. I'm not going to stop trying to help people, and this is the way that is most effective, in my experience. Without knowing this stuff, attempts at diagnosis are a shot in the dark. If you'd like to PM me, feel free.
My Nitrate(10 or 20) and Ammonia(0.50 or 1.0) are high. I think I'm gonna have to do water changes twice a week.
I'll start doing it in an hour
I'll start doing it in an hour
That sounds like a good idea. Make really big water changes until the ammonia and nitrite are cycled out of your system. Your nitrates are low (I think this is what you mean when you say 10 or 20, not nitrite), which means you've been doing plenty of water changes, but something's messed up your biological filtration, which is why the ammonia and nitrite are present at all. So, try and figure out what that is -- overfeeding, over-cleaning your filter media, especially with tap water, possibly some type of medication, etc. That way, once you get back on track, you'll stay on track. Good luck!