wgoldfarb
Fish Fanatic
Hi,
I've been a lurker here for some time, reading and benefitting from the collective knowledge in this forum. I was active a while back for a short time (here is my thread, which I will go and complete at some point soon, and slaphppy7, whistling badger and boundava may remember me from a previous forum), but life gets in the way!
I have a 29 gallon planted tank (the onse from the thread above). The tank has been set up and cycled for about 2 months, but I wanted the plants to grow a bit before adding fish, so fish were only added on Friday (5/24). I am not completely inexperienced, this is my second round at fish keeping (I kept a planted 29 for a few years before health reasons forced me to take a vacation from the hobby)
Everyone was doing well, the rummy noses had nice bright red noses. I did the first water change yesterday (50%) and this morning one of my rummynose tetras is showing something strange (picture is attached), and I am not sure what it is.
Here are the details:
Tank size: 29 gallon, planted
tank age: Cycled and planted for 2 months (adding ammonia every other day to keep the cycle). Fish added on Friday
pH: 7.4
ammonia: 0ppm
nitrite: 0ppm
nitrate: somewhere between 10 and 20 ppm (those color scales are hard to read!)
tank temp: 78
Fish Symptoms: Please see the picture. There seems to be a white thick "band" around the fish's abdomen, which actually seems to be inside the fish. He is staying apart from the group, but seems to have no trouble swimming or controlling buoyancy.
Water changes: I do 50% every week because I use EI dosing for the plants. did the first one since adding fish just yesterday.
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Prime for conditioning, daily Excel for the plants (3ml). Flourish (5ml) 3x per week, 1/4 tsp KNO3 3x per week, 1/16 tsp KH2PO4 3x per week. 1/4 tsp Seachem equilibrium at water changes. I have a canister filter with three layers of sponges and lots of biomedia (see the details on the thread linked at the top). At the time I added fish, the filter was handling 3ppm ammonia in under 24 hours.
Tank inhabitants: 10 rummmy nose tetra, 10 ember tetra, 2 otos.
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): All fish are recent additions. Sand substrate, drfitwood and all plants have been in the tank for about 2 months. Driftwood was treated in an oven (250 degrees for 30 min) and plants were treated with "reverse respiration" method before adding them to the tank (not sure if it is acceptableto post links to other forums, but if you google reverse respiration you will quickly find it ), so the chances of parasites from the wood and plants are small.
Exposure to chemicals: Other than the chemicals mentioned above, none. Tank has a tight lid, and no cleaning products are used anywhere near it
Digital photo (include if possible): attached
I have a 10 gallon quarantine tank at the ready. I also have prazipro if needed but don't want to medicate until I know what this is.
Any ideas?
Edited to add: I feed Xtreme community falkes alternating with Northfin community pellets. Otos get a cucumber slice, which they haven't yet touched.
I've been a lurker here for some time, reading and benefitting from the collective knowledge in this forum. I was active a while back for a short time (here is my thread, which I will go and complete at some point soon, and slaphppy7, whistling badger and boundava may remember me from a previous forum), but life gets in the way!
I have a 29 gallon planted tank (the onse from the thread above). The tank has been set up and cycled for about 2 months, but I wanted the plants to grow a bit before adding fish, so fish were only added on Friday (5/24). I am not completely inexperienced, this is my second round at fish keeping (I kept a planted 29 for a few years before health reasons forced me to take a vacation from the hobby)
Everyone was doing well, the rummy noses had nice bright red noses. I did the first water change yesterday (50%) and this morning one of my rummynose tetras is showing something strange (picture is attached), and I am not sure what it is.
Here are the details:
Tank size: 29 gallon, planted
tank age: Cycled and planted for 2 months (adding ammonia every other day to keep the cycle). Fish added on Friday
pH: 7.4
ammonia: 0ppm
nitrite: 0ppm
nitrate: somewhere between 10 and 20 ppm (those color scales are hard to read!)
tank temp: 78
Fish Symptoms: Please see the picture. There seems to be a white thick "band" around the fish's abdomen, which actually seems to be inside the fish. He is staying apart from the group, but seems to have no trouble swimming or controlling buoyancy.
Water changes: I do 50% every week because I use EI dosing for the plants. did the first one since adding fish just yesterday.
Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Prime for conditioning, daily Excel for the plants (3ml). Flourish (5ml) 3x per week, 1/4 tsp KNO3 3x per week, 1/16 tsp KH2PO4 3x per week. 1/4 tsp Seachem equilibrium at water changes. I have a canister filter with three layers of sponges and lots of biomedia (see the details on the thread linked at the top). At the time I added fish, the filter was handling 3ppm ammonia in under 24 hours.
Tank inhabitants: 10 rummmy nose tetra, 10 ember tetra, 2 otos.
Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): All fish are recent additions. Sand substrate, drfitwood and all plants have been in the tank for about 2 months. Driftwood was treated in an oven (250 degrees for 30 min) and plants were treated with "reverse respiration" method before adding them to the tank (not sure if it is acceptableto post links to other forums, but if you google reverse respiration you will quickly find it ), so the chances of parasites from the wood and plants are small.
Exposure to chemicals: Other than the chemicals mentioned above, none. Tank has a tight lid, and no cleaning products are used anywhere near it
Digital photo (include if possible): attached
I have a 10 gallon quarantine tank at the ready. I also have prazipro if needed but don't want to medicate until I know what this is.
Any ideas?
Edited to add: I feed Xtreme community falkes alternating with Northfin community pellets. Otos get a cucumber slice, which they haven't yet touched.
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