Test Results for the Following:
Ammonia Level? 0
Nitrite Level? 0
Nitrate level? ~10
Ph Level, (If possible,KH and GH and chloramines)? 8.4 - high yes - but it is steady & has always been high
Ph Level out of the Tap? 8.2
Tank size (How many Gals) and How long has it been running? 90 gal. - the original tanks since last summer - this tank since Jan. (cycled filters moved from previous tanks)
What is the name and size of the filter/s? homemade overhead filter w/700gph pump and AQ110 500gph
How often do you change the water and how much? usually weekly ~40-50%
How many fish in the tank and their size? shubunkin 7", shubunkin 5", fantail 4", ornada 1.5", lionhead 1.5"
What kind of water additives or conditioners? prime
Any medications added to the tank? in hospital tank - Maracyn Plus in hospital tank
Add any new fish to the tank? no
What do you feed your fish? variey of flakes, pellets, shrimp pellets, dried blood worms, peas...
Any unusual findings on the fish such as "grains of salt", bloody streaks, frayed fins or fungus? see below
Any unusual behavior like staying at the bottom, not eating, ect..? see below
About 6 weeks ago, Spanky, my largest Shubinkin was staying in the bottom corner of the tank periodically over a couple of days. On one of his ventures out I noticed a large red streak in his tail. The red area was kind of a splotch near the base of his tail and the area seemed "thickened". From there a large red streak ran a couple of inches through the tail. I moved him in to a 15 gal. hospital tank the and added Melafix and fed him Jungle anti-bacterial food for 3 weeks. The redness cleared up within a few days but the area still seemed a bit thickened. I left him in the hospital tank for 3 weeks and continued his medicated food. He was active and eating/pooping well and the tail seemed all cleared up when I moved him back to the main tank. I few days ago I noticed him in the corner again - only a couple of times - not regularly. Last night he was swimming around and seemed a little agitated. Not flashing really but a bit frantic. I saw then that he had sort of a cottony looking something in the same place where the bloody splotch and streak had been. On closer inspection maybe cottony isn't right. It looks like it's in the tail - not on it. His tail is white and this whatever is white. There is a kind of a thready streak and a small bump at the end of it. The tail again appears to be a little thickened. He also has a white bump in/on his dorsal fin and another on one of his lower fins. These bumps look almost waxy maybe. My regular hospital tank isn't available right now so I have him a rubbermaid - only about 8 gal. I'm afraid but it's all I have right now. No filter at the moment either. I have a bubble wand in there with a bag of cycled ceramic ring on top of it (from another filter). Hope that will do for now. I started him on medicated food again and added Maracyn Plus. Today he is active, has eaten and pooped - good poop. When I got home from work I found 3 white stringly looking things floating in the tank - each about an inch long and one that was about 4" long. They are very thin (could barely see them) and weren't anything living. I scooped them out - they were kind of slimy and just desintegrated when I touched them.
Any idea what's wrong with Spanky? What the stuff was floating in the water? Have I added the right med? Anything else I should do? Also, it says to add the Maracyn Plus on day 1, 3 & 5. Since I have no filter except as mention above, I will be changing the water on those days. Is the Maracyn Plus cummulative so that I will add the original dose plus the 2nd dose on day three or just add the day 3 dose?
Sorry, this has become very wordy. I want to give all the info I can.