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    Should I quarantine him? I've noticed alot of the demasoni have fin damage more than usual. It looks like its aggression related but I dont see any major aggression issues. I have had the lights on longer than normal lately so could this be stress related? Only meds I have is melafix. I could'nt find anything to help at the LFS but I really dont know what to get.

    Tell us about the fish:
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    1)Which fish have what symptoms:
    1 demasoni
    2)What medications have been tried:
    none
    3)When they were introduced to the tank, did fish from where they came from have symptoms:
    I dont believe so, I've had the fish for about 2 months
    4)Numbers, size, and types of fish in your tank:
    21 demasoni, 8 yellow labs, 1 5inch albino pleco, couple full grown but most are juvies
    5)What, how much, and how often you feed:
    dainichi veggie fx and veggie deluxe mixed, 2 times a day as much as they will eat in 1-2 min, they are always beggin for food
    6)How much water you change and how often:
    never less than 50% a week, sometimes up to 60% 2 times a week, I use prime at the chloramine strength. I'm guessing we have chloramine water because we have 1ppm ammonia straight out the tap.
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    Tell as much as you know about the tank and equipment:
    7)When was the tank set up:
    3 months ago
    How many gallons:
    125g
    9)What's your water temperature:
    83
    10)What's your ph:
    8.2
    11)What's your ammonia level:
    0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 5 nitrate
    12)Hardness level:
    unknown
    13)Type(s) of filter(s):
    FX5, eheim wet/dry, 2 koralia 4's, argonite substrate and PFS mixed
    14)Anything else we should know:
    I have no idea what im doing
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  • #2
    White stringy poo
    Bad : possible early signs of Malawi Bloat -- not fun to have, good recovery rate if caught early enough into the problem.
    Good: one time, fish still eats like there is no tomorrow and something got in his diet that made it look white but is not a problem Fish will not feed if they feel bloated. (just like humans).

    If he eats normally, then starve your fish for 2 days.. This will clean them out.
    Now if you see him not feeding and he wants to be left alone etc... then immediately STOP all food. Starve all fish for at least 3-5 days.
    Immediately goto CVS, Walmart, Walgreen's etc and get a bag of Epsom salt. Use one tablespoon per 5g in your tank. This will make all of your fish have diarrhea. Bloat is a bacteria build up in the intestinal tract that causes the lining of the intestines to deteriorate. (this is the white you see, which is the slime that coats the lining. once the coating is gone and the fish has not flushed the blockage, the bacteria enters the blood stream and kidney failure occurs and the fish blows up in size. Once this happens very strong medication will be needed to heal this fish. (if its even possible at that point)

    When you test to see if he eats, make sure he eats and keeps it down. Make sure he is not spitting out the food afterwards... if he will not eat then goto CVS/Walgreens asap.

    Let us know here and we will tell you more once you can give us this information.

    What fish do Jesper have
    180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
    110
    Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
    58 S. Decorus

    "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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    • #3
      Update

      I added the epsom salt 2 days ago. They havent been feed in over 2 days now except a small portion last night to see if they all eat properly. All of them ate well except the one Demasoni. I found another Demasoni with the same problem but I think its ok now but I cant tell most of them apart. The first Demasoni doesnt seem to be getting any better. He does appear to be bloated and breathing heavily and has white stringy goo still. I just did a 75% WC and redid the epsom salt. What would be my next action now? Do I just need to be patient?
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      • #4
        I would hit the tank with metro....but that's just me I guess.
        I ate my fish that died.

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