• Hello guest! Are you an Apistogramma enthusiast? If so we invite you to join our community and see what it has to offer. Our site is specifically designed for you and it's a great place for Apisto enthusiasts to meet online. Once you join you'll be able to post messages, upload pictures of your fish and tanks and have a great time with other Apisto enthusiasts. Sign up today!

Template for disease/parasite/death cases

MacZ

Well-Known Member
5 Year Member
Messages
4,323
Location
Germany
This template contains the most important questions to be answered when dealing with sick or dead fish to find causes and advise on treatments. Please copy and paste into a new thread and answer the questions as precise as possible. Water parameters should be given in numbers. "Fine" or "good" is not going to help your fish in need! Please also PROVIDE PICTURES of the fish and tank.
Please also add your location (country is enough!) so people don't recommend meds you can't obtain legally.


Which animal is affected? Species, sex, age? (If age unknown: How long have you had the fish?)

What are the symptoms? Any changes in look, behaviour, bearing, buoyancy, fecies?

How long has the problem been going on? (Timeline?)

What's the full stocking list?

Any changes in the behaviour of the other fish?

What size is the tank? (Preferrably dimensions, not volume!)

How long is the tank running?

Have there been any changes in the past 2 months? New animals, plants, decoration?

What food are the fish fed? How much, how often?

What is the temperature?

What are the water parameters? (Please note all known tank and source water parameters in numbers! Not "good", "optimal" or "perfect"!)
pH:
GH:
KH:
EC/TDS:
NO3:
NO2:
NH3/4:

What test kit did you use? (liquid, strips, store service?)

Are you using water conditioners or any other additives? (e.g. dechlorinators, humic/blackwater extracts, fertilizers)

What filter are you using? (Canister, sponge, internal, mattenfilter?)

What's the maintenance regimen? (Waterchange volume and frequency, thorough cleaning of filters/substrate?)

Have there been any chemicals used around the tank? (Cleaning agents, room sprays, wall paint, adhesives...)

Have there been any pesticides, fungicides or herbicides used around the tank?

Are there any unknown animals in the tank?

What has been done already? (Timeline!)

If so, what meds have been used? (Timeline!)

Please provide pictures/videos of the fish AND tank in question!
 
Last edited:

Newki

New Member
Messages
3
Apisrogramma Veijita red / female age 1'5 y.o./ eat normally, swimming irregular/problem 1st noticed 5 days ago/ community tank (corydoras,blue eye tetra, rainbow fish,Otto,one platidoras)No changes in the past few months several types of Vibra bites+ on hikari - once per day(6/1 one day I skip feeding the tank)/ temp is 25'5° constant/
  • pH: 7.2 (Typically ranges between 7.0 and 7.5, which is considered neutral).
  • GH (General Hardness): < 2.5 dH (Classified as "soft water"; average values often measure around 2.49 dH or < 0.89 mgeq/l).
  • KH (Carbonate Hardness): ~2.0 dKH (Due to its soft nature and low mineral content, buffering capacity is low).
  • EC / TDS: < 150 mg/L (Low total dissolved solids; the water is noted for having a low concentration of dissolved salts and minerals).
  • NO3 (Nitrate): < 1.0 mg/L (Well below the legal safety limit of 50 mg/L; typically negligible in the mountain-sourced water).
  • NO2 (Nitrite): 0 mg/L (Undetectable in treated drinking water).
  • NH3/4 (Ammonia/Ammonium): < 0.05 mg/L (Virtually zero; strictly monitored to ensure no organic contamination).
  • Liquid of sera
  • Fertilizer yes
Filter e1502
Water change once a week - 10-15 % , acva 250 litres
No , nothing other than water and paper towels
No, not that I am aware of
No unknown animal big or small
I moved the fish on separate tank/alone/mo meds used/
 

Attachments

  • IMG_20260112_104038.jpg
    IMG_20260112_104038.jpg
    4.6 MB · Views: 78

MacZ

Well-Known Member
5 Year Member
Messages
4,323
Location
Germany
You were supposed to copy and answer in your own thread. I'm asking the moderators to move your post before I answer.
 

MacZ

Well-Known Member
5 Year Member
Messages
4,323
Location
Germany
All good, I contacted the forum team, they will sort this out. Please add a picture of the community tank in your own threas as well. Your quarantine/hospital tank is fine, but let's face it, that's not where the fish got its condition, right?
 

Members online

No members online now.

Forum statistics

Threads
18,703
Messages
124,172
Members
13,589
Latest member
rozyjuise

Latest profile posts

Platforma SaldeoSMART automatyzuje obieg dokumentów i odczyt faktur (OCR) w firmach oraz biurach rachunkowych. System jest gotowy na zmiany prawne, a integracja z ksef pozwala na bezpieczne wysyłanie i odbieranie e-faktur ustrukturyzowanych.
dimandobson wrote on Ben Bergman's profile.
Hi Bergman. I have a pair of breeding dwarf cichlid for sale. if you are still looking, drop me your whatsapp number and i will send some videos to your whatsapp
Good-backlink.com - Professional website promotion, get more traffic to your website and improve ranking by using high PR link building service.
martin_c wrote on illumnae's profile.
Hi,

just in case you happen to live in Germany (or Netherlands): I have a wildcaught female A. psammophila, you could have it for free. I have no use for it anymore.

BR
Martin
Top