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	Sick panda
bettafin Hobbyist Posts: 106 Kudos: 112 Votes: 17 Registered: 11-Feb-2004	For the last couple of days one of my panda's has been laying upside down. I thought he was dead, then when I went to get him he swam away and looked normal. He has been laying on his side or upside down now for 3 days. I've had him for 4yrs. I noticed the heater was off, I usually keep the temp at 78, but it was at 71. The ph is 6.8, I tried to get a reading on nitrates/nitrites but my test strips are expired. They read nitrates 40 nitrites .5. All the other fish in the tank are fine. I will get new testing strips, any suggestions?
Posted 04-Aug-2007 08:24
CucumberSlices Banned Posts: 63 Registered: 11-Jul-2007	Edited by CucumberSlices I tried to get a reading on nitrates/nitrites but my test strips are expired I will get new testing strips What i would do is go out and buy the liquid testing kit(i dont have much faith in the strips) your ph level is fine, the water temp drop shouldent have effected the panda. Could help you out more if you can get some more paramiters. What size tank and how many other fish in with it? Has there been any chenges to its environment lately?
Posted 04-Aug-2007 13:07
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	Edited by longhairedgit While 71 f is by no means fatal to a panda cory for a shortish period, if the drop was very rapid its possible that he might have experienced thermic shock, but that would have been unlucky. What is perhaps more probable is that he perhaps was already fighting an ailment of some sort and perhaps the dip in temps meant that his metabolic rate could no longer have kept up with the demands of whatever was ailing him. Sometimes too, a change of 5 degrees in a previously very stable tank could cause the filter bacteria to take a dive in reproductive rate, and that may have caused a small nitrite spike, perhaps only lasting a few hours and the cory was the unlucky one who couldnt cope, again , just bad luck really. Sorry for the loss. Sorry for the loss.
Posted 04-Aug-2007 19:22
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	Here is a case of wrong info given to you. Test strips are far from accurate and the liquid test kits sold at LFS are reliable remembering there are many brands to choose from. I would steer clear from the cheaper no brand names. Your tank is certainly a cast where a second heater would have helped to maintain the required heat. When you say "OFF" do you mean it was switched off at the power supply if so you should think about setting up a system where this does not happen. Both my tanks have power boards with switches for every outlet and each outlet is marked. *Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info* Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 05-Aug-2007 02:58
bettafin Hobbyist Posts: 106 Kudos: 112 Votes: 17 Registered: 11-Feb-2004	I have the heater that's incorporated into the filter. The dial was moved from 78 to 71. It must of happened during my weekly bottom vac/water change and I didn't notice it until I did my weekly mantainace. My tank is 26 US gallons. Fish list: 5 Black widows 2 Gold rams 2 panda's 2 albino corys 1 bristle nose cat All of the other fish are healty. I will get the liquid testing kit. The sick panda is still alive. But I don't want to see him suffer anymore. Are there any last options? I know panda's are delicate so 4 years is probably common.
Posted 05-Aug-2007 08:12
bettafin Hobbyist Posts: 106 Kudos: 112 Votes: 17 Registered: 11-Feb-2004	Edited by bettafin I have the heater that's incorporated into the filter. The dial was moved from 78 to 71. It must of happened during my weekly bottom vac/water change and I didn't notice it until I did my weekly mantainace. My tank is 26 US gallons. Fish list: 5 Black widows 2 Gold rams 2 panda's 2 albino corys 1 bristle nose cat All of the other fish are healty. I will get the liquid testing kit. The sick panda is still alive. But I don't want to see him suffer anymore. Are there any last options? I know panda's are delicate so 4 years is probably common.
Posted 05-Aug-2007 08:12
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	He's still alive? Cool. Can you see anything physically wrong with him at all? Red enflamed gills, swollen stomach, veins in the tail etc? Any detail may help, even a description of his movement,etc. Cories can often make over the decade, so its a little early to give up on him as old just yet.
Posted 05-Aug-2007 19:17
bettafin Hobbyist Posts: 106 Kudos: 112 Votes: 17 Registered: 11-Feb-2004	Yes he's still alive. He does have some redness in his gills. He keeps tipping over to his side or even upside down. I got the liquid testing kits. The nitrites are zero and the nitrates are at 40. I am gradually moving the temp up, it's now at 74. I don't want to keep him suffering if there's no hope.
Posted 06-Aug-2007 02:12


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