Re: TSN (Pseudoplatystoma Fasciatum) advice needed and sharing my experience
Posted: 01 Jun 2017, 23:23
Small update:
Have been changing water regular this week I still do not see signs of improvement or even changes at all.
He is eating but in my opinion clearly not as he should. His body mass is more than just good and it looks he is gaining even more weight instead of losing weight. Probably because he is not active at all. He is mainly hiding. When the caimans hang for a long time at one place he is hanging there too but he doesn’t directly follow them in case they move. His behavior does not show a happy catfish.
All scratches on his head are gone but there is still clear viable pitting below his eyes and above the top corner of his gills.
I do notice that sometimes he is breathing a bit more heavily. But definitely nothing excessive.
Aldo most parameters of the water do not change and are extremely stable, in the “pollution” area it seems again things are difficult to keep in balance.
NH4 remains 0,05 mg/l perfect
NO2 = 0 mg/l perfect
NO3 before water changing between 50 and 100mg/l and after changing the water between 25 and 50 mg/l. But within 1,5 days it's back at 50 -100 mg/l. Looking at the past, some periods it was very good and easy to keep between 25 and 50 mg/l with some water changes. Other periods it was also hard to keep it below the 100 mg/l. From the past I know that if I do not change water for like 1,5 wks it goes even towards the 150 – 200 mg/l. Putting plant in the pond would help but I do not have sufficient light to let them thrive. After a couple of weeks they slowly die. So only a small amount of java fern is in the tank. It survives but that’s all.
In the past guppies did fine in the tank. And for quite some time I had the Acanthicus Adonis and Corydoras Aenues which seem to do perfectly fine.
Considering the above, measuring no fully out of line values and that the TSN is not responding on the water changes makes me rethink again. But I have no clue where to look for solutions!
Have been changing water regular this week I still do not see signs of improvement or even changes at all.
He is eating but in my opinion clearly not as he should. His body mass is more than just good and it looks he is gaining even more weight instead of losing weight. Probably because he is not active at all. He is mainly hiding. When the caimans hang for a long time at one place he is hanging there too but he doesn’t directly follow them in case they move. His behavior does not show a happy catfish.
All scratches on his head are gone but there is still clear viable pitting below his eyes and above the top corner of his gills.
I do notice that sometimes he is breathing a bit more heavily. But definitely nothing excessive.
Aldo most parameters of the water do not change and are extremely stable, in the “pollution” area it seems again things are difficult to keep in balance.
NH4 remains 0,05 mg/l perfect
NO2 = 0 mg/l perfect
NO3 before water changing between 50 and 100mg/l and after changing the water between 25 and 50 mg/l. But within 1,5 days it's back at 50 -100 mg/l. Looking at the past, some periods it was very good and easy to keep between 25 and 50 mg/l with some water changes. Other periods it was also hard to keep it below the 100 mg/l. From the past I know that if I do not change water for like 1,5 wks it goes even towards the 150 – 200 mg/l. Putting plant in the pond would help but I do not have sufficient light to let them thrive. After a couple of weeks they slowly die. So only a small amount of java fern is in the tank. It survives but that’s all.
In the past guppies did fine in the tank. And for quite some time I had the Acanthicus Adonis and Corydoras Aenues which seem to do perfectly fine.
Considering the above, measuring no fully out of line values and that the TSN is not responding on the water changes makes me rethink again. But I have no clue where to look for solutions!