NCDiscus
05-23-2019, 07:57 PM
Hello everyone. I'm concerned that I may start losing some of my discus. There's no apparent signs of disease but I have a couple that have stopped eating. They act like they want to but either stop short of eating or spit out their food. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Problem
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
About a month ago I had one discus that started hiding and wouldn't eat. It would try but always spit out it's food. I also noticed white poop. Nothing unusual had happened. I moved this fish to a hospital tank about a week ago and have started treatment with Metroplex but no improvement yet. I now have another fish that has started this about a week ago.
2. Symptoms (i.e. turning dark, excess slime, not eating, clamped fins, flashing, darting, clamped gills, white/yellow/green poop, hiding, headstanding or tailstanding, white on tips of fins, rotting or fungus, blisters/white zits on fish, bloated, cloudy eyes, wounds).
Not eating, hiding, white poop
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
First fish in hospital tank with Metroplex and Melafix. No treatment on the other one
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
75 gallon. One to two years of age. 7 discus, one pleco, three cories, two rams, and 9 tetras
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% every two weeks
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
Tank has been running for 4 months. Sand substrate 1 1/2" deep.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
Use spring water with no aging.
8. Parameters and water source;
Note: Water Parameters are important in diagnosing problems within a tank. If you don't own test kits for the following information, you can purchase them, test your parameters and post this info as soon as possible.
- temp ___85__
- ph _5.8____
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading _unknown___
- nitrate reading ___40ppm_
What type of water or combinations of water sources do you use? If it is an RO/tap/well water mix, please list percentages in the mix.
- well water ____
- municipal water ____
- RO water ____
Spring water
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No
10. Please tell us what you feed your fish and how often. This can be critical information for solving the problem so be as specific as you can.
Beef heart flakes, Marineland cichlid flakes, FDBW, Discus Gold, & live blackworms
11. Include any pictures or videos you have which shows the symptoms. If you can't add them to this post, please provide a link to them.
Problem
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
About a month ago I had one discus that started hiding and wouldn't eat. It would try but always spit out it's food. I also noticed white poop. Nothing unusual had happened. I moved this fish to a hospital tank about a week ago and have started treatment with Metroplex but no improvement yet. I now have another fish that has started this about a week ago.
2. Symptoms (i.e. turning dark, excess slime, not eating, clamped fins, flashing, darting, clamped gills, white/yellow/green poop, hiding, headstanding or tailstanding, white on tips of fins, rotting or fungus, blisters/white zits on fish, bloated, cloudy eyes, wounds).
Not eating, hiding, white poop
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
First fish in hospital tank with Metroplex and Melafix. No treatment on the other one
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
75 gallon. One to two years of age. 7 discus, one pleco, three cories, two rams, and 9 tetras
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
50% every two weeks
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
Tank has been running for 4 months. Sand substrate 1 1/2" deep.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
Use spring water with no aging.
8. Parameters and water source;
Note: Water Parameters are important in diagnosing problems within a tank. If you don't own test kits for the following information, you can purchase them, test your parameters and post this info as soon as possible.
- temp ___85__
- ph _5.8____
- ammonia reading __0__
- nitrite reading _unknown___
- nitrate reading ___40ppm_
What type of water or combinations of water sources do you use? If it is an RO/tap/well water mix, please list percentages in the mix.
- well water ____
- municipal water ____
- RO water ____
Spring water
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
No
10. Please tell us what you feed your fish and how often. This can be critical information for solving the problem so be as specific as you can.
Beef heart flakes, Marineland cichlid flakes, FDBW, Discus Gold, & live blackworms
11. Include any pictures or videos you have which shows the symptoms. If you can't add them to this post, please provide a link to them.