brown flakey skin discus

[jjf]

i have a pair of discus that turned brown and there skin became white and flakey, like someone with dry skin.

any suggestions?

[lion]

Hi jjf.

Whats your tank parameters? Stats on water changes? Sounds like you got a planted tank and are not doing enough water changes.

[lion]

I would suggest turning your heat up to 90 f and lower your ph to 6 for 5 day's. Also add 3 tbsp salt / 10 gallons. Hope this helps. Do 50% w/c everyday.

[jjf]

thanks for your advice lion, i do not have plants and i was doing water changes everday. i was using tap water which is soft with a p.h. of around 8

[Carol_Roberts]

Hi Lion:
What disease do you think jjf's discus has that you are recommending high heat and low pH for?

Carol, I too am very perplexed over Lions' recommendations. I have no idea how he came up with the assumption it is a planted tank. This is a slime coat /protozona condition in at my best guess. Not enough information was given to reach a diagnosis yet alone a cure. Joe ;)

[lion]

Carol/Joe
It sounds like chilodonella (white flakey skin) to me and thats how I treated it in my tank. My fish were ok after that. Joe, if the tank were planted or not doesnt really matter. jjf you can try what I did or wait for someone els to come up with something. As you can see I am also new around here and will probably never know as much as some veterans on here.

[lion]

jjf if your ph is 8, don't lower it to much at a time.