Re: Need help,Sick Discus
Hi Ross, I would not medicate unless absolutely necessary. Medicating fish this young can really set them back growth wise. First test your water parameters and post them here. Next, observe your fish. When are they turning dark? always dark, after a water change etc.
Pat
Re: Need help,Sick Discus
+1 on water params...
Also, are you feeding and letting the food sit and changing the water later at night? Maybe they are being over fed?
Re: Need help,Sick Discus
Got home and tested the water, nitrate and nitrite are unmeasurable, temp is 29c
When i got home 2 of the discus are very dark and lethargic, not eating, at least 4 out of the 6 are showing signs of being dark, i ordered flubendazole online it should be here in 2-3 days. I only ordered it as a precaution incase i need it.
I siphon out the leftover food 15 minutes after i feed them.
Re: Need help,Sick Discus
Did you ever determine if anything for in the water from the pump ? This all halened after that ?
Re: Need help,Sick Discus
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Phillydubs
Did you ever determine if anything for in the water from the pump ? This all halened after that ?
I have stopped using that pump and i am doing maunal water changes for the next week to see if that helps.
Re: Need help,Sick Discus
Holler back Ross if the fish improve. I forget you have issues when first using that pump.
Pat
Re: Need help,Sick Discus
UPDATE
I was watching the discus a few minutes ago and 2 of them had seizures 30 seconds apart, thrashing around in the tank and the floating lifelessly in the tank for 10-15 seconds before slowly coming around.
Im thinking faulty heater/electrical current in the water ?
It was a superfish 300 watt heater
Luckily i have a spare jewel 200 watt heater i can throw in.
Could this be the cause of the discus turning black ?
-Ross
Re: Need help,Sick Discus
Change it...
Also just so you get the best help possible, you may want to stick to and focus on one thread, double posting is going to have people all over
Re: Need help,Sick Discus
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Originally Posted by
Phillydubs
Change it...
Also just so you get the best help possible, you may want to stick to and focus on one thread, double posting is going to have people all over
Solid advice babygirl
Re: Need help,Sick Discus
Ross, can you describe the thrashing? Were they doing mad circles around the tank? Ditto to what Phil said.
Pat
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Second Hand Pat
Ross, can you describe the thrashing? Were they doing mad circles around the tank? Ditto to what Phil said.
Pat
Thanks ill stick to this thread.
Replacing the heater didnt help, another discus just had another seizure, might have been the same one i cant tell because all except 2 are very dark.
The thrashing around is very eratic, it could be spinning in circles or thrashing at the bottom then flying up to the top, etc.
It is very random darting, spinning, flipping, sometimes even banging into the glass.
I have the lights off in the tank and i lowered the water level incase one managed to jump out.
I have no other electrical current in the water, all i have is 2 sponge filters and a heater.
Any advice, diagnosis or treatments ?
I have to admit i dont this these guys are going to last much longer if they keep this up.
-Ross
Re: Need help,Sick Discus
Are they doing this when you lower the water for a water change? If so do no more then 50% water changes.
Pat
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Originally Posted by
Second Hand Pat
Are they doing this when you lower the water for a water change? If so do no more then 50% water changes.
Pat
No it happens a random times, all of the seizures (it has now happend 4 times) have been in the space of a few hours and it has been 22 hours since my last wc, im about to do one.
I read on another thread where something similar was happening people reccomended levamisole or pancur which is found in dog dewormers.
I dont want to dump loads of meds into the tank but i feel i dont try treating with something soon that they are going to die.
Thanks
-Ross
Re: Need help,Sick Discus
OP can you measure TDS in your tank? I once had a whirling issue and was able to resolve it by lowering the TDS. I later found out that after hard rains/snows (I have well water) my water is much harder than normal, making my discus seem weird.