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I have seen this behavior before. It is inviting the other discus to peck it's sides. You might try adding two tablespoons of table salt per 10 gallons. I would also suggest filing out the disease questionnaire.
DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE
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?
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).
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
8. What type/brand water conditioner do you use? Do you add it to the tank or aging barrel? How much do you use?
9. 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 _____
- ph _____
- ammonia reading ____
- nitrite reading ____
- nitrate reading ____
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 ____
10. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
11. 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.
12. 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.
Thank you so much for your response. I will fill he form as soon as i get back home
That's a new one for me. Is it eating and otherwise acting normal?
i noticed it yesterday night, it is still eating but i felt breathing heavy. Other than this behavior he is active and seems normalQuote:
Originally Posted by jeep
Noticed that he is breathing with one gills. is it a gill fluke
https://youtu.be/25SIqxAoJJk
I've seen this behavior before, I was worried. It turned out for me that it was a fish losing her spot in the pecking order. It could also be something much more sinister.
Keep watching and monitoring.
The salt that Pat mentioned and the questionaire will be helpful