Not eating , dying after water change

[brewmaster15]

Id test your pH out of the tap...aerate the water in a bucket and test the water again... it sounds like dissolved gasses /pH swings in those big water changes is your issue.

In the meantime i would limit your water changes to small frequent ones...20-30% .

You may need to start aging your water to larger ones.
Hth,al

[shamik]

Id test your pH out of the tap...aerate the water in a bucket and test the water again... it sounds like dissolved gasses /pH swings in those big water changes is your issue.

In the meantime i would limit your water changes to small frequent ones...20-30% .

You may need to start aging your water to larger ones.
Hth,al

That's a very good point, if rest 5 stays with me .. next few months i'll be doing 20-30 percent water change. I hope 2-3 times, water change 20-30 % should be fine per week.

[shamik]

Looks like aggressive fin rot, it's spreading to other fishes. I'm starting with tetracycline. Any quick guide will help

[Darwinism]

I have the same problem but my discus has turned completely black and he/she is not eating. I have been using metro and prazipro for the past 2 days and did a blue methlyene bath and sea salt bath. I am fairly new to keeping discus, but did a lot of research before buying them.On my discus head there are several tiny bumps on it. Here is a youtube link that has a discus that looks like mine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtuMMBWf8SI

FYI that is not my tank and discus in the video, but the discus looks exactly like that one.

This is my discus, He/She looks really and i feel so depressed for it.

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If you know anything, please respond, Thanks!!!

[shamik]

I have the same problem but my discus has turned completely black and he/she is not eating. I have been using metro and prazipro for the past 2 days and did a blue methlyene bath and sea salt bath. I am fairly new to keeping discus, but did a lot of research before buying them.On my discus head there are several tiny bumps on it. Here is a youtube link that has a discus that looks like mine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtuMMBWf8SI

FYI that is not my tank and discus in the video, but the discus looks exactly like that one.

This is my discus, He/She looks really and i feel so depressed for it.

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If you know anything, please respond, Thanks!!!

I would suggest to crank up temperature near 90 along with metro with meals.

[Darwinism]

I would suggest to crank up temperature near 90 along with metro with meals.

I have read that if you crank up the temp. to much the condition of the discus would get worse . According to Jack Wattley, a discus expert, the best temp. to keep is at 82 degrees f , and I have read it on several other forums too . Thanks for the advice though, Oh yeah, I do put metro in my food but as I said before the discus just won't eat it (Frozen brine shrimp, blood worms, and beefheart) for the past couple of days and I am really worried . He is a blue discus and is a juvenile who turned almost completely black in color). After I treated him with a salt bath and methanol blue, my hands would smell kinda bad but I think its his coat slime. He just sits at the bottom of the tank, not moving most of the time with clamped fins most times. Sometimes he would just stay in one area on the surface. I really want to help out this poor fella, please reply if you know anyone that have gone through this or any knowledge.

Thanks for reading the long post, I just want to be really detailed. Also look at my previous post on this thread to look at video and photos.

[shamik]

Please confirm that i'm facing fin rot. Here is the 4th victim. 3 others are in happy waters. Video - https://youtu.be/pGiiNTxIta4. Using tetracycline, 90 DF, filter off.

[bluelagoon]

@ Darwinism:::If it's a external bacterial infection(fin rot),the worst thing you can do is to crank up the heat.Furan2 is a good antibiotic for both external and internal bacteria infections.If there is no white feces or wasting,it is unlikely to be worms or protozoan so heat,Metro and or prazi in this case will not be an effective treatment.Best if you fill out the info in the hospital section to get an idea of what's going on.You might have more than one issue.Start your own thread.

[shamik]

@ Darwinism:::If it's a external bacterial infection(fin rot),the worst thing you can do is to crank up the heat.Furan2 is a good antibiotic for both external and internal bacteria infections.If there is no white feces or wasting,it is unlikely to be worms or protozoan so heat,Metro and or prazi in this case will not be an effective treatment.Best if you fill out the info in the hospital section to get an idea of what's going on.You might have more than one issue.Start your own thread.

Thanks Mervin, I've reduced temperature and praying for the 4 to stay with me.

[bluelagoon]

@shamiik..This seems to be happening more so during large 90% WC's,if that's correct.It was mentioned in a previous post about water movement at the surface.My thought also,might be as simple as an O2 issue.

[CliffsDiscus]

Freshwater allergy or the water company might be
cleaning out the system. Back down on large water
changes. Fin rod from pH and kh changes. This happens also at LFS.

Cliff

[ssevasta]

You need to check your source water occasionally. It is not always as stated on the water company website. This last month my TDS has gone from a stable 250 gradually down to 80. Previously stable for 3 years.

Wow I wish my water tds would drop like that.