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    Exclamation Discus has not eaten for two weeks

    Problem

    1. As the Title suggests, one of my nine discus has not eaten in two weeks. I am extremely concerned about permanent stunting, as the other discus (which were all acquired at the same time, from the same breeder) have already grown noticeably larger. All other fish are eating and appear healthy.

    Since I turned up the temperature and begun treating with Metro (approximately 1 week ago), the fish no longer hides in the corner as frequently, but still does not eat.


    2. Symptoms: dark stress bars (have abated somewhat after my initial attempts at treatment), clamped fins, hides in corner of aquarium.


    3. Medications and treatment already tried: Turning aquarium temperature up to 90F, Metronidazole (Seachem Metroplex, one scoop per 10 gallons as per package instructions).


    Tank/Water

    4. Tank size and ages: 90 gallon tank, six 3", three 4"


    5. Water change regime: 70-80% every other day


    6. How long has tank been running: 2 months

    - Is it bare bottom: Yes


    7. Do you age your water: No


    8. Parameters and water source;

    - temp 90F

    - ph 6.5

    - ammonia reading 0

    - nitrite reading 0

    - nitrate reading 0-5

    What type of water or combinations of water sources do you use: municipal water


    9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently: None


    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.

    I feed 4-5x a day from the below selection:

    New Life Spectrum Discus Pellet
    Hikari Discus Bio Gold Pellet
    Tetra Colour Bits
    Cobalt Aquatics Discus Flake
    Seachem NutriDiet Discus Flake
    San Francisco Bay Frozen Brine Shrimp w/ Spirulina
    San Francisco Bay Frozen Bloodworm
    San Francisco Bay Frozen Plankton
    San Francisco Bay Mysis Shrimp
    San Francisco Bay Frozen Beefheart
    San Francisco Bay Emerald Entree
    Live Blackworms
    Boyd Enterprises Freshwater Vitachem
    Seachem Garlic Guard
    Seachem Entice

    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.
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    Default Re: Discus has not eaten for two weeks

    How did you dose the metro and for how long did you treat?
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    Default Re: Discus has not eaten for two weeks

    Quote Originally Posted by LizStreithorst View Post
    How did you dose the metro and for how long did you treat?
    I dosed one scoop of metro per 10 gallons of water and the treatment has been ongoing for a week.

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    Default Re: Discus has not eaten for two weeks

    How many mg of metro is in a scoop. It it will say on the box.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LizStreithorst View Post
    How many mg of metro is in a scoop. It it will say on the box.
    125 mg per scoop, 1125 mg for the tank.

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    Default Re: Discus has not eaten for two weeks

    You should be treating at 400 to 500 mg per 10 gallons. Treat for 12 days and change as much as 100% of the water every day, during treatment if you can don't have a pH swing. Keep the temp at 90 degrees. You can get pure metro from Jehmco but don't follow the label instructions. The recommended dosage no longer works.
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    Default Re: Discus has not eaten for two weeks

    Quote Originally Posted by LizStreithorst View Post
    You should be treating at 400 to 500 mg per 10 gallons. Treat for 12 days and change as much as 100% of the water every day, during treatment if you can don't have a pH swing. Keep the temp at 90 degrees. You can get pure metro from Jehmco but don't follow the label instructions. The recommended dosage no longer works.
    Okay! Thank you very much.

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