Inactive, dark discus

[kilnakorr]

Maybe this medicine combo along with the increased WCs will improve their condition a bit . If he sees any improvement maybe it's better to add a couple of days more to the treatment .

Directions on the meds is a 3 day treatment. Better do what it says.
I just returned from his house, watching a feeding.
They all seemed quite sluggish and not too interested in the fdbw, basically just nipping at those floating right by them.
All seems to breath a little heavy.

Most unexpected, spawning is taking place! I first thought one was at the surface gasping for air, but was laying eggs at the top of the tank.

I'll never understand discus

[jeep]

Well, I doubt they are very sick if they are spawning, lol!!

I think once you bring them home and give them good, clean water in a QT tank they will be just fine...

[kilnakorr]

Well, I doubt they are very sick if they are spawning, lol!!

I think once you bring them home and give them good, clean water in a QT tank they will be just fine...

At least not all of them.
At the moment most of them are idle in one corner, remaining discus just idle scattered around.
One has long whittish feces, so something is wrong.
I noticed he has gotten 2 rams, which has been added nearly 3 weeks ago. They could easily have brought something with them

[Filip]

They have received a cocktail of many strong ingredients so being more sluggish and not eating well is not unussual . I have also experienced sick and unwell (darkened and noneating )discus pairing in the past .

[kilnakorr]

I decided to convince my friend to do a test.
I did a big WC 60-70%, dimmed the light, turned of the CO2 and turned of the bigger powerhead. Basically making the tank calm and cozy.
An hour after the WC i tried feeding a little fdbw, and most of them went straight at them with huge appetite. Even the sick one came out and ate some!
My friend has to leave for a few days (which is why he tried speed up the process with meds), so I'll be in charge.
I'm just gonna keep the tank calm with dimmed light and do some daily WC.
Will keep updating, just because I hate when forum threads like these suddenly stops and noone knows how things turned out.
This could very well be another example that the issue was water quality.