Breathing From One Gill & Losing Appetite

[jamesx]

Try April Ross at April’s aquarium in Burnaby for meds....she is knowledgeable.......
http://aprilsaquarium.fish/

Thanks for the video, Francis. It is very educative! I had tried April in the past but I thinks she was probably too busy.

[jamesx]

Iodine is used in some water conditioners these days. What little bit that is table salt should be ok. I have only used salt a few times in my 50 years of fish keeping and it was always cheap table salt. Or epsom salt in case of bloat or constipation. Here is the conditioner::https://www.sera.de/us/service/info/...al-substances/

What's your secrete for keeping discus without disease? I think I did everything I could but they still get into problems from time to time...

[LizStreithorst]

I have never had a problem using iodized salt. Discus Hans said that it doesn't matter and for me anyway, it never has. I don't use tons of the stuff so I just buy Morton's at the supermarket. If I were to have to treat a big Discus I would buy it at Lowes or Home Depot where they sell it in bulk, cheap. As long as it's pure salt, it's fine.

(sorry I forgot about you for a few days.)

[danotaylor]

$8/40# @ HD. 99.8% pure sodium chloride. Works great. Cheap as chips.
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[LizStreithorst]

Danny to the rescue once again.

[danotaylor]

Danny to the rescue once again.

Lol, thx Liz. I don't know heaps, but like to help when I do know something

[LizStreithorst]

Same as me. What I know I really know. If I take a guest guess I try to make that clear. I don't know so much more than I know, but what I do know if free for the asking. So many of us are like that here.

[danotaylor]

Amen, that's what I like about SD, and it's what keeps forum life alive and well! The shared knowledge of many makes for much knowledge! Peace Mama Bear!

[LizStreithorst]

Peace

[jamesx]

Just wanna give you a quick update here. I've been doing less water change and I think my cycle is almost back on with less than 0.25ppm of ammonia reading before daily water change. I think my water issue is almost gone. However, I've been treating my fish with table salt and heat for 2 days with no result. I now observe two other fish starting to lose appetite seemingly. They still eat when I feed but they definitely eat less than used to be. I'm a little panic now. Do internal parasites spread pretty easily and fast?

I decide to get some medicine from my source. I can get either Seachem Metroplex or levamosile. Which one is affective in my case? Can I use them together? I will treat my whole tank now as I suspect more fish may suffer this same issue. Thanks in advance!

[bluelagoon]

What's your secrete for keeping discus without disease? I think I did everything I could but they still get into problems from time to time...

No secrete about large volumes aged water and WC,s and clean hands going into the tank.

[jamesx]

No secrete about large volumes aged water and WC,s and clean hands going into the tank.

I guess I will have to consider aging my water in future.... I've been doing 90% water change every day and was told that's too much?

[jamesx]

I'm on my way to get some Seachem Metroplex. Just curious to see if I can lower the water level in my main tank so that I can treat the tank with lower dosage? The meds are crazily expensive... I wonder if it's safe to leave only half of the water in the tank (30gallon) during the treatment for a few days? I currently have 7 subadult fish in there. I will just shut off my canister filter and put all the media inside the tank, but I will just keep my sponge filter running as usual. Is this a viable idea?

[jamesx]

Just wanna update everyone that my sick discus had all the sudden recovered without any med! He went through a salt bath with increased temperature for the last two days, and my cycle had also recovered with 0 ammonia reading just before water change today.

I not sure which did the wonder but when I came home from work today I immediately saw the fish not hiding and swimming around with the group. I later on fed them some frozen blood worms and he literally attacked the food like crazy. I was surprised as I had never seen him so aggressive before!

Anyways, I still saw some white stringy things floating around in the tank. I'm not sure if those are white poop or undigested blood worms. I feed them Hikari Jumbo Frozen Bloodworms and some of them don't get fully digested.

I will continue on with the salt bath for a couple more days just to be sure. At this point I guess I don't have to try any medicine?

[LizStreithorst]

It sounds like you've got it licked. It was probably the ammonia, but just in case, I'd keep the salt and high heat for 12 days.