Help with Symptoms

[Eva]

Hello,

Confused with all the meds available.

One discus is Dark, was eating last night but not this morning. His fecus looks ok. Eyes are alittle cloudy.

Also has what I thought were wounds from fighting but now maybe HTH. I was using Melafix. (they look somewhat better now).

He is floating somewhat on his side.

Should I use PENICILLIN, or KANACYN, NEOMYCIN or METRONIDAZOLE.

Ph is 6.4, temp is 85f. Ammonia and nitrates are good.
thanks
Eva


Physical condition of the fish
1. visible parasites (describe) NO
2. stringy feces No
3. head standing YES
4. bloated/ constipated NO
5. Hole in the head, lateral line erosion "Could be"
6. spots, salt like flecks, velvety appearance,cotton like growths etc.
7. excessive slime production NO
8. labored breathing, disfunctional gill YES
9. cloudy eyes YES
10.darkened color YES
11. faded color NO
12. other unusual changes...


Water parameters
1. pH? 6.4
2. Temperature: 85f
3. hardness?
4. conductivity?
5. TDS?
6. R/O (reverse osmosis) filtered, or Tap (well or chlorinated city water), rain water
7. Water change regime? ( example .. 30 % daily, weekly monthly etc) 50% weekly
8. appearance (cloudy, green , clear, yellowish etc)
9. Odor (smells clean or sulfur-lit match smell-anaerobic indicator) NO

Tank parameters
1. Size in gallons/liters? 75g
2. Substrate.? (bare glass, gravel, sand..)bare glass
3. Planted? YES
4. Drift wood? YES

Filter types
1 Wet/dry?
2. Canister? YEs with peat
3. hanging box( aquaclear whisper etc)?
4. sponges?
5. supplimental Peat filter? YES
6. supplimental air? Y
7. Carbon, resin exchanges, ammo-chips etc NO


Lighting( Important for algae problems and plant growth)
1. Hood
2. bulb type size, watts, spectrum (ex 5000K daylight)
3. light/dark cycle (number hours on/off) 12hrs


General….
1. Diet(what and how often do you feed you fish? live shrimp, frozen bloodworms, beefheart.
2. Other tank occupants than discus? No
3. How many Discus in your tank? 4
4. How long have you had them? 2yrs
5. Where did you get them (breeder/ Local Fish Shop -LFS)
6. Tank and filter cleaning schedule? filter every three wks
7. Medications/ salt treatments recently used or tried to treat this problem? Melafix

IMO I would do More W/cs then weekly.


Try daily 50% w/c for awhile before you treat!


HTH
cary Gld!

Eva--Bacterial---water cahnge, water change ---water changethen do another. Joe

Eva,
I agree 110% with Cary and Joe.

LOTS OF WATER CHANGES DAILY!!!!!!!!!
Clean water makes HAPPY fishes.

HTH
Miles