what happened to my fish?

[leechiahan]

One of my healthest fish stop eating these days(only him, others are fine)
Before he was eating aggressively,
but strange things happened these days.
Last time I saw him twisted his body and throw up lots of bubbles and some pieces of food.
He is not as active as he usually was, and hide behind the hydro sponge.
He eats some of the live cbw, but not the frozen blood worm.
Also, he is trying to rub the hard surface.
water condition is normal as usual.

what happened to him?????

[Carol_Roberts]

He has an intestinal blockage. The food cannot pass through so he is throwing it up. Blockage could be from constipation, infected air bladder, tumor or something else. Try epsom salt one tesaspoon per 10 gallons for constipation, kanacyn for bacterial infection.

Is he a blue diamond?

[yogi]

I have one question. When you say he is trying to rub on a hard surface. What part or parts of him is he trying to rub?

[leechiahan]

no
he is a leopard
about 3 to 4 inch I think..
will he cure it self?

Henry

[Carol_Roberts]

I don't know Henry. :-\
Stop feeding him for a few days and try the epsom salt. If no improvement in 6-12 hours try antibiotic.

[leechiahan]

Carol

how do I stop feeding him??? he is in my only 8 Discus Tank??

how long I have to teat him with the Epson salt?

and what to do for antibiotic. where to get them local shop?

do you have fish does the same thing?
is this normal to Discus?

Henry

[Carol_Roberts]

No, it is not normal. I had a green diamond female that easily became constipated (passed big cigars) When she would get blocked she would start belching bubbles and throwing up half digested food. In her case epsom salt worked everytime. Blue and green diamonds are prone to this . . . . turks and leopards aren't . . . try the epsom salt, you can dose more than one teaspoon per 10 gallons and you can redose after 4 hours

[leechiahan]

thanks carol

I will try and tell you what happen later...

mybe tomorrow.

[leechiahan]

Today i found out one of my discus' gill worked unequally.
One side of his gill just open a little bit, and his rate of breating increases.
and he seems wants to scratch the hard surface.

what would be the problem and what medicine should i treat him?