Advice anyone? Otherwise I'll just have to cull them I guess...?
I've kept up large wc but it doesn't help.
So far I've tried Praziquantel, Metronidazol and Levamisol without any improvement.
Advice anyone? Otherwise I'll just have to cull them I guess...?
I've kept up large wc but it doesn't help.
You can try sachem paraguard. It has worked when others didn't.
Is that the consensus among all of you experienced discus keepers, to use Paraguard in this case? What does it treat that you suspect in my fish?
Did you move him to a hospital tank? You’re approaching a month that the discus hasn’t eaten. I wonder if anyone else has any suggestions. It’s only this one discus that’s showing symptoms? How does the fieces look?
Another thing that helped me was the use of epsom salt with Metro/prazi. But if the fish hasn’t eaten, then there is nothing to discharge. After the treatment, I then siphoned the fiecies from the bare bottom as soon as it hit the floor.. I tried to give them the cleanest water possible when they got sick.
Last edited by Mando; 12-15-2018 at 02:19 PM.
It eats but spits out a lot. It shakes it head after spitting out. Getting thinner.
Several of my discus have cloudy eyes and some are dark in color. I've kept the tank spotless for a long time. Vacuuming the bare bottom, large wc daily up to 90%, rinsing filters in tank water and tried metro, prazi and levamisole.
I feel like giving up on discus soon. Is it really this hard? If no one has a solution I guess it is.
Feeces look good and all but one eat well.
I was in your same shoes and almost gave up. Over the last 8-12 months I’ve been able to enjoy the discus as they should be. I had a bad rookie start. The sickest one might die. I got mine to start eating again with live black worms. Stop medicating for now and get them to eat. Add garlic extract to the pellets; see how that goes.
Great advice, Mando. Live black worms are the best Discus food. The fish cannot resist the wiggle factor.
Mama Bear
All but one are eating everything really well but the cloudiness in their eyes never goes away... My cycle is ok.
How are the fish holding up?
So it’s just cloudy eyes and no eating? Are you still medicating? Did you try live worms?
I re-read the first page. I noticed that besides hazy eyes, the discus get white pimples. This is a sign of water quality issues. I know It sounds repetitive but any chance you could age your water? All my problems went away after I stopped well water and aged my tap water.
Also, you mentioned some periods of no/less water changes. If you absolutely can’t age tap water, then keep up with the 50% WC’s daily (for now. Reduce wc’s after they are healthier) and alternate filters when cleaning. Don’t clean both in the same week.
Last edited by Mando; 01-09-2019 at 12:00 AM.
All discus are eating well again and are coloring up more. The cloudy eyes are still a problem though.
No, I can't age the water. But I have no large pH swings so I can't see any reason to.
use 6-7 black alder cones on 100L or in shop something like az triple black water
1 day in week dont feed them
Last edited by Tuterosso; 03-02-2019 at 05:51 AM.