Alyn
03-11-2014, 10:15 AM
I have a beautiful 5 inch checkerboard discus purchased from Discus Hans about eight months ago. He has been looking more and more skinny and has grown very little since I purchased him. His color is bright, he is very active and has a ravenous appetite. I tried to inspect his feces, but he does not seem to go a lot and when he does it is a small amount. It does not look stringy, but it is a white/gray color and does not look like the other discus.
I have been treating him with Metro in his food for two weeks now, with no improvement. I was wondering if I should treat with Prazi and if so, is it safe to treat the whole tank. I was also wondering if I should treat the tank water with Metro instead of the food. I am very reluctant to use medications as I have a planted tank and some other delicate fish, but I really love this discus and don't want to lose him. I also have a 10g sick tank if it would be better to treat him separately. Would include pic, but have not figured out how to do that from an android phone.
2. Symptoms (i.e. turning dark, excess slime, not eating, clamped fins, flashing, darting, clamped gills, white/yellow/green poop, hiding, headstanding or tailstanding, white on tips of fins, rotting or fungus, blisters/white zits on fish, bloated, cloudy eyes, wounds).
Just noticed, he has two small holes between the eyes which could be HTH.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Metro in food 250/one oz. food once a day - no change
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
75g., four 5-6 discus, rummy nose tetras, cardinal tetras, albino BN, albino whiptail, regular whiptail, small yellow king tiger pleco, gold nugget pleco, emperor pleco, rams
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
2x week, 50%, daily gravel vac
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
planted/ sand substrate
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
8. Parameters and water source;
Note: Water Parameters are important in diagnosing problems within a tank. If you don't own test kits for the following information, you can purchase them, test your parameters and post this info as soon as possible.
- temp _74-75
- ph __6.8
- ammonia reading _0
- nitrite reading _0___
- nitrate reading __0__
What type of water or combinations of water sources do you use? If it is an RO/tap/well water mix, please list percentages in the mix.
- well water ____
- municipal water ____
- RO water ____
I have been treating him with Metro in his food for two weeks now, with no improvement. I was wondering if I should treat with Prazi and if so, is it safe to treat the whole tank. I was also wondering if I should treat the tank water with Metro instead of the food. I am very reluctant to use medications as I have a planted tank and some other delicate fish, but I really love this discus and don't want to lose him. I also have a 10g sick tank if it would be better to treat him separately. Would include pic, but have not figured out how to do that from an android phone.
2. Symptoms (i.e. turning dark, excess slime, not eating, clamped fins, flashing, darting, clamped gills, white/yellow/green poop, hiding, headstanding or tailstanding, white on tips of fins, rotting or fungus, blisters/white zits on fish, bloated, cloudy eyes, wounds).
Just noticed, he has two small holes between the eyes which could be HTH.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Metro in food 250/one oz. food once a day - no change
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
75g., four 5-6 discus, rummy nose tetras, cardinal tetras, albino BN, albino whiptail, regular whiptail, small yellow king tiger pleco, gold nugget pleco, emperor pleco, rams
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
2x week, 50%, daily gravel vac
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
planted/ sand substrate
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
8. Parameters and water source;
Note: Water Parameters are important in diagnosing problems within a tank. If you don't own test kits for the following information, you can purchase them, test your parameters and post this info as soon as possible.
- temp _74-75
- ph __6.8
- ammonia reading _0
- nitrite reading _0___
- nitrate reading __0__
What type of water or combinations of water sources do you use? If it is an RO/tap/well water mix, please list percentages in the mix.
- well water ____
- municipal water ____
- RO water ____