George001
04-17-2015, 07:23 PM
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
I just lost my favorite discus a little while ago. I was a Blue Scorpion male large about 7 inches. Today the discus in question was swimming normally, and eating. This after noon I did a water change and then fed live brine shrimp. I feed them live brine shrimp once a week just for a treat. Within about 10 - 15 minutes the discus turned completely black and started to swim on its side and just not able to keep it balance when swimming. Gills looked normal. Only symptom was turning black and swimming erratically. All of the other 5 discus were normal. I decided to do another water change (90%) thinking it might be something with the water or the live brine shrimp. When I refilled the tank, the discus started to regain some of its color. I thought 'this is good'. Within a few moments the discus began swimming on its back, and died within a few minutes. Any thought of what may have happened, could it have been the live brine shrimp? This seems so weird to me, am completely baffled and super sad.
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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).
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
No medication.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
-75 gallon bb. 6 discus, 3 cory and 10 tetras.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
90 daily sometimes I may skip a day when I am lazy
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
Tank running for more than 2.5 years.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
no I do not age my water. There is no 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 _82____
- ph 6.8
- ammonia reading 0
- nitrite reading 0
- nitrate reading <10
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.
- municipal water __X__ and use Prime
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
Nothing added for a few months.
10. Include any pictures or videos you have which shows the symptoms. If you can't add them to this post, please provide a link to them.
Picture attached. If needed can attach more/better pics.
Any thoughts or ideas will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
George
I just lost my favorite discus a little while ago. I was a Blue Scorpion male large about 7 inches. Today the discus in question was swimming normally, and eating. This after noon I did a water change and then fed live brine shrimp. I feed them live brine shrimp once a week just for a treat. Within about 10 - 15 minutes the discus turned completely black and started to swim on its side and just not able to keep it balance when swimming. Gills looked normal. Only symptom was turning black and swimming erratically. All of the other 5 discus were normal. I decided to do another water change (90%) thinking it might be something with the water or the live brine shrimp. When I refilled the tank, the discus started to regain some of its color. I thought 'this is good'. Within a few moments the discus began swimming on its back, and died within a few minutes. Any thought of what may have happened, could it have been the live brine shrimp? This seems so weird to me, am completely baffled and super sad.
.
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).
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
No medication.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
-75 gallon bb. 6 discus, 3 cory and 10 tetras.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
90 daily sometimes I may skip a day when I am lazy
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
Tank running for more than 2.5 years.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
no I do not age my water. There is no 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 _82____
- ph 6.8
- ammonia reading 0
- nitrite reading 0
- nitrate reading <10
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.
- municipal water __X__ and use Prime
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
Nothing added for a few months.
10. Include any pictures or videos you have which shows the symptoms. If you can't add them to this post, please provide a link to them.
Picture attached. If needed can attach more/better pics.
Any thoughts or ideas will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
George