Pices
02-18-2018, 12:08 PM
I finally moved my discus from my 75 gallon into a 125 gallon. While getting things ready I noticed our little runt, a Snow White discus had a swollen belly. He had been hiding, but attributed that to him being the runt and new pecking order with the removal of my hero fish.
Out of 10 discus, he was the only named fish when my husband called him John Snow (Game of Thrones) and so he was named.
I followed the advice here on how to treat his swollen belly. I used Epsom salts 2 Tbsp per gallon and had just done a 90% wc. Since he wasn’t eating I saw no reason to do another wc in 24 hrs just to add more salt, so I waited 5 days and saw some poop floating around from time to time before being filtered out. I work 12 hr shifts so couldn’t watch as much as I’d like. I did another big wc. His breathing had improved immensely. His belly went down and this morning he looked cured, but still not eating. I moved him to a 10 gal hospital tank and I’m setting a timer every hour to keep the temp to around 82. I’m treating him for bacterial infection. I know his chances aren’t good, but neither was John Snow’s. Hopefully my John Snow will be around for another season as well. I welcome any comments/feedback even spells to make that happen!
Out of 10 discus, he was the only named fish when my husband called him John Snow (Game of Thrones) and so he was named.
I followed the advice here on how to treat his swollen belly. I used Epsom salts 2 Tbsp per gallon and had just done a 90% wc. Since he wasn’t eating I saw no reason to do another wc in 24 hrs just to add more salt, so I waited 5 days and saw some poop floating around from time to time before being filtered out. I work 12 hr shifts so couldn’t watch as much as I’d like. I did another big wc. His breathing had improved immensely. His belly went down and this morning he looked cured, but still not eating. I moved him to a 10 gal hospital tank and I’m setting a timer every hour to keep the temp to around 82. I’m treating him for bacterial infection. I know his chances aren’t good, but neither was John Snow’s. Hopefully my John Snow will be around for another season as well. I welcome any comments/feedback even spells to make that happen!