Lemon94
05-12-2018, 05:26 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?
It all began a few months ago when I got 7 discus. I am new to this hobby and made the mistake of not quarantining. A month ago, I lost a fish because it turned black, stopped eating and eventually died. Now a second discus is having the exact same symptoms and I fear it will also eventually die. I am now noticing a third discus who's color is slowly fading, who stopped eating and is hiding behind my driftwood all the time. I have a few discus ( about 2-3) who clamp their fins occasionally.
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).
Symptoms include, turning black, excess slime, not eating, clamped fins (occasionally). One discus has finrot which I used furan 2 and it didnt help.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
I have already treated with General Cure and Furan 2. I have also tried Epsom salt but nothing seems to help at all.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
I used to have 7 discus, 3 swordtails and 1 pleco but I have changed my load. I have a 75 gallon tank with 9 discus, 8 neons, 2 plecos, 1 gourami and a german blue ram.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
I change 80-90% everyday on my tank.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
The tank has been running for over 3 months now. It has a light sand substrate about 1 inch. It has a few plants as well.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I dont age my water.
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 __84-85___
- ph __8.0___
- ammonia reading _0___
- nitrite reading _0___
- nitrate reading ___0-5ppm_ (Big daily water changes always keep this really low)
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.
I just use tap water.
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
Only two new discus that I quarantined for about 4 weeks. (Making the total 9 discus)
10. Please tell us what you feed your fish and how often. This can be critical information for solving the problem so be as specific as you can.
I feed a beefheart mix (talapia, beefheart, shrimp, peas). I also feed bloodworms and brine shrimp. However, recently 1-2 of my discus have been neglecting my beefheart but eat the bloodworms and shrimp. I dont know why as they have always ate my beefheart mix.
Any tips about what I am doing wrong would be appreciated :cry:
It all began a few months ago when I got 7 discus. I am new to this hobby and made the mistake of not quarantining. A month ago, I lost a fish because it turned black, stopped eating and eventually died. Now a second discus is having the exact same symptoms and I fear it will also eventually die. I am now noticing a third discus who's color is slowly fading, who stopped eating and is hiding behind my driftwood all the time. I have a few discus ( about 2-3) who clamp their fins occasionally.
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).
Symptoms include, turning black, excess slime, not eating, clamped fins (occasionally). One discus has finrot which I used furan 2 and it didnt help.
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
I have already treated with General Cure and Furan 2. I have also tried Epsom salt but nothing seems to help at all.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
I used to have 7 discus, 3 swordtails and 1 pleco but I have changed my load. I have a 75 gallon tank with 9 discus, 8 neons, 2 plecos, 1 gourami and a german blue ram.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
I change 80-90% everyday on my tank.
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
The tank has been running for over 3 months now. It has a light sand substrate about 1 inch. It has a few plants as well.
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
I dont age my water.
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 __84-85___
- ph __8.0___
- ammonia reading _0___
- nitrite reading _0___
- nitrate reading ___0-5ppm_ (Big daily water changes always keep this really low)
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.
I just use tap water.
9. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
Only two new discus that I quarantined for about 4 weeks. (Making the total 9 discus)
10. Please tell us what you feed your fish and how often. This can be critical information for solving the problem so be as specific as you can.
I feed a beefheart mix (talapia, beefheart, shrimp, peas). I also feed bloodworms and brine shrimp. However, recently 1-2 of my discus have been neglecting my beefheart but eat the bloodworms and shrimp. I dont know why as they have always ate my beefheart mix.
Any tips about what I am doing wrong would be appreciated :cry: