engiskhan
03-08-2004, 10:05 AM
I watch my discus alot and since I've only had these guys for a couple weeks or so, I'm not what you'd call an expert. Maybe I'm reacting to something I needn't worry about but I'll let you experts be the judge of that.
I have 8 discus ranging in size from 3.5 to 4.5 inches in a 55 gallon barebottom tank. I noticed that one of my leopards wasn't very hungry and appeared listless a week or so ago. she came out of it, but still doesn't attack cbw and seems to prefer flakes. Lately, one of my BDs is acting listless and I haven't seen him eat in a few days now. I've also seen him twitching his head to the left in a weird spasm and I've also seen him scrape his gills once or twice. His color is fine, and his fins aren't clamped a whole lot. come to think of it, his color is lighter than usual if anything. He hangs by himself alot but will defend himself if anyone other than the "boss" tries to pick on him.
I read that it's good to treat for worms once in awhile so I did a dose of parasite clear (jungle labs). It has metro and prazi in it I believe. Anyway, the next day I saw a 2 inch long corkscrew shaped turd. It looked like some type of ribbon pasta. I also have seen a few white turds mixed in with the others which look like normal black/brown ones.
Anything I need to do different?
Oh, ammonia is 0, nitrite is 0. ph is 6.7. temp is 88. I do 50% daily water changes (aged r/o water with kent r/o right and discus essentials.
I have 8 discus ranging in size from 3.5 to 4.5 inches in a 55 gallon barebottom tank. I noticed that one of my leopards wasn't very hungry and appeared listless a week or so ago. she came out of it, but still doesn't attack cbw and seems to prefer flakes. Lately, one of my BDs is acting listless and I haven't seen him eat in a few days now. I've also seen him twitching his head to the left in a weird spasm and I've also seen him scrape his gills once or twice. His color is fine, and his fins aren't clamped a whole lot. come to think of it, his color is lighter than usual if anything. He hangs by himself alot but will defend himself if anyone other than the "boss" tries to pick on him.
I read that it's good to treat for worms once in awhile so I did a dose of parasite clear (jungle labs). It has metro and prazi in it I believe. Anyway, the next day I saw a 2 inch long corkscrew shaped turd. It looked like some type of ribbon pasta. I also have seen a few white turds mixed in with the others which look like normal black/brown ones.
Anything I need to do different?
Oh, ammonia is 0, nitrite is 0. ph is 6.7. temp is 88. I do 50% daily water changes (aged r/o water with kent r/o right and discus essentials.