bullied discus not eating

[wildy]

I have a 5" discus one of the original 2 i started with ,now i have about 12 in my 150 gallon tank, the original 2 have always mouth locked etc , but the turk seems to have won the pecking fight and the other is not eating and hiding in the corner, what is the best thing to do here , would it be to sell on the fish ........

[Carol_Roberts]

It may just be sick - perhaps it needs a hospital tank and a metro treatment. Is it dark, hiding in the back of the tank, not eating? Any white strings of mucus hanging from it's vent?

[wildy]

I have wormed them only 2 weeks ago

[wildy]

no mucus

[Carol_Roberts]

intestinal flagellates are different than worms . . .

[wildy]

i have the noticed the fish in question has a white string of feices hanging from it ,any ideas?????

[wildy]

heres a pic..

[Carol_Roberts]

Hard to tell from photo whether that is a worm or muscus. Next time you see this hanging from the vent squeeze it between your finger and thumb. Does it feel solid like a worm or does it feel like snot?

[milton]

Hard to tell from photo whether that is a worm or muscus. Next time you see this hanging from the vent squeeze it between your finger and thumb. Does it feel solid like a worm or does it feel like snot?


really gross carol

[wildy]

I wont be able to pull it out into a hospital tank till tomorrow, but it has snapped off and it now looks like the tale of a tadpole hanging out i.e. transparent on outer and whit in the centre ....

any more help

also should i treat all of my fish or just the one(the rest look fine and are there normal self..)

[Carol_Roberts]

Is it a worm or is it mucus? You won't know what to treat for unless you can figure out what it is.

[wildy]

reply , i have quarintined it is mucus, what next???????

[Carol_Roberts]

Read how to treat intestinal flagellates here http://forum.simplydiscus.com//index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=16348

[wildy]

In the uk i can get a drug called hexamita is this the same stuff ,as metro cant be bought unless you are a vet..

http://www.eshalabs.com/hexamita.htm

[Carol_Roberts]

They don't list ingredients. why don't you contact them and find out what it contains?

[nirfun]

If you can't find Metrogyl, try to find "General Cure", it should be sold in pet stores.

[nirfun]

http://discus-israel.com/ge_cure.jpg

I have not tried it yet but my friends said that it's effective but expensive.

[wildy]

i have spoken to some people on a uk discus forum and the y have advises interpet no, 9 and octozin, i have treated and they are looking bette,r but how long should i keep em in the hospital tank, and will it be ok to put em back with the bully, which caused the problem in the first place.

[wildy]

The bully!!!

[wildy]

the fish under treatment!!