milton
04-23-2004, 05:21 PM
hiya,
I've got problem with 1 of my discus (3.5 inches in size good colour no clamped fins) who refuses all type of foods no matter what i try he/she just refuses to eat, does not even try to eat then spit out. All other fish eat fine & have no white poo as i've not seen this ones i treated with a deworm/anti deflagellate just in case but still no change in feeding. The only thing i can think of is putting an divider in to see if this helps this fish as 1 of the other fish does chase the others away (does not stop them from eatting though) when its feeding time and this may be the cause as they are cichlids. so my question is what else could i also do to help? thx in advance
tank and fish stats are as follows 6 discus (3inches to 4.5 inches) in a 55gal very lightly planted tank with ph 7 , kh 4, gh6, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 15-20 temp 86c with twice weekly 15% water changes and 5% every otherday ie 15% sunday, 5% tues, 15% thurs, 5% sat, 15% monday
I've got problem with 1 of my discus (3.5 inches in size good colour no clamped fins) who refuses all type of foods no matter what i try he/she just refuses to eat, does not even try to eat then spit out. All other fish eat fine & have no white poo as i've not seen this ones i treated with a deworm/anti deflagellate just in case but still no change in feeding. The only thing i can think of is putting an divider in to see if this helps this fish as 1 of the other fish does chase the others away (does not stop them from eatting though) when its feeding time and this may be the cause as they are cichlids. so my question is what else could i also do to help? thx in advance
tank and fish stats are as follows 6 discus (3inches to 4.5 inches) in a 55gal very lightly planted tank with ph 7 , kh 4, gh6, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 15-20 temp 86c with twice weekly 15% water changes and 5% every otherday ie 15% sunday, 5% tues, 15% thurs, 5% sat, 15% monday