sidra
02-22-2005, 10:34 AM
Hello. I have a 29 gal tank with 3 young discus (2 are about 2 1/2 inch, 1 is about 3 1/2 inch), 2 rams, 2 rummy nose tetra and 2 oticinclus catfish. I have many live plants and two small snails. Nothing new has been added to the tank in at least 3 weeks. My water temp is 83 degrees F, PH kept in low 6's. The tank is well-filtrated with a canister filter for up to 66 gal tank. I do water changes of 20-25% every three days. I have two new discus in a quarantine tank awaiting my new, bigger tank and they are doing great.
Everything has been going great since day 1. My rams have even spawned twice (though they ate the eggs). My problems first started with one discus had a pretty bad case of fin and tail rot. Then another discus started with a minor case. I treated the tank with melafix, the minor case did fine, the other got worse. I moved the worse one to a hospital tank and treated with kanamycin which worked. He is back in the main tank and starting to re-grow his tail fins. Then I noticed he didn't look so good and had TINY white thread-like parasites on him and his breathing was getting labored. Another discus looked fine but was flicking his gill area on the rocks. I treated with Applus Anti-Fluke. Sick discus improved again. Two days later tiny white things back on the same discus, plus hydra in tank (previously a few here and there) are growing in numbers and now I have tons of tiny white wriggling thread-like worms floating around in the tank. I don't really see them on the fish, but they are free-floating and alive.
I have also noticed a few clear gel-like globs with tiny cloudy specks in them. At first I guessed snail eggs or something, but now I'm wondering if they're not hatching into these thread-like worms that are all over.
I bought CLOUT but am afraid to use it because I don't want to stain my tank and I'm not sure if it's the right thing. My local pet store hasn't been much help and I'm afraid things are getting out of control. If my goal was to raise things other than fish, I seem to have the perfect conditions.
Please help!
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Everything has been going great since day 1. My rams have even spawned twice (though they ate the eggs). My problems first started with one discus had a pretty bad case of fin and tail rot. Then another discus started with a minor case. I treated the tank with melafix, the minor case did fine, the other got worse. I moved the worse one to a hospital tank and treated with kanamycin which worked. He is back in the main tank and starting to re-grow his tail fins. Then I noticed he didn't look so good and had TINY white thread-like parasites on him and his breathing was getting labored. Another discus looked fine but was flicking his gill area on the rocks. I treated with Applus Anti-Fluke. Sick discus improved again. Two days later tiny white things back on the same discus, plus hydra in tank (previously a few here and there) are growing in numbers and now I have tons of tiny white wriggling thread-like worms floating around in the tank. I don't really see them on the fish, but they are free-floating and alive.
I have also noticed a few clear gel-like globs with tiny cloudy specks in them. At first I guessed snail eggs or something, but now I'm wondering if they're not hatching into these thread-like worms that are all over.
I bought CLOUT but am afraid to use it because I don't want to stain my tank and I'm not sure if it's the right thing. My local pet store hasn't been much help and I'm afraid things are getting out of control. If my goal was to raise things other than fish, I seem to have the perfect conditions.
Please help!
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