scratching discus

[marjan777]

DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE


Problem

1. Please explain the problems with your fish/when and how they started
· My discus are scratching against flower pot / They do almost one month






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)

· They do well (only scratching) , but 2-3 of them don’t have very good appetite





3. What medications/ treatments that you have already tried and results. Include dosages and duration of treatment.



· One treatment Sera Tremazol (Prazi) no success http://www.sera.de/index.php?id=346&L=1 (http://www.sera.de/index.php?id=346&L=1)

· One treatment Sera Protazol http://www.sera.de/index.php?id=347&L=1 (http://www.sera.de/index.php?id=347&L=1) no success


Tank/Water

4. Tank size and age, number and size of fish

· 120 us Gal (450 lit.)

· 15 discus

· 4 inch



5. Water change regime/ how long has tank been running/ bare bottom or gravel/ do you age your water?



· Daily WC 50-60%

· 6-7 months old tank

· Aged water 24 hours with primer


6 Parameters and water source;

- temp: 86f (30c)

- ph 7.8

- ammonia reading 0

- nitrite reading 0

- nitrate reading 0

- well water ____

- municipal water 7.2

7. Any new fish/plants added recently

· NO







SO CAN YOU HELP ME ,MY FISH ARE SCRACHING ALMOST A MONTH
ANY MEDS OR HIGHER TEMP ???
THANKS:)

[Eddie]

What kind of filtration do you have?

Also, when you say one treatment of Protazol, how many days?

[marjan777]

2 canisters one is 1000 l/h and one is 1200 l/h with spray bar, not much water turbulence. Plus one big air stone.

And I use Protazol (Prazi) by direction of Sera, just one treatment for 6-7 hours.

Thanks

[Eddie]

2 canisters one is 1000 l/h and one is 1200 l/h with spray bar, not much water turbulence. Plus one big air stone.

And I use Protazol (Prazi) by direction of Sera, just one treatment for 6-7 hours.

Thanks

If it is in fact flukes, you will need to retreat with Sera Tremazol (Prazi). The directions actually mention doing another treatment after 7 days. Fluke eggs are unaffected by Praziquantel so only the hatched flukes will be knocked back.

http://www.sera.de/fileadmin/gbi/sera_tremazol_36.05_int.pdf

Eddie

[marjan777]

Thanks Eddie for all you advices, you are great.
Situation with fish is not very good,
First I notice one of fish white poo,
And second one of fish has some white spot next to gill.

So I plan to treat full tank with Seachem ParaGuard - http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/ParaGuard.html (http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/ParaGuard.html)
Any other advices are more then welcome…………………………..thanks? :)

[Eddie]

I have never used PG before, might help. :o It does have Malachite Green in it so keep tank lights off during treatment.


Take care,

Eddie