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I'm new to discus and looking for advice on how to treat a very sick fish. I bought five discuses online a month ago and one of them wasn't in a good shape when I first got it. I already try Prazipro, API General Cure and so far it doesn't seem to get better. Today I notice some cotton-like thingy on both side of the body of the fish. Is this fungus? Please help! Thanks.
Tank size: 55 gallons
Water change: 2x a week, 50%
Reading: ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0
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Hi,
Sorry you are having issues here. It will help if we have some more info...
Please complete this questionnaire if your fish are sick (copy and paste). The more details you can provide, the better we are able to diagnose and help you treat your sick fish.
DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE
Problem
1. Please explain the problems with your fish. When did you notice the problems and did anything unusual happen that you think started them?
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).
3. What medications/ treatments have you already tried and what were the results. Include dosage and duration of treatment.
Tank/Water
4. Tank size and ages, numbers and sizes of fish.
5. Water change regime (What percentage and how often).
6. How long has tank been running? Is it bare bottom? If you have substrate, what type and how deep is it?
7. Do you age your water? If you do for how long and what is the ph swing.
8. What type/brand water conditioner do you use? Do you add it to the tank or aging barrel? How much do you use?
9. Parameters and water source;
Note: Water Parameters are important in diagnosing problems within a tank. If you don't own test kits for the following information, you can purchase them, test your parameters and post this info as soon as possible.
- temp _____
- ph _____
- ammonia reading ____
- nitrite reading ____
- nitrate reading ____
What type of water or combinations of water sources do you use? If it is an RO/tap/well water mix, please list percentages in the mix.
- well water ____
- municipal water ____
- RO water ____
10. Any new fish, plants or inverts added recently.
11. Please tell us what you feed your fish and how often. This can be critical information for solving the problem so be as specific as you can.
12. Include any pictures or videos you have which shows the symptoms. If you can't add them to this post, please provide a link to them.
In addition I would like to see pics of the other discus and tank itself Do You have plecos in that tank? If so what kind?. Also you mentioned you tried prazipro and general cure? Can you tell me how you used these and for how long?
A general comment.. thar fisb looks like it has a bacterial gill disease . Its also possible its just a physical detail.. one reason why I want to see other fish in the tank. From the shot you posted I get the impression the fish is thin.. a head on shot would help
I realize its alot to ask for info but it can be the difference between being able to help you or not with this issue.
There're less white stuffs on the sick fish body today (11/8/23). The other four discuses are fine and eat everything.
No plecos in the tank
Sick discus: not eating and flare gills since the day I got it (1 month). It is not hiding and turns dark sometime.
Discus type: 4" green tefe (not wild caught)
Tank size: 55 gallons, 3 months old
Water change: twice a week, 50%, municipal water
Substrate: ada aqua soil amazonia ver 2; 1 inch in the front, 2 inches in the back
Food: Hikari micro wafers, Hikari discus bio-cold, Hikari freeze dried blood worms
ammonia: 0, nitrite: 0, nitrate: 0
Filter: Fluval fx4 and a sump in the back of the tank with sponges and ceramic bio media blocks
Other fishes: 10 cardinal tetra, 5 panda cory, 3 siamese algae eater
Medicine used: Prazipro - used for 2 weeks, API General Cure - used 2 times, metroplex - used 1 time yesterday
Medicines I currently have: api melafix, api pimafix, api general cure, api super ick, api fungus cure, seachem metroplex, ich-x, prazipro
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If these siamese algae eaters have any size to them they could be eating off that fishes sides. Especially since its not feeling well...it won't be as active...so watch for that.
Api general cure is just prazi and metronidazole. You should stop all the prazi now as its not going to help... metro is really not either. Can you move this fish to a hospital tank and treat with seachem polyguard?
Thank you! I'll try that. Btw, the siamese algae eaters are about 2 inches.
Thats likely who made the marks...keep an eye on them.Quote:
Btw, the siamese algae eaters are about 2 inches.