Hello,
I am having trouble identifying a problem I am having with my discus, and I am hoping maybe someone here can help me out.
First, a little background on the fish. I got them at the begining of April, and they have all been in the same tank since that time. The tank is a 120 gallon (18 in. deep x 5' long)with two emperor 400 filters on it. The tank was empty when they moved in, and they have been its' only inhabitants. There are currently 14 Discus in the tank. I did have one fish die a while ago, and why he died is still a mystery to me. Other than that, all of the fish have been doing very well up until this began.
About two weeks ago I noticed that the fish were starting to fight quite a bit, and I figured that it was probably time to separate some of them because they had grown since they were all put in the tank, and it is probably a bit more crowded in there than they would like. I did not think much else about it at that time.
About a week ago I started noticing something strange on the sides of the discus. A couple of them looked something like this:
wwtk.50megs.com/pics/sick003.jpg
At the time, I just attributed them to being "war wounds" and decided I better get some of them moved sooner than later and made plans to do so. However, during the last week, things have gotten much worse, and now I am not sure what to do. Here is what the worst one looks like now:
wwtk.50megs.com/pics/sick006.jpg
The fish are eating very well, and otherwise acting completely normal. They are not hiding, or acting in anyway stressed. They just look terrible.
I feed them Hikari BioPure bloodworms, and a beef heart mixture I make three times a day (they are still growing).
I do 40% water changes every other day, and vacuum the gravel almost everytime I do water changes, it just depends on the time available, and how the tank looks. Sometimes I might skip the gravel and just change the water.
Here are my water tests:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
pH 7.6
Temp 88
GH 10 degrees
KH 6 degrees
O[sup]2[/sup] at saturation
If anyone has any ideas about what could be the cause of this, and a treatment regimine, I would sure appreciate hearing about it.
Thanks,
WWTK
I am having trouble identifying a problem I am having with my discus, and I am hoping maybe someone here can help me out.
First, a little background on the fish. I got them at the begining of April, and they have all been in the same tank since that time. The tank is a 120 gallon (18 in. deep x 5' long)with two emperor 400 filters on it. The tank was empty when they moved in, and they have been its' only inhabitants. There are currently 14 Discus in the tank. I did have one fish die a while ago, and why he died is still a mystery to me. Other than that, all of the fish have been doing very well up until this began.
About two weeks ago I noticed that the fish were starting to fight quite a bit, and I figured that it was probably time to separate some of them because they had grown since they were all put in the tank, and it is probably a bit more crowded in there than they would like. I did not think much else about it at that time.
About a week ago I started noticing something strange on the sides of the discus. A couple of them looked something like this:
wwtk.50megs.com/pics/sick003.jpg
At the time, I just attributed them to being "war wounds" and decided I better get some of them moved sooner than later and made plans to do so. However, during the last week, things have gotten much worse, and now I am not sure what to do. Here is what the worst one looks like now:
wwtk.50megs.com/pics/sick006.jpg
The fish are eating very well, and otherwise acting completely normal. They are not hiding, or acting in anyway stressed. They just look terrible.
I feed them Hikari BioPure bloodworms, and a beef heart mixture I make three times a day (they are still growing).
I do 40% water changes every other day, and vacuum the gravel almost everytime I do water changes, it just depends on the time available, and how the tank looks. Sometimes I might skip the gravel and just change the water.
Here are my water tests:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
pH 7.6
Temp 88
GH 10 degrees
KH 6 degrees
O[sup]2[/sup] at saturation
If anyone has any ideas about what could be the cause of this, and a treatment regimine, I would sure appreciate hearing about it.
Thanks,
WWTK