Clear Bubble/Lump on Discus Fish

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Loril

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Feb 6, 2012
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Good morning,

I just bought 3 discus on Sunday and added to my tank (this is a new tank with no other fish in it). I left all the lights off on Sunday and no food, yesterday morning I fed them....all colour are very brilliant, fins high, etc. and they all ate. Fed again in the afternoon and again, all ate. Last evening I noticed that my Checkerboard Pigeon had a clear bubble over his eye. It doesn't seem to affect him at all, he continues to swim around, eat, colour is good and fins up. This morning when I fed them I noticed that the Yellow Checkerboard had a similar bubble on his side. Does anyone know what this might be? Could it be caused by the stress of the move or is it something more serious? Side note: I bought all three fish from a breeder with pristine tanks. All three were from the same tank. So far the Turquoise shows no signs of these bubbles.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Lori
 
The translucent film on the eye of your discus is most likely caused by a gram negative bacterial infection. In some instances, it can also be caused by a protozoan infection.
 
Thank you for your reply. I have been doing a lot of reading online and, the closest thing that I can see would be that my tank has a super-saturation of gas and it is causing these clear bubble on my fish. IF this is the case, could it be caused by my bubble wand blowing too fast/hard into the tank? Should I shut off my air pump? Do I continue to feed them or leave them alone and keep the lights off for a day? As I said earlier, I only brought these guys home on Sunday and they have already gone through a stressful situation. I don't want to lose them. I have contacted the breeder and he is looking into this but I haven't heard anything back from him yet. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Lori
 
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