day 3 update: absolutely shocked to see all of them come up to me this morning begging for food. then, believe it or not, they ate. what is happening lol
dying discus
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They are not stressed anymore great that things are back to normal.
does anyone have experience with pimafix and melafix? they seem to have worked, but it could be the temp, salt, and new stress free environment. i keep hearing that melafix and pimafix are snake oil products that dont really do anything. i am confused about this.
Glad to see that they are doing better. They love clean water and take alot longer to adjust than any other fish. I always treat my tank for internal parasites when I add new discus as a precaution. I’ve learned the hard way but so far my discus have been doing Amazing. Once they adjust and happy they are going to swim and come up for food on the regular. I switched to 2 50% water changes weekly and that has drastically improved their attitude and health.
Day 4 of quarantine and things are going well, so I guess its time to screw it all up just to see if the pimafix is doing it, or everything else. I am stopping the pimafix today and just going with 5 gallons a day water changes with 1 tablespoon of salt in the bucket. Temp is still 86 and the fish are looking good. The fuzzy fin is almost cleared up, and the popeye is clearer as well. The big orange one still has white faded spots.
Whatever you do don't put them back in with the Giant Gourami.
I will never keep them in a stressful environment again. They will be in their own dedicated discus tank with all the water conditions they like. I am done trying to stock the big 450. I have a baby fly river turtle on the way, and that will be the last addition for a while.
day 5 quarantine. no meds. only daily 5 gallon water change and tablespoon of salt. temp 86. all signs of illness is fading. everyone is eating and seems happy.
sadly i think they may have gill flukes. the big orange one has been shaking its head. then i noticed one gill closed and one open too much. any reccomendations?
