My Discus fish went beserk!

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fishbabe

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they all spin around in circles like look down and spinning.... then they smash themselves in the tank... i had 6 and now all of them are dead, they were doing fine for a while.... the Ph and minerals were perfect.... i dont understand why they are doing this..
 
Sorry for your loss. What size tank? Temp? Water parameters? Ammonia? Nitrite? Nitrate? How long had the tank been set up and running? Had they been eating? What were you feeding them? Sounds like bad or contaminated water or bad food.
 
the water was soft water... i filled it up from the store that sold osmosis water... like spring water without minerals, and i brought the vitamins and minerals from the store and added the needed amount.
 
Knowdafish;2373115; said:
Sorry for your loss. What size tank? Temp? Water parameters? Ammonia? Nitrite? Nitrate? How long had the tank been set up and running? Had they been eating? What were you feeding them? Sounds like bad or contaminated water or bad food.


the tank was a good size.... bigger then the one at the shop slight so it wont be a problem.....everything was right, but what is parameter, nitrate and nitrite?

they were eating... we brought some discus food from the store, but what kinda of disease would it be...
 
How long had the tank been set up and running before you put the discus in? After?
Parameters = water conditions. Was the fish store using 100% R.O. water in their discus tank? What is/was the temp of your tank???
 
Knowdafish;2373132; said:
How long had the tank been set up and running before you put the discus in? After?
Parameters = water conditions. Was the fish store using 100% R.O. water in their discus tank? What is/was the temp of your tank???

what is R.O water, we just got the water from the machine that sold the water in large bottles. the tank is perfect my dad brought 5 books from the store, and set the tank for me. we put the discus with the full grown one that i had for 3 months.
 
How did you acclimate the fish? When you bought the discus, were they in the same water as the one you prepared?
 
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