white spot on discus eye

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it is circilar and the size of a tip of a marker. appears to be on the inside of the eye, not on the outside. just did a waterchange and it poped up overnight.
what can i do?
:swear: discus
 
What are your water changes like? how much and how frequently are you doing them? What is your pH in the tank...and from the tap? As a first line of defense, increase your water changes and add in salt...5-6 tablespoons per 10 gallons. Any way you could get pictures of the discus?? That would help a lot.

-Ryan
 
Dkarc said:
What are your water changes like? how much and how frequently are you doing them? What is your pH in the tank...and from the tap? As a first line of defense, increase your water changes and add in salt...5-6 tablespoons per 10 gallons. Any way you could get pictures of the discus?? That would help a lot.

-Ryan
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i think that would make things worse if his tap is hard water with a lower temp

discus need very warm soft slighty acidic to acidic water
 
hey now you read to much

our house is on a spring and my h20 changes are from the tap, very acidic. and my discus has trived in it. beautiful color, very active. had them for years,

anyway. what kind of tank mates do you have?
 
all is good, he is fine. crap poped up overnight though. i hate that kinda stuff
info:ph is about 6.3, discus is red marlburough, weekly waterchanges, have salt: 1tsp per 5 gal, the rest is in my sig
 
DeLgAdO said:
i think that would make things worse if his tap is hard water with a lower temp

discus need very warm soft slighty acidic to acidic water
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Nope, not true at all. Discus can thrive in almost any pH level from 5.0 on up to 8.2 with ease. Temperature in the mid 80's. Hardness matters very little too, unless you are trying to breed them. His problem sounds like a slight bacterial problem...which is why I suggested increasing the water changes and adding in salt. Increasing the water changes, especially on a discus tank, will help things out a lot by decreasing the bio-load in the tank as well as reducing the infection pressure on the fish. And adding in the salt will help reduce stress slightly and help stop the bacteria...or atleast slow it down. Just increase your water changes and add in the salt for now. Add in some methlyene blue if you have any too. Keep it up for a week and things should be back to normal shortly.

-Ryan
 
Dkarc said:
Nope, not true at all. Discus can thrive in almost any pH level from 5.0 on up to 8.2 with ease. Temperature in the mid 80's. Hardness matters very little too, unless you are trying to breed them. His problem sounds like a slight bacterial problem...which is why I suggested increasing the water changes and adding in salt. Increasing the water changes, especially on a discus tank, will help things out a lot by decreasing the bio-load in the tank as well as reducing the infection pressure on the fish. And adding in the salt will help reduce stress slightly and help stop the bacteria...or atleast slow it down. Just increase your water changes and add in the salt for now. Add in some methlyene blue if you have any too. Keep it up for a week and things should be back to normal shortly.

-Ryan
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glad i said i think :)
 
it could be hole in the head discus and one of the few freshwater fish that get it and sometimes it don't take long to kill your fish and that could just be a start
 
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