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I cant believe nobody mentioned discus as the likely culprits. I've personally seen my wild discus tear apart new and newish anubias leaves.

This is probably more commonly observed in wilds as...

On second observations, I think you might be right.

Hi DIYjunkie,

In my personal experience, you definately dont need a stereo scope. The normal optical ones work perfectly fine and suffice for the job at hand.

The magnification power you'd...

Me too. I have heard a lot of conflicting information both on the internet and verbal.

Glad you decided to actively involve yourself to improve the industry Malcolm.

thumbs up all the way!

samir, are you testing the theory that male heckels are always ready to go? and that its the females that hold them back??


let us know how u go! very impressed!!!

The other wholesalers have stocked up on wilds too.

Looks like the future is bright for wild discus enthusiasts!

This section is long overdue.

Do they have black throats? If so, they would be common reds/brachybranchus.

Reason I asked is that I've seen heaps of brachybranchus with multiple spots or varied shape of the spots. I believe...

I agree. Prazi seems pretty useless for treating flukes, especially the flukes inherent on asian imported discus.

I recently did the prazi treatment for 2 weeks with no improvements. This p'ed me...

samir, that sounds about right.

Correction, just checked the site provided and that is 19-20 mS/m which is 19-20 millisiemens/metre.
I was pretty stunned when i read the above quote as i know for a fact that water down here in...

thats exactly right. fluoride in large doses can kill you (do the math, probably work out to 2000 L or something along the lines). However the same applies to anything else, given a high enough...

im more concerned about this statement

tb is quite epidemic and can persist in the latent phase without ever showing symptoms, which theoretically should apply to the german lines aswell.

the excessive co2 wouldve dropped the ph quite significantly if your kH is low. i would try to get an air stone in there and pump as much O2 into the water as possible.

if you have pH up or pH...

nick, ive had a problem with this not long ago. refer to samir's post.

http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/seecuta/

for pictures

will upload more tomorrow if time permits.

Many of you may remember that ive had a long battle with a disease outbreak in my discus room. Well all remaining discus have recovered 100% and i have a batched of about 100 babies growing up.

i...

Hi MAC, the doxy and fmb treatment got to the root of the cause. I have finally got a handle on this marathon treatment and most fish are recovering and looking better. This is a pretty harsh...

yes you can, it also states so on the bottle.

thanks for that merrilyn but Dr Loh is way too far for me considering i dont even have a car anymore.

i had the discus mic'ed again today and there were no signs of velvet or flukes anymore....

can someone point me in the direction of a fish friendly vet. ive just wasted the last hr trying to get a consultation.

mac, fenbendazole was not used after reading your posts.

the problem emerged gradually as a few were quite lethargic and didnt eat or swim around actively like they used to. within in a week they...

velvet was evident under the microscope but the treatment was and still is unsuccessful. currently treating with ichonex and salt. lets just hope i dont have a resistant strain of velvet.


PS: i...

nic, dont say that

ph - 6.8

alot of slime coat loss but wont put it down to the plague due to the fact that they are not darkening or huddled up in a corner. the mucus coming off from the plague is a lot more than...

they were all in fully cycled tanks up with 0 ammonia or nitrites.

water change performed religiously

i did however purchased 10 adult discus and that would definately give them a poor water...