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    Constipated discus

    I have a 55 gallon aquarium with 5 discus in it. Two of them had hexamita, so to encourage them to eat I bought a very pregnant red wag platy. She dropped her fry but it appears that the largest...
  2. Thread: Size vs age

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    Thanks for the answer...and the education...Mike

    Thanks for the answer...and the education...Mike
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    Brine shrimp and white feces

    I have a four inch cobalt blue discus who was definitely showing signs of hex 2 weeks ago.....not eating anything and white feces.

    I transfered her to my isolation tank and treated her...
  4. Thread: Size vs age

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    Size vs age

    Roughly how old is a 1.5 inch discus, (not counting the tail) ?

    How about a 4 inch?

    Enjoy the day.........Mike
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    What's wrong with this picture???

    The discus in the attached picture was in an isolation tank from March 26th thru May 3rd. During that time I had to sequently treat him for hexamita, then gill flukes and finally lateral and tail...
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    Finally a good poo

    He has changed his preference and is now gobbling up frozen blood worms over the live black worms.

    Finally - after 27 days in the isolation tank - he is excreting a nice, dark brown feces...
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    Crusty white spots on forehead

    I have had a 3 inch silver pigeon in a 10 gallon isolation tank for over three weeks now. I have succesfully cleared up his hexamita and gill flukes, and he is now eating frozen blood worms and live...
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    Update on constipated discus

    He HAS been in alone in a 10 gallon hospital tank since March 26th. A few days before that I noticed that he had stopped eating completely and then started passing thick white jelly like feces, ...
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    Thes are sort of in between. When he first...

    Thes are sort of in between.

    When he first got sick weeks ago, they were thicker in diameter with a jelly like semi-opaque appearance. These are smaller in diameter and whiter but not like...
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    Update on constipated discus

    Last nite he ate a substantial amount of live black worms.Today he is passing feces but they are white and long.

    Current meds in tank are for fin and tail rot which he clearly has.

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    Do discus get constipated?

    For three weeks now I have had a 3 inch silver pigeon in a 10 gallon isolation tank. pH 6.5, water temp 86F.

    First I treated him for apparent hexamita, as he was not eating anything and...
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    Putting them all back into a 55 gallon

    I currently have five 3 to 5 inch discus separated as follows: two 3 inch discus in a divided 55 gallon tank; a 5 inch and 4 inch discus in a divided 20 gallon long, and a 4 inch in a 10 gallon.

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  13. no nitrates or ammonia present. Yesterday I gave...

    no nitrates or ammonia present. Yesterday I gave the golden in the isolation tank some live balck worms and he gobbled them up! First food consumed in 18 days. Gave the 55 gallon some live brine...
  14. Three discus not eating now

    Water temperature 84 degrees, pH 6.8, soft water. Just added 1 tablespoon of aquarium salt per 5 gallons water
  15. I moved the golden to a 20 gallon and continue to...

    I moved the golden to a 20 gallon and continue to treat with Metro to no avail. Back in the 55 TWO of the remaining four discus are now not eating so I am continuing to treat that tank too. ...
  16. Establishing the pecking order vs stressing out the new one

    I have a 55 gallon tank with four discus ranging in size from 3 to 4.5 inches. On Sunday I purchased a 3 inch silver pigeon. As soon as I added her to the tank, the other 3 inch golden started...
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    New discus NOT eating for 9 days

    I purchased a 2.5 inch silver pigeon discus for my 55 gallon disucs tank. pH 6.8, temp 84 degrees. I have four other healthy discus in the tank......none of whom are bothering the newcomer even at...
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    Force feeding discus?

    Finally after trying several unsuccessful approaches to getting my 5 inch red royal blue discus better, I succeeded by dosing the tank with 400m/40L metro evry other day along with 250mg...
  19. Raise temperature to 96 degrees with metronidazole

    One of my old discus books recommended raising the temperature from my current 84 degrees to 96 degrees when treating with metronidazole. It claims that the temperature will help kill the hexamita. ...
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